tussle

Who acts: two giants, We, boys · What happens: struggle, have, shriek, tussle · To what, where: tussle, Troll · Speech: someone speaks here

«tussle» 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: tussle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A rough fight or struggle between two people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fight	det
2	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fight	amod
3	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 struggle	cc
5	struggle	struggle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fight	conj
6	between	between	ADP	_	8 people	case
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 people	nummod
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 struggle	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 fight	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	struggle	infinitive						between two people	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 giants had a tussle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 giants	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 giants	nummod
3	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tussle	det
6	tussle	tussle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the two giants	a tussle					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tussle=Patient

Example 2

"We shall have a tussle for that!" shrieked the Troll.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct
2	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 have	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 shrieked	ccomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tussle	det
6	tussle	tussle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 that	case
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 tussle	nmod
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct
11	shrieked	shriek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Troll	det
13	Troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shrieked	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 shrieked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have in a quote	shall	We	a tussle				for that	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tussle=Patient
2	shriek	past		the Troll					tree rules

Example 3

The boys tussled over the ball.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boys	det
2	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tussled	nsubj
3	tussled	tussle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 ball	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ball	det
6	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tussled	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tussled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tussle	past	the boys					over the ball	vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent over ball=Theme

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