warfare Who acts: Warfare, book, feather · What happens: fight, change, invent, use, ban, be · To what, where: war, guns, Chemical warfare, sea, great suffering, Knights
«warfare» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: warfare in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Warfare is fighting in a war, or the way a war is fought.
The tree, 13 words nsubj aux case det obl punct cc det obl:unmarked det nsubj aux:pass conj punct root Warfare NOUN is AUX fighting VERB in ADP a DET war NOUN , PUNCT or CCONJ the DET way NOUN a DET war NOUN is AUX fought VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Warfare warfare NOUN Number=Sing 3 fighting nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 fighting aux 3 fighting fight VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 in in ADP _ 6 war case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 war det 6 war war NOUN Number=Sing 3 fighting obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 14 fought punct 8 or or CCONJ _ 14 fought cc 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 way det 10 way way NOUN Number=Sing 14 fought obl:unmarked 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 war det 12 war war NOUN Number=Sing 14 fought nsubj 13 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 fought aux:pass 14 fought fight VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 fighting conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 3 fighting punct
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1 fight present · progressive Warfare a war vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 fight present · passive a war the way obl:unmarked vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 Warfare changed when guns were invented.
nsubj advmod nsubj:pass aux:pass ccomp punct root Warfare NOUN changed VERB when ADV guns NOUN were AUX invented VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Warfare warfare NOUN Number=Sing 2 changed nsubj 2 changed change VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 when when ADV PronType=Int 6 invented advmod 4 guns gun NOUN Number=Plur 6 invented nsubj:pass 5 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 invented aux:pass 6 invented invent VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 changed ccomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 changed punct
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1 change past Warfare tree rules 2 invent past · passive guns vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
Example 2 Ancient warfare used swords and shields.
amod amod conj cc conj punct root Ancient ADJ warfare NOUN used VERB swords NOUN and CCONJ shields NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ancient ancient ADJ Degree=Pos 2 warfare amod 2 warfare warfare NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 swords amod 4 swords sword NOUN Number=Plur 2 warfare conj 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 shields cc 6 shields shield NOUN Number=Plur 4 swords conj 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 warfare punct
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1 use participle vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 3 Chemical warfare is banned.
amod nsubj:pass aux:pass punct root Chemical ADJ warfare NOUN is AUX banned VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Chemical chemical ADJ Degree=Pos 2 warfare amod 2 warfare warfare NOUN Number=Sing 4 banned nsubj:pass 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 banned aux:pass 4 banned ban VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 . . PUNCT _ 4 banned punct
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1 ban present · passive Chemical warfare vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
Example 4 The book is about warfare at sea.
det nsubj cop case case nmod punct root The DET book NOUN is AUX about ADP warfare NOUN at ADP sea NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 book det 2 book book NOUN Number=Sing 5 warfare nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 warfare cop 4 about about ADP _ 5 warfare case 5 warfare warfare NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 at at ADP _ 7 sea case 7 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 5 warfare nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 warfare punct
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1 is present the book sea about warfare tree rules
Example 5 Warfare causes great suffering.
nsubj amod obj punct root Warfare NOUN causes VERB great ADJ suffering NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Warfare warfare NOUN Number=Sing 2 causes nsubj 2 causes cause VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 4 suffering amod 4 suffering suffering NOUN Number=Sing 2 causes obj 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 causes punct
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1 cause present Warfare great suffering vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition suffering=Patient
Example 6 Knights trained for warfare.
nsubj:pass case obl punct root Knights NOUN trained VERB for ADP warfare NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Knights knight NOUN Number=Plur 2 trained nsubj:pass 2 trained train VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 3 for for ADP _ 4 warfare case 4 warfare warfare NOUN Number=Sing 2 trained obl 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 trained punct
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1 train participle · passive Knights for warfare vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
Example 7 In the above-described warfare, if a Pygmy chanced to pluck out a crane's tail feather, it proved a very great feather in his cap.
The tree, 26 words case det compound punct amod obl punct mark det conj acl mark xcomp compound:prt det nmod:poss case compound obj punct nsubj det advmod amod obj case nmod:poss nmod punct root In ADP the DET above ADJ - PUNCT described VERB warfare NOUN , PUNCT if SCONJ a DET Pygmy NOUN chanced VERB to PART pluck VERB out ADP a DET crane NOUN 's PART tail NOUN feather NOUN , PUNCT it PRON proved VERB a DET very ADV great ADJ feather NOUN in ADP his PRON cap NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 6 warfare case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 warfare det 3 above above ADJ Degree=Pos 5 described compound 4 - - PUNCT _ 3 above punct 5 described describe VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 warfare amod 6 warfare warfare NOUN Number=Sing 22 proved obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 6 warfare punct 8 if if SCONJ _ 10 Pygmy mark 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 Pygmy det 10 Pygmy pygmy NOUN Number=Sing 6 warfare conj 11 chanced chance VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 10 Pygmy acl 12 to to PART _ 13 pluck mark 13 pluck pluck VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 chanced xcomp 14 out out ADP _ 13 pluck compound:prt 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 crane det 16 crane crane NOUN Number=Sing 19 feather nmod:poss 17 's 's PART _ 16 crane case 18 tail tail NOUN Number=Sing 19 feather compound 19 feather feather NOUN Number=Sing 13 pluck obj 20 , , PUNCT _ 6 warfare punct 21 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 22 proved nsubj 22 proved prove VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 23 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 26 feather det 24 very very ADV _ 25 great advmod 25 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 26 feather amod 26 feather feather NOUN Number=Sing 22 proved obj 27 in in ADP _ 29 cap case 28 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 29 cap nmod:poss 29 cap cap NOUN Number=Sing 26 feather nmod 30 . . PUNCT _ 22 proved punct
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1 describe participle vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent 2 chance participle a Pygmy not said here vn risk-94-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 3 pluck out to-infinitive a crane's tail feather vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient 4 prove past feather a great feather the described warfare and a Pygmy in his cap vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Theme
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