atone

Who acts: you, He, his, I, him · What happens: make up, do, pay, promise, atone, fault · To what, where: something, him, world

«atone» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: atone in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To make up for a wrong you have done, by doing something good or by paying for the harm.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 make	compound:prt
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 wrong	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wrong	det
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 make	obl
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 done	nsubj
8	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 done	aux
9	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 make	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 doing	punct
11	by	by	SCONJ	_	12 doing	mark
12	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 done	advcl
13	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 doing	obj
14	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 something	amod
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 paying	cc
16	by	by	SCONJ	_	17 paying	mark
17	paying	pay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 something	conj
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 harm	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 harm	det
20	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 paying	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make up	to-infinitive			for a wrong	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	do	present · perfect	you			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	do	gerund	you not said here	something		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
4	pay	gerund	you not said here		for the harm	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for harm=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

He promised to atone for all his faults.

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 promised	nsubj
2	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 atone	mark
4	atone	atone	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 promised	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 faults	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 faults	det:predet
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 faults	nmod:poss
8	faults	fault	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 atone	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 promised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	He		vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	atone not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	for his faults	tree rules
3	fault		his = he		nom fault «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

I will let him wander the world to atone for his sin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 let	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 let	aux
3	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 let	obj
5	wander	wander	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 let	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 world	det
7	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wander	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 atone	mark
9	atone	atone	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 world	acl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 sin	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 sin	nmod:poss
12	sin	sin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 atone	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	let	future	I	him = he		tree rules
2	wander	infinitive	him = he not said here	the world		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme world=Trajectory
3	atone	to-infinitive	him = he not said here	the world not said here	for his sin	tree rules

Example 3

He would pay handsomely to atone for the accident.

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 pay	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 pay	aux
3	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	handsomely	handsomely	ADV	_	3 pay	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 atone	mark
6	atone	atone	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 pay	xcomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 accident	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 accident	det
9	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 atone	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 pay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	would	He					handsomely property	tree rules
2	atone	to-infinitive	He not said here					for the accident	tree rules

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