valhalla

Who acts: Valhalla, god, warriors, Vikings, fallen warriors, Valkyries · What happens: be, welcome, die, mean, believe, fall · To what, where: great hall, old Norse, warriors, wonderful place, Valhalla, Norse myths · Speech: someone speaks here

«valhalla» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: valhalla in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: a name, Norse myth — kept apart, not parsed.

Valhalla is the great hall in the old Norse (Viking) myths where the god Odin welcomed warriors who died bravely in battle.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Valhalla	valhalla	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hall	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hall	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hall	det
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hall	amod
5	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 Norse	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Norse	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Norse	amod
9	Norse	Norse	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 hall	nmod
10	(	(	PUNCT	_	11 Viking	punct
11	Viking	Viking	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 myths	compound
12	)	)	PUNCT	_	11 Viking	punct
13	myths	myth	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 Norse	conj
14	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	18 welcomed	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 god	det
16	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 welcomed	nsubj
17	Odin	Odin	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 god	appos
18	welcomed	welcome	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 myths	advcl
19	warriors	warrior	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 welcomed	obj
20	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 died	nsubj
21	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 warriors	acl:relcl
22	bravely	bravely	ADV	_	21 died	advmod
23	in	in	ADP	_	24 battle	case
24	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 died	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Valhalla	the great hall	the old Norse and Viking myths		tree rules
2	welcome	past	the god	warriors			vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warrior=Theme
3	die	past	warriors			in battle; bravely property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in battle=Attribute

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

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Valhalla can mean a wonderful place of honour or a heaven for some group, like «a Valhalla for football fans».

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Valhalla	valhalla	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mean	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 place	det
5	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 place	amod
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mean	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 honour	case
8	honour	honour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 place	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 heaven	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 heaven	det
11	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 place	conj
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 group	case
13	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	14 group	det
14	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 place	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 Valhalla	punct
16	like	like	ADP	_	19 Valhalla	case
17	«	«	PUNCT	_	19 Valhalla	punct
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 Valhalla	det
19	Valhalla	Valhalla	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mean	parataxis
20	for	for	ADP	_	22 fans	case
21	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 fans	compound
22	fans	fan	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 Valhalla	nmod
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 Valhalla	punct
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	Valhalla	a wonderful place of honour or a heaven				for some group	tree rules

Example 1

Vikings believed fallen warriors went to Valhalla.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vikings	Viking	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 believed	nsubj
2	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 warriors	amod
4	warriors	warrior	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 went	nsubj
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 believed	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Valhalla	case
7	Valhalla	Valhalla	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 went	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 believed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	believe	past	Vikings		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	fall	participle			vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	go	past	fallen warriors	Valhalla	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to valhalla=Initial_Location

Example 2

In Valhalla, the warriors feasted with Odin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Valhalla	case
2	Valhalla	Valhalla	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 feasted	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Valhalla	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 warriors	det
5	warriors	warrior	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 feasted	nsubj
6	feasted	feast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 Odin	case
8	Odin	Odin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 feasted	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 feasted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feast	past	the warriors			Valhalla		with Odin	vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The Valkyries chose who would go to Valhalla.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Valkyries	det
2	Valkyries	Valkyrie	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 chose	nsubj
3	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 go	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 go	aux
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 chose	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Valhalla	case
8	Valhalla	Valhalla	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 go	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 chose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	past	the Valkyries						tree rules
2	go	would				Valhalla			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to valhalla=Initial_Location

Example 4

We read Norse myths about Valhalla.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 read	nsubj
2	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Norse	norse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 myths	amod
4	myths	myth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 read	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 Valhalla	case
6	Valhalla	Valhalla	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 myths	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	past	We	Norse myths				about Valhalla	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myth=Topic

Example 5

The stadium was a Valhalla for rugby fans.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stadium	det
2	stadium	stadium	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Valhalla	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Valhalla	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 Valhalla	det
5	Valhalla	valhalla	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 fans	case
7	rugby	rugby	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fans	compound
8	fans	fan	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Valhalla	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 Valhalla	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the stadium	a Valhalla				for rugby fans	tree rules

Example 6

The game ends with the hero entering Valhalla.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 game	det
2	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ends	nsubj
3	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 hero	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hero	det
6	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ends	obl
7	entering	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 hero	acl
8	Valhalla	Valhalla	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 entering	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ends	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	present	the game					with the hero	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with hero=Subeventuality
2	enter	gerund	the hero not said here		Valhalla				vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme valhalla=Destination

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