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sergeant

Who acts: corporal, sergeant, grandad, police sergeant, major cried mercy, he · What happens: be, shout, leave, have, ask, come · To what, where: charge, sergeant, army, three stripes, sleeve, witness · Speech: someone speaks here

«sergeant» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: sergeant in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A soldier of middle rank, above a corporal, who is in charge of a group of soldiers.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 soldier	det
2	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 corporal	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 rank	case
4	middle	middle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rank	amod
5	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 soldier	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 corporal	punct
7	above	above	ADP	_	9 corporal	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 corporal	det
9	corporal	corporal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 charge	punct
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 charge	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 charge	cop
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 charge	case
14	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 corporal	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 group	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 group	det
17	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 charge	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 soldiers	case
19	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 group	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 corporal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a corporal			charge		of a group of soldiers	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.

Meaning 2

A police officer of the rank above a constable.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 officer	det
2	police	police	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 officer	compound
3	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 rank	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rank	det
6	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 officer	nmod
7	above	above	ADP	_	9 constable	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 constable	det
9	constable	constable	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rank	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 officer	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 3

Usage: in titles — kept apart, not parsed.

Sergeant Major, Sergeant at Arms.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sergeant	Sergeant	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	Major	Major	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Sergeant	flat
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Sergeant	punct
4	Sergeant	sergeant	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sergeant	appos
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 Arms	case
6	Arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 Sergeant	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Sergeant	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

The sergeant shouted, «Left, right, left, right!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sergeant	det
2	sergeant	sergeant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shouted	nsubj
3	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Left	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 Left	punct
6	Left	left	INTJ	_	3 shouted	discourse
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 left	punct
8	right	right	INTJ	_	10 left	discourse
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 left	punct
10	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 shouted	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 left	punct
12	right	right	ADV	_	10 left	advmod
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 left	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 left	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	the sergeant						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	leave in a quote	participle	the sergeant not said here					right property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Sergeant Jones is in charge of the local police station.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sergeant	Sergeant	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 charge	nsubj
2	Jones	Jones	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Sergeant	flat
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 charge	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 charge	case
5	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 station	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 station	det
8	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 station	amod
9	police	police	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 station	compound
10	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 charge	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 charge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Sergeant			charge		of the local police station	tree rules

Example 3

My grandad was a sergeant in the army.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 grandad	nmod:poss
2	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sergeant	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sergeant	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sergeant	det
5	sergeant	sergeant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 army	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 army	det
8	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sergeant	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sergeant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	My grandad	a sergeant		the army			tree rules

Example 4

The sergeant has three stripes on his sleeve.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sergeant	det
2	sergeant	sergeant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 stripes	nummod
5	stripes	stripe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 sleeve	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sleeve	nmod:poss
8	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stripes	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the sergeant	three stripes		sergeant's sleeve			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stripe=Patient

Example 5

The sergeant asked the witness some questions.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sergeant	det
2	sergeant	sergeant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	nsubj
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 witness	det
5	witness	witness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	obj
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 questions	det
7	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 asked	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the sergeant	the witness					tree rules

Example 6

A police sergeant came to talk to our class about road safety.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sergeant	det
2	police	police	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sergeant	compound
3	sergeant	sergeant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 talk	mark
6	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 came	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 class	case
8	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 class	nmod:poss
9	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 talk	obl
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 safety	case
11	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 safety	compound
12	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 class	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	a police sergeant						tree rules
2	talk	to-infinitive	a police sergeant not said here					to our class about road safety	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to class=Co-Agent

Example 7

A sergeant-major cried for mercy, saying he had nine wounds, and was a brave fellow, and did not deserve this disgrace.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mercy	det
2	sergeant	sergeant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 major	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 sergeant	punct
4	major	major	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mercy	amod
5	cried	cry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 mercy	amod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 mercy	case
7	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 saying	punct
9	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 mercy	acl
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 had	nsubj
11	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 saying	ccomp
12	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 wounds	nummod
13	wounds	wound	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 had	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 fellow	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 fellow	cc
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 fellow	cop
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 fellow	det
18	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 fellow	amod
19	fellow	fellow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 had	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 deserve	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 deserve	cc
22	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 deserve	aux
23	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	24 deserve	advmod
24	deserve	deserve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 had	conj
25	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	26 disgrace	det
26	disgrace	disgrace	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 deserve	obj
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 mercy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	participle							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	gerund	a major cried mercy not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	have	past	he	nine wounds					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wound=Patient
4	is a	past		a brave fellow					tree rules
5	not deserve	past · do-support	he not said here	this disgrace					tree rules

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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