activist Who acts: activist, person, Rosa, Malala, girls, Climate activists · What happens: be, work, bring about, campaign, protest, write · To what, where: person, political change, letters, rights activist, activist, city
«activist» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: activist in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 An activist is a person who works hard to bring about political or social change, for example by campaigning, protesting or writing letters.
The tree, 23 words det nsubj cop det nsubj acl:relcl xcomp mark xcomp advmod amod cc conj obj punct case obl mark acl punct conj cc conj obj punct root An DET activist NOUN is AUX a DET person NOUN who PRON works VERB hard ADJ to PART bring VERB about ADV political ADJ or CCONJ social ADJ change NOUN , PUNCT for ADP example NOUN by SCONJ campaigning VERB , PUNCT protesting VERB or CCONJ writing VERB letters NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 activist det 2 activist activist NOUN Number=Sing 5 person nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 person cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 person det 5 person person NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 7 works nsubj 7 works work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 person acl:relcl 8 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 7 works xcomp 9 to to PART _ 10 bring mark 10 bring bring VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 hard xcomp 11 about about ADV _ 12 political advmod 12 political political ADJ Degree=Pos 15 change amod 13 or or CCONJ _ 14 social cc 14 social social ADJ Degree=Pos 12 political conj 15 change change NOUN Number=Sing 10 bring obj 16 , , PUNCT _ 18 example punct 17 for for ADP _ 18 example case 18 example example NOUN Number=Sing 5 person obl 19 by by SCONJ _ 20 campaigning mark 20 campaigning campaign VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 person acl 21 , , PUNCT _ 22 protesting punct 22 protesting protest VERB VerbForm=Ger 20 campaigning conj 23 or or CCONJ _ 24 writing cc 24 writing write VERB VerbForm=Ger 20 campaigning conj 25 letters letter NOUN Number=Plur 24 writing obj 26 . . PUNCT _ 5 person punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present a activist a person for example tree rules 2 work present a person hard property vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 bring about to-infinitive a person not said here political change vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition change=Patient 4 campaign gerund a person not said here tree rules 5 protest speech: disagree gerund a person not said here vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 6 write gerund a person not said here letters vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme
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 Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist.
nsubj flat cop det amod compound punct root Rosa PROPN Parks PROPN was AUX a DET civil ADJ rights NOUN activist NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Rosa Rosa PROPN Number=Sing 7 activist nsubj 2 Parks Parks PROPN Number=Sing 1 Rosa flat 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 activist cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 activist det 5 civil civil ADJ Degree=Pos 6 rights amod 6 rights right NOUN Number=Plur 7 activist compound 7 activist activist NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 activist punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past Rosa a rights activist tree rules
Example 2 Malala became an activist for girls' education.
nsubj det xcomp case nmod:poss case nmod punct root Malala PROPN became VERB an DET activist NOUN for ADP girls NOUN ' PART education NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Malala Malala PROPN Number=Sing 2 became nsubj 2 became become VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 activist det 4 activist activist NOUN Number=Sing 2 became xcomp 5 for for ADP _ 8 education case 6 girls girl NOUN Number=Plur 8 education nmod:poss 7 ' 's PART _ 6 girls case 8 education education NOUN Number=Sing 4 activist nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 became punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 become past Malala a activist for girls's education vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient 2 educate girls nom education «act transitive»: poss=agent
Example 3 Climate activists marched through the city.
compound nsubj case det obl punct root Climate NOUN activists NOUN marched VERB through ADP the DET city NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Climate climate NOUN Number=Sing 2 activists compound 2 activists activist NOUN Number=Plur 3 marched nsubj 3 marched march VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 through through ADP _ 6 city case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 city det 6 city city NOUN Number=Sing 3 marched obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 marched punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 march past Climate activists the city vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through city=Trajectory
Example 4 Activists collected signatures for a petition.
nsubj obj case det obl punct root Activists NOUN collected VERB signatures NOUN for ADP a DET petition NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Activists activist NOUN Number=Plur 2 collected nsubj 2 collected collect VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 signatures signature NOUN Number=Plur 2 collected obj 4 for for ADP _ 6 petition case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 petition det 6 petition petition NOUN Number=Sing 2 collected obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 collected punct
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1 collect past Activists signatures for a petition vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signature=Theme
Example 5 You can be an activist by writing to your local council.
nsubj aux cop det mark acl case nmod:poss amod obl punct root You PRON can AUX be AUX an DET activist NOUN by SCONJ writing VERB to ADP your PRON local ADJ council NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 activist nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 activist aux 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 activist cop 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 activist det 5 activist activist NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 by by SCONJ _ 7 writing mark 7 writing write VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 activist acl 8 to to ADP _ 11 council case 9 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 council nmod:poss 10 local local ADJ Degree=Pos 11 council amod 11 council council NOUN Number=Sing 7 writing obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 activist punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a can You a activist tree rules 2 write gerund a activist not said here your local council vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent to council=Recipient
Example 6 The activists held up signs outside parliament.
det nsubj compound:prt obj case nmod punct root The DET activists NOUN held VERB up ADP signs NOUN outside ADP parliament NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 activists det 2 activists activist NOUN Number=Plur 3 held nsubj 3 held hold VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 up up ADP _ 3 held compound:prt 5 signs sign NOUN Number=Plur 3 held obj 6 outside outside ADP _ 7 parliament case 7 parliament parliament NOUN Number=Sing 5 signs nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 held punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hold up past the activists signs outside parliament vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sign=Theme
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