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title: artillery — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «artillery» in the school dictionary: Artillery means big guns and cannons used in war, and also the soldiers who fire them. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# artillery

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**Who acts:** Artillery, soldiers, I, heavy artillery · **What happens:** mean, use, fire, hear, roar, stack · **To what, where:** big guns, war, guns, roar, cannons, artillery lines

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Artillery means big guns and cannons used in war, and also the soldiers who fire them.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:artillery:m1:1
# text = Artillery means big guns and cannons used in war, and also the soldiers who fire them.
1	Artillery	artillery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	guns	gun	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	cannons	cannon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	also	also	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Artillery | big guns and cannons and the soldiers and fire |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gun=Topic |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | big guns and cannons and the soldiers and fire *not said here* |  | war |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fire** |  | the soldiers and fire | guns *= gun* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The artillery fired all night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:artillery:x1:1
# text = The artillery fired all night.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	artillery	artillery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fired	fire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fire** | past | the artillery |  |  |  | night |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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I heard the roar of heavy artillery.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:artillery:x2:1
# text = I heard the roar of heavy artillery.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	roar	roar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	artillery	artillery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | I | the roar of heavy artillery |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer roar=Stimulus |
| 2 | **roar** |  | heavy artillery |  |  |  |  |  | nom roar «event intransitive»: of=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The cannons were stacked near the artillery lines.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:artillery:x3:1
# text = The cannons were stacked near the artillery lines.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cannons	cannon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	stacked	stack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	artillery	artillery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	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 | **stack** | past · passive |  | the cannons |  | the artillery lines |  |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme near line=Destination |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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