ransacked

Who acts: thieves, They, Search parties · What happens: ransack, be, turn over, leave, eat, find · To what, where: place, everything, mess, house, kitchen, town

«ransacked» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: ransacked in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To ransack a place is to search it roughly and messily, turning everything over and leaving it in a mess.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 ransack	mark
2	ransack	ransack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 search	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 place	det
4	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ransack	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 search	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 search	mark
7	search	search	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 search	obj
9	roughly	roughly	ADV	_	7 search	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 messily	cc
11	messily	messily	ADV	_	9 roughly	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 turning	punct
13	turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 search	parataxis
14	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	13 turning	obj
15	over	over	ADP	_	13 turning	compound:prt
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 leaving	cc
17	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 turning	conj
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 leaving	obj
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 mess	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 mess	det
21	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 leaving	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 search	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ransack	to-infinitive	a place			vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent place=Location
2	is	present			roughly, search property	tree rules
3	turn over	gerund	everything			vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent everything=Theme
4	leave	gerund	place	a mess		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in mess=Location

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Example 1

The thieves ransacked the house for money.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 thieves	det
2	thieves	thief	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ransacked	nsubj
3	ransacked	ransack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 house	det
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ransacked	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 money	case
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 house	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ransacked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ransack	past	the thieves	the house				for money	vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Location for money=Theme

Example 2

They ransacked the kitchen and ate everything they found.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ransacked	nsubj
2	ransacked	ransack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kitchen	det
4	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ransacked	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 ate	cc
6	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ransacked	conj
7	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 ate	obj
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 found	nsubj
9	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 everything	acl:relcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ransacked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ransack	past	They	the kitchen	vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent kitchen=Location
2	eat	past	They not said here	everything	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient
3	find	past	they		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Search parties ransacked the town, but found no sign of her.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 parties	compound
2	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ransacked	nsubj
3	ransacked	ransack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 town	det
5	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ransacked	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 found	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 found	cc
8	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ransacked	conj
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 sign	det
10	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 found	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 her	case
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sign	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ransacked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ransack	past	Search parties	the town	vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent town=Location
2	find	past	Search parties not said here	no sign of her	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Topic
3	sign			her = she	nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient

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