troy Who acts: Troy, Greeks, Troy weight, old system, troy ounce, Archaeologists · What happens: be, get, hide, weigh, say, dig up · To what, where: ancient city, Turkey, name, old system, gold, Troy · Speech: someone speaks here
«troy» 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: troy in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Troy was an ancient city in what is now Turkey, famous from Greek stories of the Trojan War, in which the Greeks got inside the city by hiding in a giant wooden horse.
The tree, 33 words nsubj cop det amod case nmod cop advmod acl:relcl punct amod case amod obl case det compound nmod punct case obl det nsubj conj case det obl mark advcl case det amod amod obl punct root Troy PROPN was AUX an DET ancient ADJ city NOUN in ADP what PRON is AUX now ADV Turkey PROPN , PUNCT famous ADJ from ADP Greek ADJ stories NOUN of ADP the DET Trojan PROPN War PROPN , PUNCT in ADP which PRON the DET Greeks PROPN got VERB inside ADP the DET city NOUN by SCONJ hiding VERB in ADP a DET giant ADJ wooden ADJ horse NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Troy Troy PROPN Number=Sing 5 city nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 city cop 3 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 city det 4 ancient ancient ADJ Degree=Pos 5 city amod 5 city city NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 in in ADP _ 7 what case 7 what what PRON PronType=Rel 5 city nmod 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 Turkey cop 9 now now ADV PronType=Dem 10 Turkey advmod 10 Turkey Turkey PROPN Number=Sing 7 what acl:relcl 11 , , PUNCT _ 12 famous punct 12 famous famous ADJ Degree=Pos 10 Turkey amod 13 from from ADP _ 15 stories case 14 Greek Greek ADJ Degree=Pos 15 stories amod 15 stories story NOUN Number=Plur 12 famous obl 16 of of ADP _ 19 War case 17 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 19 War det 18 Trojan Trojan PROPN Number=Sing 19 War compound 19 War War PROPN Number=Sing 15 stories nmod 20 , , PUNCT _ 25 got punct 21 in in ADP _ 22 which case 22 which which PRON PronType=Rel 25 got obl 23 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 24 Greeks det 24 Greeks Greek PROPN Number=Plur 25 got nsubj 25 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 city conj 26 inside inside ADP _ 28 city case 27 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 28 city det 28 city city NOUN Number=Sing 25 got obl 29 by by SCONJ _ 30 hiding mark 30 hiding hide VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 25 got advcl 31 in in ADP _ 35 horse case 32 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 35 horse det 33 giant giant ADJ Degree=Pos 35 horse amod 34 wooden wooden ADJ Degree=Pos 35 horse amod 35 horse horse NOUN Number=Sing 30 hiding obl 36 . . PUNCT _ 5 city punct
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1 is a past Troy a ancient city tree rules 2 is a present Turkey now tree rules 3 get past the Greeks a ancient city inside the city vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer 4 hide gerund the Greeks not said here in a giant wooden horse vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in horse=Location
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 Troy is a boy's name (a name).
nsubj cop det nmod:poss case punct det appos punct punct root Troy PROPN is AUX a DET boy NOUN 's PART name NOUN ( PUNCT a DET name NOUN ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Troy Troy PROPN Number=Sing 6 name nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 name cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 boy det 4 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 6 name nmod:poss 5 's 's PART _ 4 boy case 6 name name NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 ( ( PUNCT _ 9 name punct 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 name det 9 name name NOUN Number=Sing 6 name appos 10 ) ) PUNCT _ 9 name punct 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 name punct
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1 is a present Troy a boy's name tree rules
Meaning 3 Troy weight is an old system for weighing gold, silver and gems; a troy ounce is a little heavier than an ordinary ounce.
The tree, 23 words compound nsubj cop det amod mark acl obj punct conj cc conj punct det amod nsubj cop det obl amod case det amod obl punct root Troy PROPN weight NOUN is AUX an DET old ADJ system NOUN for SCONJ weighing VERB gold NOUN , PUNCT silver NOUN and CCONJ gems NOUN ; PUNCT a DET troy ADJ ounce NOUN is AUX a DET little ADJ heavier ADJ than ADP an DET ordinary ADJ ounce NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Troy Troy PROPN Number=Sing 2 weight compound 2 weight weight NOUN Number=Sing 6 system nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 system cop 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 system det 5 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 6 system amod 6 system system NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 for for SCONJ _ 8 weighing mark 8 weighing weigh VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 system acl 9 gold gold NOUN Number=Sing 8 weighing obj 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 silver punct 11 silver silver NOUN Number=Sing 9 gold conj 12 and and CCONJ _ 13 gems cc 13 gems gem NOUN Number=Plur 9 gold conj 14 ; ; PUNCT _ 21 heavier punct 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 17 ounce det 16 troy troy ADJ Degree=Pos 17 ounce amod 17 ounce ounce NOUN Number=Sing 21 heavier nsubj 18 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 21 heavier cop 19 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 20 little det 20 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 21 heavier obl 21 heavier heavy ADJ Degree=Cmp 6 system amod 22 than than ADP _ 25 ounce case 23 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 25 ounce det 24 ordinary ordinary ADJ Degree=Pos 25 ounce amod 25 ounce ounce NOUN Number=Sing 21 heavier obl 26 . . PUNCT _ 6 system punct
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1 is a present Troy weight a old system tree rules 2 weigh gerund a old system not said here gold and silver and gems vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme gold=Value 3 is present a troy ounce than a ordinary ounce; a little obl ; heavy property tree rules
Example 1 The Greeks hid inside a wooden horse to get into Troy.
