swordsman
Who acts: swordsman, person, knight, you, two · What happens: be, fight, let, prove · To what, where: person, fine swordsman, us, better swordsman
«swordsman» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: swordsman in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A swordsman is a person who is skilled at fighting with a sword.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 swordsman | det |
| 2 | swordsman | swordsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 skilled | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 skilled | cop |
| 8 | skilled | skilled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 person | acl:relcl |
| 9 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 10 fighting | mark |
| 10 | fighting | fight | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 skilled | advcl |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 sword | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 sword | det |
| 13 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 fighting | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a swordsman | a person | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | a person | skilled property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | fight | gerund | a person not said here | with a sword | 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.
Example 1
The knight was a fine swordsman.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 knight | det |
| 2 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 swordsman | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 swordsman | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 swordsman | det |
| 5 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 swordsman | amod |
| 6 | swordsman | swordsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 swordsman | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the knight | a fine swordsman | tree rules |
Example 2
One of them has rather a way with him as a swordsman.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 way | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 them | case |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 One | nmod |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 way | aux |
| 5 | rather | rather | ADV | _ | 7 way | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 way | det |
| 7 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 way | nmod |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 swordsman | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 swordsman | det |
| 12 | swordsman | swordsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 way | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 way | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 3
Let us two prove which is the better swordsman of the two!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 1 Let | obj |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 prove | nsubj |
| 4 | prove | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Let | parataxis |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 swordsman | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 swordsman | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 swordsman | det |
| 8 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 swordsman | amod |
| 9 | swordsman | swordsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 prove | ccomp |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 two | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 two | det |
| 12 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 swordsman | nmod |
| 13 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Let | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | us | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | ||||
| 2 | prove | present | two | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | the better swordsman | of the two | 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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