salute Who acts: soldiers, salute, we, soldier, scouts, captain · What happens: salute, mean, raise, do, sign, be · To what, where: right hand, forehead, respect, movement, guns, air · Speech: someone speaks here
«salute» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: salute in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To salute means to raise your right hand to your forehead as a sign of respect, as soldiers do.
The tree, 19 words mark csubj mark xcomp nmod:poss amod obj case nmod:poss obl case det obl case nmod punct mark nsubj parataxis punct root To PART salute VERB means VERB to PART raise VERB your PRON right ADJ hand NOUN to ADP your PRON forehead NOUN as ADP a DET sign NOUN of ADP respect NOUN , PUNCT as SCONJ soldiers NOUN do VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 salute mark 2 salute salute VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means csubj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 raise mark 5 raise raise VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means xcomp 6 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 hand nmod:poss 7 right right ADJ Degree=Pos 8 hand amod 8 hand hand NOUN Number=Sing 5 raise obj 9 to to ADP _ 11 forehead case 10 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 forehead nmod:poss 11 forehead forehead NOUN Number=Sing 5 raise obl 12 as as ADP _ 14 sign case 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 sign det 14 sign sign NOUN Number=Sing 5 raise obl 15 of of ADP _ 16 respect case 16 respect respect NOUN Number=Sing 14 sign nmod 17 , , PUNCT _ 20 do punct 18 as as SCONJ _ 20 do mark 19 soldiers soldier NOUN Number=Plur 20 do nsubj 20 do do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 raise parataxis 21 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
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1 salute to-infinitive vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 raise not said to happen to-infinitive your right hand your forehead as a sign of respect vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme to forehead=Destination 4 do present soldiers vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 5 sign respect nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient
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.
Meaning 2 A salute is that movement, or another sign of respect such as guns fired into the air.
The tree, 17 words det nsubj cop mark punct cc det appos case nmod case fixed nmod acl case det obl punct root A DET salute NOUN is AUX that SCONJ movement NOUN , PUNCT or CCONJ another DET sign NOUN of ADP respect NOUN such ADJ as ADP guns NOUN fired VERB into ADP the DET air NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 salute det 2 salute salute NOUN Number=Sing 5 movement nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 movement cop 4 that that SCONJ _ 5 movement mark 5 movement movement NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 sign punct 7 or or CCONJ _ 9 sign cc 8 another another DET PronType=Ind 9 sign det 9 sign sign NOUN Number=Sing 5 movement appos 10 of of ADP _ 11 respect case 11 respect respect NOUN Number=Sing 9 sign nmod 12 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 14 guns case 13 as as ADP _ 12 such fixed 14 guns gun NOUN Number=Plur 11 respect nmod 15 fired fire VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 14 guns acl 16 into into ADP _ 18 air case 17 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 18 air det 18 air air NOUN Number=Sing 15 fired obl 19 . . PUNCT _ 5 movement punct
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1 is a present a salute movement tree rules 2 fire participle guns not said here the air vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent into air=Destination 3 sign respect such guns nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient
Meaning 3 To salute someone means to praise them openly for something brave or good.
mark csubj obj mark xcomp obj advmod case obl amod cc conj punct root To PART salute VERB someone PRON means VERB to PART praise VERB them PRON openly ADV for ADP something PRON brave ADJ or CCONJ good ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 salute mark 2 salute salute VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 means csubj 3 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 salute obj 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 to to PART _ 6 praise mark 6 praise praise VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 means xcomp 7 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 praise obj 8 openly openly ADV _ 6 praise advmod 9 for for ADP _ 10 something case 10 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 6 praise obl 11 brave brave ADJ Degree=Pos 10 something amod 12 or or CCONJ _ 13 good cc 13 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 11 brave conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 4 means punct
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1 salute to-infinitive someone vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Topic 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 praise not said to happen to-infinitive them = they for something; openly property vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent they=Theme for something=Attribute
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:
"we salute our volunteers".
punct nsubj nmod:poss obj punct punct root " PUNCT we PRON salute VERB our PRON volunteers NOUN " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 3 salute punct 2 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 salute nsubj 3 salute salute VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 volunteers nmod:poss 5 volunteers volunteer NOUN Number=Plur 3 salute obj 6 " " PUNCT _ 3 salute punct 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 salute punct
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1 salute in a quote present we our volunteers vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent volunteer=Topic
Meaning 4 Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.
