surmounted
Who acts: red feather · What happens: surmount, mean, get over, overcome, have, place · To what, where: something, top, hill, hat, gate · Speech: someone speaks here
«surmounted» 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: surmounted in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Surmounted means got over or overcome.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surmounted | surmount | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 means | ccomp |
| 4 | over | over | ADV | _ | 3 got | advmod |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 overcome | cc |
| 6 | overcome | overcome | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 got | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | surmount | participle | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | get over | participle | over property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | overcome | infinitive | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
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
Surmounted by means having something placed on top, such as a crown on a tower.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surmounted | surmount | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 means | nsubj |
| 2 | by | by | ADP | _ | 3 means | case |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 means | ccomp |
| 5 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 having | obj |
| 6 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 something | acl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 top | case |
| 8 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 placed | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 crown | punct |
| 10 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 13 crown | case |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 such | fixed |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 crown | det |
| 13 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 top | conj |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 tower | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 tower | det |
| 16 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 crown | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | surmount | participle | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | have | gerund | something | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient | |||||
| 4 | place | participle | top and a crown on a tower | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on top=Destination |
Example 1
The hill was surmounted by a tall tower.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hill | det |
| 2 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 surmounted | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 surmounted | aux:pass |
| 4 | surmounted | surmount | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 tower | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 tower | det |
| 7 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 tower | amod |
| 8 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 surmounted | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 surmounted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | surmount | past · passive | the hill | by a tall tower | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme |
Example 2
His hat was surmounted by a red feather.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 hat | nmod:poss |
| 2 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 surmounted | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 surmounted | aux:pass |
| 4 | surmounted | surmount | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 feather | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 feather | det |
| 7 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 feather | amod |
| 8 | feather | feather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 surmounted | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 surmounted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | surmount | past · passive | a red feather | His hat | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme |
Example 3
The gate was surmounted with stone birds.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 gate | det |
| 2 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 surmounted | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 surmounted | aux:pass |
| 4 | surmounted | surmount | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 birds | case |
| 6 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 birds | compound |
| 7 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 surmounted | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 surmounted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | surmount | past · passive | the gate | with stone birds | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: subject=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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