razed

Who acts: fire, soldiers · What happens: raze, be, knock, levell · To what, where: building, barn, hut, old walls

«razed» 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: razed in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To raze a building is to pull it down or knock it flat, so that it is levelled with the ground.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 raze	mark
2	raze	raze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 pull	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 building	det
4	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 raze	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 pull	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 pull	mark
7	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 pull	obj
9	down	down	ADP	_	7 pull	compound:prt
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 knock	cc
11	knock	knock	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 pull	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 knock	obj
13	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 knock	xcomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 levelled	punct
15	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	19 levelled	mark
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 so	fixed
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 levelled	nsubj:pass
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 levelled	aux:pass
19	levelled	levell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 knock	advcl
20	with	with	ADP	_	22 ground	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 ground	det
22	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 levelled	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 pull	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	raze	to-infinitive	a building		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent building=Patient
2	is	present		pull property	tree rules
3	knock	infinitive	building	flat property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient
4	levell	present · passive	building	with the ground	tree rules

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 fire razed the barn to the ground.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fire	det
2	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 razed	nsubj
3	razed	raze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 barn	det
5	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 razed	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 ground	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ground	det
8	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 razed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 razed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raze	past	the fire	the barn				to the ground	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barn=Patient

Example 2

The hut was razed to the ground.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hut	det
2	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 razed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 razed	aux:pass
4	razed	raze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 ground	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ground	det
7	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 razed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 razed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raze	past · passive		the hut				to the ground	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 3

The soldiers razed the old walls.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soldiers	det
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 razed	nsubj
3	razed	raze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 walls	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 walls	amod
6	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 razed	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 razed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raze	past	the soldiers	the old walls					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Patient

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