apprehend Who acts: police, It, Officers, Security guards, She · What happens: apprehend, be, arrest, take, not apprehend, happen · To what, where: someone, them, something, thief, station, suspect
«apprehend» 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: apprehend in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.
To apprehend someone is to catch and arrest them.
mark advcl obj cop mark cc conj obj punct root To PART apprehend VERB someone PRON is AUX to PART catch VERB and CCONJ arrest VERB them PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 apprehend mark 2 apprehend apprehend VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 catch advcl 3 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 apprehend obj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 catch cop 5 to to PART _ 6 catch mark 6 catch catch VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 arrest cc 8 arrest arrest VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 6 catch conj 9 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 arrest obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 catch punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 apprehend to-infinitive someone vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus 2 is present catch property tree rules 3 arrest infinitive them = they vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
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: formal — kept apart, not parsed.
To apprehend something is to understand it.
mark advcl obj cop mark obj punct root To PART apprehend VERB something PRON is AUX to PART understand VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 apprehend mark 2 apprehend apprehend VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 understand advcl 3 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 apprehend obj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 understand cop 5 to to PART _ 6 understand mark 6 understand understand VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 understand obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 6 understand punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 apprehend to-infinitive something vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus 2 is present understand property tree rules
Example 1 The police apprehended the thief at the station.
det nsubj det obj case det obl punct root The DET police NOUN apprehended VERB the DET thief NOUN at ADP the DET station NOUN . PUNCT 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 3 apprehended nsubj 3 apprehended apprehend VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 thief det 5 thief thief NOUN Number=Sing 3 apprehended obj 6 at at ADP _ 8 station case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 station det 8 station station NOUN Number=Sing 3 apprehended obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 apprehended punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 apprehend past the police the thief the station vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thief=Stimulus
Example 2 The suspect was apprehended after a chase.
det nsubj:pass aux:pass case det obl punct root The DET suspect NOUN was AUX apprehended VERB after ADP a DET chase NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 suspect det 2 suspect suspect NOUN Number=Sing 4 apprehended nsubj:pass 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 apprehended aux:pass 4 apprehended apprehend VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 after after ADP _ 7 chase case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 chase det 7 chase chase NOUN Number=Sing 4 apprehended obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 apprehended punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 apprehend past · passive the suspect after a chase vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
Example 3 It took time to apprehend the full danger.
nsubj obj mark acl det amod obj punct root It PRON took VERB time NOUN to PART apprehend VERB the DET full ADJ danger NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 took nsubj 2 took take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 time time NOUN Number=Sing 2 took obj 4 to to PART _ 5 apprehend mark 5 apprehend apprehend VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 time acl 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 danger det 7 full full ADJ Degree=Pos 8 danger amod 8 danger danger NOUN Number=Sing 5 apprehend obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 took punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 take past It time vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 apprehend to-infinitive the full danger vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer danger=Stimulus
Example 4 Officers apprehended two people.
nsubj nummod obj punct root Officers NOUN apprehended VERB two NUM people NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Officers officer NOUN Number=Plur 2 apprehended nsubj 2 apprehended apprehend VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 people nummod 4 people people NOUN Number=Plur 2 apprehended obj 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 apprehended punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 apprehend past Officers two people vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus
Example 5 Security guards cannot always apprehend shoplifters.
compound nsubj aux advmod advmod obj punct root Security NOUN guards NOUN can AUX not PART always ADV apprehend VERB shoplifters NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Security security NOUN Number=Sing 2 guards compound 2 guards guard NOUN Number=Plur 6 apprehend nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 apprehend aux 4 not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 apprehend advmod 5 always always ADV PronType=Tot 6 apprehend advmod 6 apprehend apprehend VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 shoplifters shoplifter NOUN Number=Plur 6 apprehend obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 6 apprehend punct
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1 not apprehend can Security guards shoplifters always property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shoplifter=Stimulus
Example 6 She quickly apprehended what was happening.
nsubj advmod nsubj aux ccomp punct root She PRON quickly ADV apprehended VERB what PRON was AUX happening VERB . 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 3 apprehended nsubj 2 quickly quickly ADV _ 3 apprehended advmod 3 apprehended apprehend VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 what what PRON PronType=Int 6 happening nsubj 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 happening aux 6 happening happen VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 apprehended ccomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 apprehended punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 apprehend past She quickly property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 2 happen past · progressive vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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