waggoner
Who acts: waggoner, person, king · What happens: be, drive, crack, walk, hire, carry · To what, where: person, waggon, whip, waggoner, load
«waggoner» 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: waggoner in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A waggoner is a person who drives a waggon, especially a farm worker long ago.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 waggoner | det |
| 2 | waggoner | waggoner | 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 | 7 drives | nsubj |
| 7 | drives | drive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | acl:relcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 waggon | det |
| 9 | waggon | waggon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 drives | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 worker | punct |
| 11 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 14 worker | advmod |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 worker | det |
| 13 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 worker | compound |
| 14 | worker | worker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 drives | obl |
| 15 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 16 ago | advmod |
| 16 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 7 drives | advmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a waggoner | a person | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | drive | present | a person | a waggon | a farm worker obl; ago property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waggon=Theme |
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: old spelling — kept apart, not parsed.
The same as "wagoner".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 same | det |
| 2 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 wagoner | case |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 wagoner | punct |
| 5 | wagoner | wagoner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 same | obl |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 wagoner | punct |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 same | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
The waggoner cracked his whip.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 waggoner | det |
| 2 | waggoner | waggoner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cracked | nsubj |
| 3 | cracked | crack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 whip | nmod:poss |
| 5 | whip | whip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cracked | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 cracked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crack | past | the waggoner | waggoner's whip | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location whip=Theme |
Example 2
A waggoner walked beside his horses.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 waggoner | det |
| 2 | waggoner | waggoner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 walked | nsubj |
| 3 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 6 horses | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 horses | nmod:poss |
| 6 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 walked | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 walked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | past | a waggoner | beside waggoner's horses | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside horse=Trajectory |
Example 3
The king hired a waggoner to carry the load.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hired | nsubj |
| 3 | hired | hire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 waggoner | det |
| 5 | waggoner | waggoner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hired | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 carry | mark |
| 7 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 waggoner | acl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 load | det |
| 9 | load | load | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 carry | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hired | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hire | past | the king | a waggoner | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waggoner=Theme | ||||
| 2 | carry | to-infinitive | the king not said here | the load | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme |
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