allegation

Who acts: allegation, someone, player, police, She, school · What happens: be, do, say, make, investigate, prove · To what, where: statement, something, claim, court, police, allegations · Speech: someone speaks here

«allegation» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: allegation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An allegation is a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal, said without proof yet.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 allegation	det
2	allegation	allegation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 statement	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 statement	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 statement	det
5	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 done	mark
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 done	nsubj
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 done	aux
9	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 statement	acl:relcl
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 done	obj
11	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 something	amod
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 illegal	cc
13	illegal	illegal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 wrong	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 said	punct
15	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 statement	parataxis
16	without	without	ADP	_	17 proof	case
17	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 said	obl
18	yet	yet	ADV	_	15 said	advmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 statement	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a allegation	a statement			tree rules
2	do	present · perfect	someone	something			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
3	say speech: assert	past			yet	without proof	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

Usage: law, formal — kept apart, not parsed.

An allegation is a claim made in court or to the police that must be investigated and proved.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 allegation	det
2	allegation	allegation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 claim	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 claim	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 claim	det
5	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 claim	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 court	case
8	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 police	cc
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 police	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 police	det
12	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 court	conj
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 investigated	obj
14	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 investigated	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 investigated	aux:pass
16	investigated	investigate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 police	acl:relcl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 proved	cc
18	proved	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 investigated	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 claim	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	a allegation	a claim		tree rules
2	make	participle		a claim not said here	court or the police	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	investigate	must · passive		the police		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: that=Theme
4	prove	participle				vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The player denied the allegations of cheating.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 player	det
2	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denied	nsubj
3	denied	deny	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 allegations	det
5	allegations	allegation	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 denied	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 cheating	case
7	cheating	cheating	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 allegations	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 denied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deny	past	the player	the allegations of cheating					vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent allegation=Eventuality

Example 2

The police are looking into an allegation of theft.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 police	det
2	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 looking	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 looking	aux
4	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 allegation	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 allegation	det
7	allegation	allegation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looking	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 theft	case
9	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 allegation	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present · progressive	the police					into a allegation of theft	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into allegation=Theme

Example 3

She made a serious allegation against her boss.

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 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 allegation	det
4	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 allegation	amod
5	allegation	allegation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
6	against	against	ADP	_	8 boss	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 boss	nmod:poss
8	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	She	a serious allegation				against her boss	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent allegation=Product

Example 4

The school takes every allegation of bullying seriously.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 school	det
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 takes	nsubj
3	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 allegation	det
5	allegation	allegation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 takes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 bullying	case
7	bullying	bullying	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 allegation	nmod
8	seriously	seriously	ADV	_	3 takes	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 takes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	the school	every allegation of bullying				seriously property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent allegation=Theme

Example 5

The allegations turned out to be false.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 allegations	det
2	allegations	allegation	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turned	nsubj
3	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 turned	compound:prt
5	to	to	PART	_	7 false	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 false	cop
7	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 turned	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 turned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn out	past	the allegations						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive	the allegations not said here					false property	tree rules

Example 6

Newspapers must be careful when printing allegations.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Newspapers	newspaper	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 careful	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 careful	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 careful	cop
4	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 printing	advmod
6	printing	print	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 careful	advcl
7	allegations	allegation	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 printing	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 careful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	Newspapers					careful property	tree rules
2	print	gerund	Newspapers not said here	allegations					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent allegation=Theme

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