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title: rampart — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «rampart» in the school dictionary: A rampart is a high wall of earth or stone built to defend a town or castle. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# rampart

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**Who acts:** rampart, ramparts, soldiers, high ramparts, We · **What happens:** be, build, defend, stand, guard, walk · **To what, where:** high wall, earth, town, walkway, ramparts

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A rampart is a high wall of earth or stone built to defend a town or castle.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rampart:m1:1
# text = A rampart is a high wall of earth or stone built to defend a town or castle.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rampart	rampart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	defend	defend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a rampart | a high wall |  |  |  | of earth or stone | tree rules |
| 2 | **build** | participle |  | earth or stone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **defend** | to-infinitive |  | a town or castle |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Beneficiary |

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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}

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The ramparts are the walkway along the top of such a wall.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rampart:m2:1
# text = The ramparts are the walkway along the top of such a wall.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ramparts	rampart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	walkway	walkway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	along	along	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	12	det:predet	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the ramparts | the walkway |  |  |  | along the top of such wall | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The soldiers stood on the ramparts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rampart:x1:1
# text = The soldiers stood on the ramparts.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ramparts	rampart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | the soldiers |  |  | the ramparts |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on rampart=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The town was guarded by high ramparts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rampart:x2:1
# text = The town was guarded by high ramparts.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	guarded	guard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ramparts	rampart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | past · passive | high ramparts | the town |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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We walked along the ramparts and looked at the sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rampart:x3:1
# text = We walked along the ramparts and looked at the sea.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	along	along	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ramparts	rampart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | We |  |  | the ramparts |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along rampart=Trajectory |
| 2 | **look** | past | We *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the sea | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sea=Theme |

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