To salute can mean to greet someone.
mark csubj aux mark xcomp obj punct root To PART salute VERB can AUX mean VERB to PART greet VERB someone PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 salute mark 2 salute salute VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 mean csubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 mean aux 4 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 to to PART _ 6 greet mark 6 greet greet VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 mean xcomp 7 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 6 greet obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 mean punct
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1 salute to-infinitive vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 mean can vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 greet speech: greet not said to happen to-infinitive someone vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
Example 1 The soldier saluted the general.
det nsubj det obj punct root The DET soldier NOUN saluted VERB the DET general ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 soldier det 2 soldier soldier NOUN Number=Sing 3 saluted nsubj 3 saluted salute VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 general det 5 general general ADJ Degree=Pos 3 saluted obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 saluted punct
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1 salute past the soldier the general vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent general=Topic
Example 2 The scouts saluted the flag at the start of the meeting.
det nsubj det obj case det obl case det nmod punct root The DET scouts NOUN saluted VERB the DET flag NOUN at ADP the DET start NOUN of ADP the DET meeting NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 scouts det 2 scouts scout NOUN Number=Plur 3 saluted nsubj 3 saluted salute VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 flag det 5 flag flag NOUN Number=Sing 3 saluted obj 6 at at ADP _ 8 start case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 start det 8 start start NOUN Number=Sing 3 saluted obl 9 of of ADP _ 11 meeting case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 meeting det 11 meeting meeting NOUN Number=Sing 8 start nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 saluted punct
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1 salute past the scouts the flag the start of the meeting vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flag=Topic 2 start the meeting nom start «event transitive»: of=patient
Example 3 The captain returned the salute.
det nsubj det obj punct root The DET captain NOUN returned VERB the DET salute NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 captain det 2 captain captain NOUN Number=Sing 3 returned nsubj 3 returned return VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 salute det 5 salute salute NOUN Number=Sing 3 returned obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 returned punct
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1 return past the captain the salute vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salute=Theme
Example 4 Guns were fired as a salute to the king.
nsubj:pass aux:pass case det obl case det nmod punct root Guns NOUN were AUX fired VERB as ADP a DET salute NOUN to ADP the DET king NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Guns gun NOUN Number=Plur 3 fired nsubj:pass 2 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 fired aux:pass 3 fired fire VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 as as ADP _ 6 salute case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 salute det 6 salute salute NOUN Number=Sing 3 fired obl 7 to to ADP _ 9 king case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 king det 9 king king NOUN Number=Sing 6 salute nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 fired punct
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1 fire past · passive Guns as a salute to the king vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as salute=Attribute
Example 5 We salute all the nurses who worked so hard.
nsubj det:predet det obj nsubj acl:relcl advmod advmod punct root We PRON salute VERB all DET the DET nurses NOUN who PRON worked VERB so ADV hard ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 salute nsubj 2 salute salute VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 all all DET PronType=Tot 5 nurses det:predet 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 nurses det 5 nurses nurse NOUN Number=Plur 2 salute obj 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 7 worked nsubj 7 worked work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 nurses acl:relcl 8 so so ADV _ 9 hard advmod 9 hard hard ADV Degree=Pos 7 worked advmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 salute punct
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1 salute present We all nurses vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nurse=Topic 2 work past all nurses hard property vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 6 You finished the whole marathon? I salute you!
Sentence 1: You finished the whole marathon?
nsubj det amod obj punct root You PRON finished VERB the DET whole ADJ marathon NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 finished nsubj 2 finished finish VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 marathon det 4 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 5 marathon amod 5 marathon marathon NOUN Number=Sing 2 finished obj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 finished punct
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1 finish past You the whole marathon vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector marathon=Eventuality
Sentence 2: I salute you!
nsubj obj punct root I PRON salute VERB you PRON ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 salute nsubj 2 salute salute VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 salute obj 4 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 salute punct
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1 salute present I you vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic
Example 7 He gave a smart salute and marched away.
nsubj det amod obj cc conj advmod punct root He PRON gave VERB a DET smart ADJ salute NOUN and CCONJ marched VERB away ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 gave nsubj 2 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 salute det 4 smart smart ADJ Degree=Pos 5 salute amod 5 salute salute NOUN Number=Sing 2 gave obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 marched cc 7 marched march VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 gave conj 8 away away ADV _ 7 marched advmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 gave punct
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1 give past He a smart salute vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salute=Theme 2 march away past He not said here away property vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 8 Before starting your performance, salute your audience!”
mark advcl nmod:poss obj punct nmod:poss obj punct punct root Before SCONJ starting VERB your PRON performance NOUN , PUNCT salute VERB your PRON audience NOUN ! PUNCT ” PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Before before SCONJ _ 2 starting mark 2 starting start VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 salute advcl 3 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 performance nmod:poss 4 performance performance NOUN Number=Sing 2 starting obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 2 starting punct 6 salute salute VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 7 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 audience nmod:poss 8 audience audience NOUN Number=Sing 6 salute obj 9 ! ! PUNCT _ 6 salute punct 10 ” " PUNCT _ 6 salute punct
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1 start gerund you not said here your performance vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent performance=Eventuality 2 salute imperative you not said here your audience vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent audience=Topic 3 perform your nom performance «communication transitive»: poss=agent
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