surmount

Who acts: horse, She, her, They · What happens: surmount, be, climb, try, fear · To what, where: something, wall, fear, dark, problem, way

«surmount» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: surmount in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To surmount is to get over or climb over something hard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 surmount	mark
2	surmount	surmount	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 get	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 get	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 get	mark
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	over	over	ADV	_	5 get	advmod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 climb	cc
8	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 get	conj
9	over	over	ADP	_	10 something	case
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 climb	obl
11	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 something	amod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	surmount	to-infinitive			vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		get, over property	tree rules
3	climb	infinitive	something		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over something=Trajectory

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

To surmount is to overcome a problem or difficulty. (formal, old use).

Sentence 1: To surmount is to overcome a problem or difficulty.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 surmount	mark
2	surmount	surmount	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 overcome	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 overcome	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 overcome	mark
5	overcome	overcome	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 problem	det
7	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 overcome	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 difficulty	cc
9	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 problem	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 overcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surmount	to-infinitive							vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	is	present						overcome property	tree rules

Sentence 2: (formal, old use).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct
2	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 use	punct
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 use	amod
5	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 formal	obl
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct

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

Example 1

The horse tried to surmount the wall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 horse	det
2	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tried	nsubj
3	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 surmount	mark
5	surmount	surmount	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 tried	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wall	det
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 surmount	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	the horse						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	surmount not said to happen	to-infinitive	the horse not said here	the wall					vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wall=Co-Theme

Example 2

She surmounted her fear of the dark.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 surmounted	nsubj
2	surmounted	surmount	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 fear	nmod:poss
4	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 surmounted	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 dark	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dark	det
7	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fear	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 surmounted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surmount	past	She	her fear of the dark					vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fear=Co-Theme
2	fear		her = she	the dark					nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Example 3

They surmounted every problem on the way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 surmounted	nsubj
2	surmounted	surmount	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 problem	det
4	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 surmounted	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 way	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 way	det
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 surmounted	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 surmounted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surmount	past	They	every problem		the way			vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme problem=Co-Theme

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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