avenge

Who acts: they, you, brothers, weakest, She · What happens: punish, do, love, swear, avenge, find · To what, where: someone, return, you, father, way, wrong

«avenge» 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: avenge in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To punish someone in return for a wrong they did to you or to someone you love.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 punish	mark
2	punish	punish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 punish	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 return	case
5	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 punish	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 wrong	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 wrong	det
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 punish	obl
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 did	nsubj
10	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 wrong	parataxis
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 you	case
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 did	obl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 someone	cc
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 someone	case
15	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 you	conj
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 love	nsubj
17	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 someone	acl:relcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	punish	to-infinitive		someone		return	for a wrong	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent someone=Patient for wrong=Theme
2	do	past	they		you			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	love	present	you					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer

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 brothers swore to avenge their father.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 brothers	det
2	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 swore	nsubj
3	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 avenge	mark
5	avenge	avenge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 swore	xcomp
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 father	nmod:poss
7	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 avenge	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 swore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	past	the brothers						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	avenge	to-infinitive	the brothers not said here	brothers's father					tree rules

Example 2

Even the weakest may find a way to avenge a wrong.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Even	even	ADV	_	3 weakest	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 weakest	det
3	weakest	weak	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 find	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 find	aux
5	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 way	det
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 avenge	mark
9	avenge	avenge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 way	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 wrong	det
11	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 avenge	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 find	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	may	the weakest	a way					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic
2	avenge	to-infinitive	the weakest not said here	a wrong					tree rules

Example 3

She wanted to avenge herself on the thief.

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 avenge	mark
4	avenge	avenge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 avenge	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 thief	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 thief	det
8	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 avenge	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	She						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	avenge not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	herself = she		the thief			tree rules

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