samurai Who acts: member, samurai, museum, Japan, one day · What happens: serve, fight, wear, make, lace, have · To what, where: lord, armour, small plates, Samurai swords, samurai helmet, poetry · Speech: someone speaks here
«samurai» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: samurai in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A member of the warrior class in old Japan who served a lord and fought with swords and bows.
The tree, 19 words det nsubj case det compound nmod case amod nmod nsubj det obj cc conj case obl cc conj punct root A DET member NOUN of ADP the DET warrior NOUN class NOUN in ADP old ADJ Japan PROPN who PRON served VERB a DET lord NOUN and CCONJ fought VERB with ADP swords NOUN and CCONJ bows NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 member det 2 member member NOUN Number=Sing 11 served nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 6 class case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 class det 5 warrior warrior NOUN Number=Sing 6 class compound 6 class class NOUN Number=Sing 2 member nmod 7 in in ADP _ 9 Japan case 8 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 9 Japan amod 9 Japan Japan PROPN Number=Sing 6 class nmod 10 who who PRON PronType=Rel 11 served nsubj 11 served serve VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 lord det 13 lord lord NOUN Number=Sing 11 served obj 14 and and CCONJ _ 15 fought cc 15 fought fight VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 served conj 16 with with ADP _ 17 swords case 17 swords sword NOUN Number=Plur 15 fought obl 18 and and CCONJ _ 19 bows cc 19 bows bow NOUN Number=Plur 17 swords conj 20 . . PUNCT _ 11 served punct
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1 serve past a member of the warrior class in old Japan a lord vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Attribute 2 fight past a member of the warrior class in old Japan not said here with swords and bows vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with sword=Co-Agent
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 The samurai as a class of people in Japanese history.
det case det nmod case nmod case amod nmod punct root The DET samurai NOUN as ADP a DET class NOUN of ADP people NOUN in ADP Japanese ADJ history NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 samurai det 2 samurai samurai NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 as as ADP _ 5 class case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 class det 5 class class NOUN Number=Sing 2 samurai nmod 6 of of ADP _ 7 people case 7 people people NOUN Number=Plur 5 class nmod 8 in in ADP _ 10 history case 9 Japanese Japanese ADJ Degree=Pos 10 history amod 10 history history NOUN Number=Sing 7 people nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 samurai punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1 The samurai wore armour made of small plates laced together.
det nsubj obj acl case amod obl acl advmod punct root The DET samurai NOUN wore VERB armour NOUN made VERB of ADP small ADJ plates NOUN laced VERB together ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 samurai det 2 samurai samurai NOUN Number=Sing 3 wore nsubj 3 wore wear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 armour armour NOUN Number=Sing 3 wore obj 5 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 armour acl 6 of of ADP _ 8 plates case 7 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 8 plates amod 8 plates plate NOUN Number=Plur 5 made obl 9 laced lace VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 plates acl 10 together together ADV _ 9 laced advmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 wore punct
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1 wear past the samurai armour vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent armour=Source 2 make participle armour not said here of small plates vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset 3 lace participle small plates not said here together property vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
Example 2 A samurai had to be loyal to his lord.
det nsubj mark cop xcomp case nmod:poss obl punct root A DET samurai NOUN had VERB to PART be AUX loyal ADJ to ADP his PRON lord NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 samurai det 2 samurai samurai NOUN Number=Sing 3 had nsubj 3 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 6 loyal mark 5 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 6 loyal cop 6 loyal loyal ADJ Degree=Pos 3 had xcomp 7 to to ADP _ 9 lord case 8 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 lord nmod:poss 9 lord lord NOUN Number=Sing 6 loyal obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 had punct
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1 have past a samurai vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 is to-infinitive a samurai not said here to samurai's lord; loyal property tree rules
Example 3 Samurai swords are called katana.
compound nsubj:pass aux:pass xcomp punct root Samurai NOUN swords NOUN are AUX called VERB katana X . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Samurai samurai NOUN Number=Sing 2 swords compound 2 swords sword NOUN Number=Plur 4 called nsubj:pass 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 called aux:pass 4 called call VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 katana katana X Foreign=Yes 4 called xcomp 6 . . PUNCT _ 4 called punct
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1 call present · passive Samurai swords vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
Example 4 The museum has a samurai helmet with horns.
det nsubj det compound obj case nmod punct root The DET museum NOUN has VERB a DET samurai NOUN helmet NOUN with ADP horns NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 museum det 2 museum museum NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 helmet det 5 samurai samurai NOUN Number=Sing 6 helmet compound 6 helmet helmet NOUN Number=Sing 3 has obj 7 with with ADP _ 8 horns case 8 horns horn NOUN Number=Plur 6 helmet nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present the museum a samurai helmet with horns vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helmet=Patient
Example 5 Samurai also studied poetry and tea ceremony.
nsubj advmod obj cc compound conj punct root Samurai PROPN also ADV studied VERB poetry NOUN and CCONJ tea NOUN ceremony NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Samurai Samurai PROPN Number=Sing 3 studied nsubj 2 also also ADV _ 3 studied advmod 3 studied study VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 poetry poetry NOUN Number=Sing 3 studied obj 5 and and CCONJ _ 7 ceremony cc 6 tea tea NOUN Number=Sing 7 ceremony compound 7 ceremony ceremony NOUN Number=Sing 4 poetry conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 studied punct
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1 study past Samurai poetry and tea ceremony vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poetry=Topic
Example 6 Japan ended the samurai class in the 1870s.
nsubj det compound obj case det obl punct root Japan PROPN ended VERB the DET samurai NOUN class NOUN in ADP the DET 1870s NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Japan Japan PROPN Number=Sing 2 ended nsubj 2 ended end VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 class det 4 samurai samurai NOUN Number=Sing 5 class compound 5 class class NOUN Number=Sing 2 ended obj 6 in in ADP _ 8 1870s case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 1870s det 8 1870s 1870 NOUN Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card 2 ended obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 ended punct
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1 end past Japan the samurai class the 1870s vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector class=Eventuality
Example 7 I am to go with the general and one day I shall be a SAMURAI!”
The tree, 15 words nsubj mark xcomp case det obl cc nummod nsubj nsubj aux cop det conj punct punct root I PRON am AUX to PART go VERB with ADP the DET general NOUN and CCONJ one NUM day NOUN I PRON shall AUX be AUX a DET SAMURAI NOUN ! PUNCT ” 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 am nsubj 2 am be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 go mark 4 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 am xcomp 5 with with ADP _ 7 general case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 general det 7 general general NOUN Number=Sing 4 go obl 8 and and CCONJ _ 15 SAMURAI cc 9 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 10 day nummod 10 day day NOUN Number=Sing 15 SAMURAI nsubj 11 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 15 SAMURAI nsubj 12 shall shall AUX VerbForm=Fin 15 SAMURAI aux 13 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 15 SAMURAI cop 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 SAMURAI det 15 SAMURAI samurai NOUN Number=Sing 7 general conj 16 ! ! PUNCT _ 15 SAMURAI punct 17 ” " PUNCT _ 15 SAMURAI punct
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1 go to-infinitive with the general and a SAMURAI vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with general=Beneficiary 2 is a shall one day a SAMURAI tree rules
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