det nsubj case det amod obl mark advcl case obl punct root The DET Greeks PROPN hid VERB inside ADP a DET wooden ADJ horse NOUN to PART get VERB into ADP Troy PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Greeks det 2 Greeks Greek PROPN Number=Plur 3 hid nsubj 3 hid hide VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 inside inside ADP _ 7 horse case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 horse det 6 wooden wooden ADJ Degree=Pos 7 horse amod 7 horse horse NOUN Number=Sing 3 hid obl 8 to to PART _ 9 get mark 9 get get VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 hid advcl 10 into into ADP _ 11 Troy case 11 Troy Troy PROPN Number=Sing 9 get obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 hid punct
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1 hide past the Greeks inside a wooden horse vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent inside horse=Location 2 get to-infinitive the Greeks not said here Troy vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into troy=Destination
Example 2 Helen of Troy was said to be very beautiful.
nsubj:pass case nmod aux:pass mark cop advmod ccomp punct root Helen PROPN of ADP Troy PROPN was AUX said VERB to PART be AUX very ADV beautiful ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Helen Helen PROPN Number=Sing 5 said nsubj:pass 2 of of ADP _ 3 Troy case 3 Troy Troy PROPN Number=Sing 1 Helen nmod 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 said aux:pass 5 said say VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 to to PART _ 9 beautiful mark 7 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 9 beautiful cop 8 very very ADV _ 9 beautiful advmod 9 beautiful beautiful ADJ Degree=Pos 5 said ccomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 said punct
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1 say speech: assert past · passive Helen of Troy vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic 2 is to-infinitive beautiful property tree rules
Example 3 Archaeologists dug up the ruins of Troy.
nsubj compound:prt det obj case nmod punct root Archaeologists NOUN dug VERB up ADP the DET ruins NOUN of ADP Troy PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Archaeologists archaeologist NOUN Number=Plur 2 dug nsubj 2 dug dig VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 up up ADP _ 2 dug compound:prt 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 ruins det 5 ruins ruin NOUN Number=Plur 2 dug obj 6 of of ADP _ 7 Troy case 7 Troy Troy PROPN Number=Sing 5 ruins nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 dug punct
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1 dig up past Archaeologists the ruins of Troy vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ruin=Theme 2 ruin Troy nom ruin «state transitive»: of=patient
Example 4 Gold is weighed in troy ounces.
nsubj:pass aux:pass case compound obl punct root Gold NOUN is AUX weighed VERB in ADP troy NOUN ounces NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gold gold NOUN Number=Sing 3 weighed nsubj:pass 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 weighed aux:pass 3 weighed weigh VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 in in ADP _ 6 ounces case 5 troy troy NOUN Number=Sing 6 ounces compound 6 ounces ounce NOUN Number=Plur 3 weighed obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 weighed punct
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1 weigh present · passive Gold troy ounces vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value
Example 5 My cousin Troy is in Year 6.
nmod:poss nsubj appos cop case flat punct root My PRON cousin NOUN Troy PROPN is AUX in ADP Year PROPN 6 NUM . PUNCT 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 cousin nmod:poss 2 cousin cousin NOUN Number=Sing 6 Year nsubj 3 Troy Troy PROPN Number=Sing 2 cousin appos 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 Year cop 5 in in ADP _ 6 Year case 6 Year Year PROPN Number=Sing root root 7 6 6 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 Year flat 8 . . PUNCT _ 6 Year punct
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1 is present My cousin in Year tree rules
Example 6 A computer virus called a Trojan horse tricks you into opening it.
det compound nsubj acl det amod obj obj mark advcl obj punct root A DET computer NOUN virus NOUN called VERB a DET Trojan ADJ horse NOUN tricks VERB you PRON into SCONJ opening VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 virus det 2 computer computer NOUN Number=Sing 3 virus compound 3 virus virus NOUN Number=Sing 8 tricks nsubj 4 called call VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 virus acl 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 horse det 6 Trojan trojan ADJ Degree=Pos 7 horse amod 7 horse horse NOUN Number=Sing 4 called obj 8 tricks trick VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 8 tricks obj 10 into into SCONJ _ 11 opening mark 11 opening open VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 tricks advcl 12 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 opening obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 8 tricks punct
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1 call participle a computer virus not said here a Trojan horse vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent horse=Recipient 2 trick present a computer virus you vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient 3 open gerund a computer virus not said here horse vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
Example 7 He who sung of Troy became earth, and from that earth I have sprung.
The tree, 14 words nsubj nsubj mark nsubj advcl xcomp punct cc case det obl nsubj aux conj punct root He PRON who PRON sung VERB of SCONJ Troy PROPN became VERB earth NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ from ADP that DET earth NOUN I PRON have AUX sprung VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 sung nsubj 2 who who PRON PronType=Rel 3 sung nsubj 3 sung sing VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 of of SCONJ _ 6 became mark 5 Troy Troy PROPN Number=Sing 6 became nsubj 6 became become VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 sung advcl 7 earth earth NOUN Number=Sing 6 became xcomp 8 , , PUNCT _ 15 sprung punct 9 and and CCONJ _ 15 sprung cc 10 from from ADP _ 12 earth case 11 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 12 earth det 12 earth earth NOUN Number=Sing 15 sprung obl 13 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 15 sprung nsubj 14 have have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 sprung aux 15 sprung spring VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 3 sung conj 16 . . PUNCT _ 3 sung punct
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1 sing speech: express past He vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location 2 become past Troy earth vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient 3 spring present · perfect I that earth vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from earth=Trajectory
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