watchdog

Who acts: watchdog, job, you, we · What happens: be, keep, guard, bark, obey, take · To what, where: dog, house, person, rules, place, fierce watchdog

«watchdog» 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: watchdog in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A watchdog is a dog kept to guard a house or farm and to bark at strangers.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 watchdog	det
2	watchdog	watchdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dog	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dog	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 dog	acl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 guard	mark
8	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 kept	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 guard	obj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 farm	cc
12	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 house	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 bark	cc
14	to	to	PART	_	15 bark	mark
15	bark	bark	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 guard	conj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 strangers	case
17	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 bark	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 dog	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a watchdog	a dog		tree rules
2	keep	participle		a dog not said here		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	guard	to-infinitive		a house or farm		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Beneficiary
4	bark	to-infinitive			at strangers	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at stranger=Stimulus

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

A watchdog can also be a person or group whose job is to check that rules are obeyed.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 watchdog	det
2	watchdog	watchdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 person	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 person	aux
4	also	also	ADV	_	7 person	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 person	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 group	cc
9	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 person	conj
10	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	11 job	nmod:poss
11	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 check	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 check	cop
13	to	to	PART	_	14 check	mark
14	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 person	acl:relcl
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 obeyed	mark
16	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 obeyed	nsubj:pass
17	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 obeyed	aux:pass
18	obeyed	obey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 check	advcl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	can	a watchdog	a person or group		tree rules
2	is	present	job		check property	tree rules
3	obey	present · passive		rules		vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 1

Are you taking the place of the watchdog?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 taking	aux
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 taking	nsubj
3	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 place	det
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taking	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 watchdog	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 watchdog	det
8	watchdog	watchdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 place	nmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 taking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present · progressive	you	the place of the watchdog					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme

Example 2

The dog barked like a real watchdog: «Bow, wow, wow!»

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	barked	bark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dog	acl
4	like	like	ADP	_	7 watchdog	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 watchdog	det
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 watchdog	amod
7	watchdog	watchdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 barked	obl
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 Bow	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 Bow	punct
10	Bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dog	appos
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wow	punct
12	wow	wow	INTJ	_	10 Bow	discourse
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 wow	punct
14	wow	wow	INTJ	_	12 wow	discourse
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 Bow	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 Bow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bark	participle		the dog not said here				like a real watchdog	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

If we had only had a fierce watchdog, he would have kept them away.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	5 had	mark
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 had	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 had	aux
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 had	advmod
5	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 kept	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 watchdog	det
7	fierce	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 watchdog	amod
8	watchdog	watchdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 had	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 kept	nsubj:pass
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 kept	aux
12	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 kept	aux
13	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 kept	obj
15	away	away	ADV	_	13 kept	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	we	a fierce watchdog					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watchdog=Patient
2	keep away	would · perfect · passive		he				away property	vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme they=Attribute

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