absolved
Who acts: blame, judge, king, father, it · What happens: absolve, be, say, not be, break · To what, where: someone, blame, boy, knight, her, broken vase · Speech: someone speaks here
«absolved» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: absolved in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To absolve someone is to free them from blame, guilt or punishment, saying that they are not responsible.
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 absolve | mark |
| 2 | absolve | absolve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 free | advcl |
| 3 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 absolve | obj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 free | cop |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 free | mark |
| 6 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 free | obj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 blame | case |
| 9 | blame | blame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 free | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 guilt | punct |
| 11 | guilt | guilt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 blame | conj |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 punishment | cc |
| 13 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 blame | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 saying | punct |
| 15 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 free | advcl |
| 16 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 20 responsible | mark |
| 17 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 responsible | nsubj |
| 18 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 responsible | cop |
| 19 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 20 responsible | advmod |
| 20 | responsible | responsible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 saying | ccomp |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 free | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | absolve | to-infinitive | someone | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer someone=Source | |||||
| 2 | is | present | blame and guilt or punishment | free property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | gerund | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | not is | present | blame | responsible property | tree rules |
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
The judge absolved the boy of blame.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 judge | det |
| 2 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 absolved | nsubj |
| 3 | absolved | absolve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 boy | det |
| 5 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 absolved | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 blame | case |
| 7 | blame | blame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 boy | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 absolved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | absolve | past | the judge | the boy of blame | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer boy=Source |
Example 2
The king absolved the knight after the accident.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 absolved | nsubj |
| 3 | absolved | absolve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 knight | det |
| 5 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 absolved | obj |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 accident | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 accident | det |
| 8 | accident | accident | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 absolved | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 absolved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | absolve | past | the king | the knight | after the accident | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer knight=Source |
Example 3
Her father absolved her from the broken vase.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 father | nmod:poss |
| 2 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 absolved | nsubj |
| 3 | absolved | absolve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 absolved | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 vase | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 vase | det |
| 7 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 vase | amod |
| 8 | vase | vase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 absolved | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 absolved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | absolve | past | Her father | her = she | the broken vase | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer she=Source | |||
| 2 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Example 4
Because it was an accident, he was absolved of all guilt.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 accident | mark |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 accident | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 accident | cop |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 accident | det |
| 5 | accident | accident | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 absolved | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 accident | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 absolved | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 absolved | aux:pass |
| 9 | absolved | absolve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 guilt | case |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 guilt | det |
| 12 | guilt | guilt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 absolved | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 absolved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | a accident | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | absolve | past · passive | he | of all guilt | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source of guilt=Theme |
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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