strife
Who acts: Strife, two families, peace, brothers, king · What happens: be, struggle, live, end, come, fight · To what, where: angry fighting, strife, village
«strife» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: strife in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Strife is angry fighting, quarrelling or struggle between people or groups.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strife | strife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fighting | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fighting | cop |
| 3 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fighting | amod |
| 4 | fighting | fighting | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 quarrelling | punct |
| 6 | quarrelling | quarrelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fighting | conj |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 struggle | cc |
| 8 | struggle | struggle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 fighting | conj |
| 9 | between | between | ADP | _ | 10 people | case |
| 10 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 struggle | obl |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 groups | cc |
| 12 | groups | group | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 people | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 fighting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Strife | angry fighting and quarrelling | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | struggle | infinitive | Strife not said here | between people or groups | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=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.
Example 1
The two families lived in strife for years.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 families | det |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 families | nummod |
| 3 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lived | nsubj |
| 4 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 strife | case |
| 6 | strife | strife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lived | obl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 years | case |
| 8 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lived | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 lived | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | the two families | strife | year | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in strife=Location |
Example 2
There was peace after the strife ended.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 was | expl |
| 2 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 was | nsubj |
| 4 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 7 ended | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 strife | det |
| 6 | strife | strife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ended | nsubj |
| 7 | ended | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 was | advcl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 was | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | peace | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | end | past | the strife | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Example 3
Strife came to the village when the brothers fought.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strife | strife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 came | nsubj |
| 2 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 village | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 village | det |
| 5 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 came | obl |
| 6 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 9 fought | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 brothers | det |
| 8 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 fought | nsubj |
| 9 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 came | advcl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | Strife | the village | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to village=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | fight | past | the brothers | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 4
The king ended the strife between the tribes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ended | nsubj |
| 3 | ended | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 strife | det |
| 5 | strife | strife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ended | obj |
| 6 | between | between | ADP | _ | 8 tribes | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 tribes | det |
| 8 | tribes | tribe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 strife | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ended | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | past | the king | the strife | between the tribes | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector strife=Eventuality |
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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