accuse Who acts: they, someone, She, brother, you, He · What happens: accuse, be, do, break, eat, not accuse · To what, where: someone, something, court, law, accused person, trial · Speech: someone speaks here
«accuse» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: accuse in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To accuse someone is to say that they did something wrong or bad.
mark advcl obj cop mark mark nsubj ccomp obj amod cc conj punct root To PART accuse VERB someone PRON is AUX to PART say VERB that SCONJ they PRON did VERB something PRON wrong ADJ or CCONJ bad ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 accuse mark 2 accuse accuse VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 say advcl 3 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 accuse obj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 say cop 5 to to PART _ 6 say mark 6 say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 7 that that SCONJ _ 9 did mark 8 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 did nsubj 9 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 say ccomp 10 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 9 did obj 11 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 10 something amod 12 or or CCONJ _ 13 bad cc 13 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 11 wrong conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 6 say punct
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1 accuse to-infinitive someone vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent someone=Theme 2 be speech: assert present say property tree rules 3 do past they something vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
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 In a court, to accuse someone is to say officially that they broke the law; the accused is the person on trial.
The tree, 22 words case det obl punct mark nsubj cop mark parataxis advmod mark nsubj ccomp det obj punct det amod cop det parataxis case nmod punct root In ADP a DET court NOUN , PUNCT to PART accuse VERB someone PRON is AUX to PART say VERB officially ADV that SCONJ they PRON broke VERB the DET law NOUN ; PUNCT the DET accused VERB is AUX the DET person NOUN on ADP trial NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 court case 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 court det 3 court court NOUN Number=Sing 6 accuse obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 accuse punct 5 to to PART _ 6 accuse mark 6 accuse accuse VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 7 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 10 say nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 say cop 9 to to PART _ 10 say mark 10 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 accuse parataxis 11 officially officially ADV _ 10 say advmod 12 that that SCONJ _ 14 broke mark 13 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 broke nsubj 14 broke break VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 say ccomp 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 law det 16 law law NOUN Number=Sing 14 broke obj 17 ; ; PUNCT _ 22 person punct 18 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 22 person det 19 accused accuse VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 22 person amod 20 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 22 person cop 21 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 22 person det 22 person person NOUN Number=Sing 6 accuse parataxis 23 on on ADP _ 24 trial case 24 trial trial NOUN Number=Sing 22 person nmod 25 . . PUNCT _ 6 accuse punct
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1 accuse to-infinitive a court vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent 2 be speech: assert present someone officially, say property tree rules 3 break past they the law vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer law=Patient 4 accuse participle vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent 5 is a present the accused person trial tree rules
Example 1 She accused her brother of eating the last biscuit.
nsubj nmod:poss obj mark acl det amod obj punct root She PRON accused VERB her PRON brother NOUN of SCONJ eating VERB the DET last ADJ biscuit NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 accused nsubj 2 accused accuse VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 brother nmod:poss 4 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 2 accused obj 5 of of SCONJ _ 6 eating mark 6 eating eat VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 brother acl 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 biscuit det 8 last last ADJ Degree=Pos 9 biscuit amod 9 biscuit biscuit NOUN Number=Sing 6 eating obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 accused punct
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1 accuse past She her brother vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent brother=Theme 2 eat gerund her brother not said here the last biscuit vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent biscuit=Patient
Example 2 Don't accuse anyone until you know the facts.
aux advmod obj mark nsubj advcl det obj punct root Do AUX n't PART accuse VERB anyone PRON until SCONJ you PRON know VERB the DET facts NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 accuse aux 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 3 accuse advmod 3 accuse accuse VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 anyone anyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 3 accuse obj 5 until until SCONJ _ 7 know mark 6 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 7 know nsubj 7 know know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 accuse advcl 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 facts det 9 facts fact NOUN Number=Plur 7 know obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 accuse punct
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1 not accuse imperative · do-support you not said here anyone vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme 2 know present you the facts vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer fact=Stimulus
Example 3 The man was accused of stealing a bike.
det nsubj aux:pass mark advcl det obj punct root The DET man NOUN was AUX accused VERB of SCONJ stealing VERB a DET bike NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 man det 2 man man NOUN Number=Sing 4 accused nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 accused aux:pass 4 accused accuse VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 of of SCONJ _ 6 stealing mark 6 stealing steal VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 accused advcl 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 bike det 8 bike bike NOUN Number=Sing 6 stealing obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 accused punct
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1 accuse past · passive the man vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme 2 steal gerund a bike vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bike=Theme
Example 4 He felt sad when his friend accused him of lying.
nsubj xcomp advmod nmod:poss nsubj advcl obj mark advcl punct root He PRON felt VERB sad ADJ when ADV his PRON friend NOUN accused VERB him PRON of SCONJ lying VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 felt nsubj 2 felt feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos 2 felt xcomp 4 when when ADV PronType=Int 7 accused advmod 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 friend nmod:poss 6 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 7 accused nsubj 7 accused accuse VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 felt advcl 8 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 accused obj 9 of of SCONJ _ 10 lying mark 10 lying lie VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 accused advcl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 felt punct
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1 feel past He sad property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus 2 accuse past his friend him = he vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme 3 lie gerund his friend not said here vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 5 The accused stood up in court.
det advcl compound:prt case obl punct root The DET accused VERB stood VERB up ADP in ADP court NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 accused det 2 accused accuse VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 stood advcl 3 stood stand VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 up up ADP _ 3 stood compound:prt 5 in in ADP _ 6 court case 6 court court NOUN Number=Sing 3 stood obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 stood punct
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1 accuse participle vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent 2 stand up past court vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in court=Location
Example 6 In the story, the wolf was wrongly accused.
case det obl punct det nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod punct root In ADP the DET story NOUN , PUNCT the DET wolf NOUN was AUX wrongly ADV accused VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 story case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 story det 3 story story NOUN Number=Sing 9 accused obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 story punct 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 wolf det 6 wolf wolf NOUN Number=Sing 9 accused nsubj:pass 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 accused aux:pass 8 wrongly wrongly ADV _ 9 accused advmod 9 accused accuse VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 accused punct
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1 accuse past · passive the wolf the story wrongly property vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme
Example 7 Nobody likes to be accused of cheating.
nsubj mark aux:pass xcomp case obl punct root Nobody PRON likes VERB to PART be AUX accused VERB of ADP cheating NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 2 likes nsubj 2 likes like VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 5 accused mark 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 accused aux:pass 5 accused accuse VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 likes xcomp 6 of of ADP _ 7 cheating case 7 cheating cheating NOUN Number=Sing 5 accused obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 likes punct
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1 like present Nobody vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme 2 accuse not said to happen to-infinitive · passive Nobody not said here of cheating vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: of cheating=Attribute
Example 8 He was accused of nothing less than murder.
nsubj aux:pass case obl amod case obl punct root He PRON was AUX accused VERB of ADP nothing PRON less ADJ than ADP murder NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 accused nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 accused aux:pass 3 accused accuse VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 of of ADP _ 5 nothing case 5 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 3 accused obl 6 less less ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 nothing amod 7 than than ADP _ 8 murder case 8 murder murder NOUN Number=Sing 6 less obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 accused punct
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1 accuse past · passive He of nothing vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme of nothing=Attribute
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