boycott

Who acts: People, Montgomery bus boycott, countries, We, café, boycott · What happens: refuse, not buy, use, take in, deal, boycott · To what, where: part, kind, buses, rules, Olympic Games, café · Speech: someone speaks here

«boycott» 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: boycott in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To refuse to buy, use, take part in or deal with something or someone, as a protest.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 refuse	mark
2	refuse	refuse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 buy	mark
4	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refuse	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 use	punct
6	use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 refuse	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 take	punct
8	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 refuse	conj
9	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 take	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	8 take	compound:prt
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 deal	cc
12	deal	deal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 take	conj
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 something	case
14	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 deal	obl
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 someone	cc
16	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 something	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 protest	punct
18	as	as	ADP	_	20 protest	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 protest	det
20	protest	protest	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 something	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 refuse	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	refuse	to-infinitive			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not buy	to-infinitive			vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	use	infinitive			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	take in	infinitive	part		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme
5	deal	infinitive		with something	vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with something=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

An organised refusal of this kind.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 refusal	det
2	organised	organised	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 refusal	amod
3	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 kind	case
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 kind	det
6	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 refusal	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 refusal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse			this kind					nom refusal «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

People boycotted the buses until the rules were changed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 boycotted	nsubj
2	boycotted	boycott	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 buses	det
4	buses	bus	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 boycotted	obj
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 changed	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rules	det
7	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 changed	nsubj:pass
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 changed	aux:pass
9	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 boycotted	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 boycotted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boycott	past	People	the buses					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent bus=Location
2	change	past · passive		the rules					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 2

The Montgomery bus boycott lasted over a year.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boycott	det
2	Montgomery	Montgomery	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 boycott	compound
3	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 boycott	compound
4	boycott	boycott	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lasted	nsubj
5	lasted	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	over	over	ADP	_	8 year	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 year	det
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lasted	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 lasted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	last	past	the Montgomery bus boycott				year		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Example 3

Some countries boycotted the Olympic Games.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 countries	det
2	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 boycotted	nsubj
3	boycotted	boycott	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Games	det
5	Olympic	Olympic	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Games	compound
6	Games	Game	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 boycotted	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 boycotted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boycott	past	some countries	the Olympic Games					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent game=Location

Example 4

We boycotted the café after it was rude to our friend.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 boycotted	nsubj
2	boycotted	boycott	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 café	det
4	café	café	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 boycotted	obj
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 rude	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 rude	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 rude	cop
8	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 boycotted	ccomp
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 friend	case
10	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 friend	nmod:poss
11	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rude	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 boycotted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boycott	past	We	the café					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent café=Location
2	is	past	café					to our friend; rude property	tree rules

Example 5

A boycott is a peaceful way to protest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boycott	det
2	boycott	boycott	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 way	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 way	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 way	det
5	peaceful	peaceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 protest	mark
8	protest	protest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 way	acl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a boycott	a peaceful way					tree rules
2	protest speech: disagree	to-infinitive							vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 6

The students called for a boycott of plastic straws.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 students	det
2	students	student	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 students	acl
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 boycott	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 boycott	det
6	boycott	boycott	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 straws	case
8	plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 straws	amod
9	straws	straw	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 boycott	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 students	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle		the students not said here				for a boycott of plastic straws	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for boycott=Recipient
2	boycott			plastic straws					nom boycott «act transitive»: of=patient

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