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title: ammunition — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ammunition» in the school dictionary: Ammunition is the bullets, shells, or other things fired or thrown in a fight. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ammunition

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**Who acts:** Ammunition, things, soldiers, boys, ammunition wagon · **What happens:** be, fire, throw, fill, run, look · **To what, where:** bullets, other things, fight, ammunition, enemy, wagon

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«ammunition» 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: [ammunition in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ammunition.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Ammunition is the bullets, shells, or other things fired or thrown in a fight.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ammunition:m1:1
# text = Ammunition is the bullets, shells, or other things fired or thrown in a fight.
1	Ammunition	ammunition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bullets	bullet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
11	fired	fire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Ammunition | the bullets and shells or other things |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fire** | participle |  | other things *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **throw** | participle |  |  |  | a fight |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in fight=Destination |

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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 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In a story, ammunition can be any things a person throws at an enemy.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ammunition:m2:1
# text = In a story, ammunition can be any things a person throws at an enemy.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	ammunition	ammunition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	throws	throw	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | any things | ammunition *not said here* |  | a enemy |  | throw *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The soldiers filled the wagon with ammunition.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ammunition:x1:1
# text = The soldiers filled the wagon with ammunition.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	filled	fill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wagon	wagon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ammunition	ammunition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | past | the soldiers | the wagon |  |  |  | with ammunition | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent wagon=Patient with ammunition=Instrument |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The boys ran out of ammunition and looked for more.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ammunition:x2:1
# text = The boys ran out of ammunition and looked for more.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ammunition	ammunition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | the boys |  |  | ammunition |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out ammunition=Trajectory |
| 2 | **look** | past | the boys *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for more | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for more=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The ammunition wagon got stuck in the mud.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ammunition:x3:1
# text = The ammunition wagon got stuck in the mud.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ammunition	ammunition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	wagon	wagon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the ammunition wagon |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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