assassination Who acts: assassination, assassination attempt, spy story, country, Historians, Guards · What happens: be, help, start, assassinate, mourn, study · To what, where: murder, great war, archduke, assassination
«assassination» 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: assassination in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 An assassination is the murder of an important or famous person, such as a leader, usually for political reasons.
The tree, 19 words det nsubj cop det case det amod cc conj nmod punct case fixed det nmod punct advmod case amod conj punct root An DET assassination NOUN is AUX the DET murder NOUN of ADP an DET important ADJ or CCONJ famous ADJ person NOUN , PUNCT such ADJ as ADP a DET leader NOUN , PUNCT usually ADV for ADP political ADJ reasons NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 assassination det 2 assassination assassination NOUN Number=Sing 5 murder nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 murder cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 murder det 5 murder murder NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 11 person case 7 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 person det 8 important important ADJ Degree=Pos 11 person amod 9 or or CCONJ _ 10 famous cc 10 famous famous ADJ Degree=Pos 8 important conj 11 person person NOUN Number=Sing 5 murder nmod 12 , , PUNCT _ 16 leader punct 13 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 16 leader case 14 as as ADP _ 13 such fixed 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 leader det 16 leader leader NOUN Number=Sing 11 person nmod 17 , , PUNCT _ 21 reasons punct 18 usually usually ADV _ 21 reasons advmod 19 for for ADP _ 21 reasons case 20 political political ADJ Degree=Pos 21 reasons amod 21 reasons reason NOUN Number=Plur 5 murder conj 22 . . PUNCT _ 5 murder punct
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1 is a present a assassination the murder and political reasons of a important person such a leader 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 assassination of the archduke helped start a great war.
det nsubj case det nmod xcomp det amod obj punct root The DET assassination NOUN of ADP the DET archduke NOUN helped VERB start VERB a DET great ADJ war NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 assassination det 2 assassination assassination NOUN Number=Sing 6 helped nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 5 archduke case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 archduke det 5 archduke archduke NOUN Number=Sing 2 assassination nmod 6 helped help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 start start VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 helped xcomp 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 war det 9 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 10 war amod 10 war war NOUN Number=Sing 7 start obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 helped punct
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1 help past the assassination of the archduke vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 start infinitive the assassination of the archduke not said here a great war vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Eventuality 3 assassinate the archduke nom assassination «communication transitive»: of=patient
Example 2 There was an assassination attempt on the president.
expl det compound nsubj case det nmod punct root There PRON was VERB an DET assassination NOUN attempt NOUN on ADP the DET president NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 was expl 2 was be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 attempt det 4 assassination assassination NOUN Number=Sing 5 attempt compound 5 attempt attempt NOUN Number=Sing 2 was nsubj 6 on on ADP _ 8 president case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 president det 8 president president NOUN Number=Sing 5 attempt nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 was punct
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1 be past a assassination attempt on the president there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 3 The spy story is about an assassination plot.
det compound nsubj cop case det compound punct root The DET spy NOUN story NOUN is AUX about ADP an DET assassination NOUN plot NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 story det 2 spy spy NOUN Number=Sing 3 story compound 3 story story NOUN Number=Sing 8 plot nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 plot cop 5 about about ADP _ 8 plot case 6 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 plot det 7 assassination assassination NOUN Number=Sing 8 plot compound 8 plot plot NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 . . PUNCT _ 8 plot punct
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1 is present the spy story about a assassination plot tree rules
Example 4 The country mourned after the assassination.
det nsubj case det obl punct root The DET country NOUN mourned VERB after ADP the DET assassination NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 country det 2 country country NOUN Number=Sing 3 mourned nsubj 3 mourned mourn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 after after ADP _ 6 assassination case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 assassination det 6 assassination assassination NOUN Number=Sing 3 mourned obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 mourned punct
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1 mourn past the country after the assassination vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
Example 5 Historians study why the assassination happened.
nsubj advmod det nsubj ccomp punct root Historians NOUN study VERB why ADV the DET assassination NOUN happened VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Historians historian NOUN Number=Plur 2 study nsubj 2 study study VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 why why ADV PronType=Int 6 happened advmod 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 assassination det 5 assassination assassination NOUN Number=Sing 6 happened nsubj 6 happened happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 study ccomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 study punct
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1 study present Historians vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 happen past the assassination vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 6 Guards stopped the assassination just in time.
nsubj det obj advmod case obl punct root Guards NOUN stopped VERB the DET assassination NOUN just ADV in ADP time NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Guards guard NOUN Number=Plur 2 stopped nsubj 2 stopped stop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 assassination det 4 assassination assassination NOUN Number=Sing 2 stopped obj 5 just just ADV _ 7 time advmod 6 in in ADP _ 7 time case 7 time time NOUN Number=Sing 2 stopped obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 stopped punct
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1 stop past Guards the assassination time vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality assassination=Eventuality
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