bribery

Who acts: money, someone, parents, Bribery, official, Mum · What happens: give, offer, do, get, be, go · To what, where: money, someone, something, treat, prison, little bribery · Speech: someone speaks here

«bribery» 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: bribery in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Giving or offering money, gifts or favours to someone so they will do something dishonest or unfair for you.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 offering	cc
3	offering	offer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Giving	conj
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 offering	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 gifts	punct
6	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 money	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 favours	cc
8	favours	favour	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 gifts	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 someone	case
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 offering	obl
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 do	advmod
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 do	nsubj
13	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 do	aux
14	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Giving	advcl
15	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 do	obj
16	dishonest	dishonest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 something	amod
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 unfair	cc
18	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 dishonest	conj
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 you	case
20	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 do	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Giving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	give	gerund					vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	offer	gerund		money and gifts or favours	someone		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent money=Theme to someone=Goal
3	do	future	money	something		for you	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality

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: informal, humorous — kept apart, not parsed.

Offering a treat to get someone to do something, as parents sometimes do.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Offering	offer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 treat	det
3	treat	treat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Offering	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 get	mark
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Offering	advcl
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 get	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 do	mark
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 get	xcomp
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 do	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 do	punct
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 do	mark
12	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 do	nsubj
13	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	14 do	advmod
14	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Offering	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Offering	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	offer	gerund		a treat		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent treat=Theme
2	get	to-infinitive		someone		tree rules
3	do	to-infinitive	someone not said here	something		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
4	do	present	parents		sometimes property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Bribery is against the law.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bribery	bribery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 law	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 law	cop
3	against	against	ADP	_	5 law	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 law	det
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 law	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Bribery					against the law	tree rules

Example 2

The official went to prison for bribery.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 official	det
2	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 prison	case
5	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 bribery	case
7	bribery	bribery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the official			prison		for bribery	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to prison=Initial_Location

Example 3

Mum used a little bribery to get us to eat our sprouts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bribery	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bribery	amod
5	bribery	bribery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 get	mark
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	advcl
8	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 get	iobj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 eat	mark
10	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 get	xcomp
11	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 sprouts	nmod:poss
12	sprouts	sprout	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 eat	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	use	past	Mum	a little bribery		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bribery=Patient
2	get	to-infinitive	Mum not said here		us	tree rules
3	eat	to-infinitive	Mum not said here	our sprouts		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sprout=Patient

Example 4

The referee was accused of bribery.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 referee	det
2	referee	referee	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accused	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 accused	aux:pass
4	accused	accuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 bribery	case
6	bribery	bribery	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accused	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 accused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accuse	past · passive		the referee				of bribery	vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme of bribery=Attribute

Example 5

Bribery makes things unfair for honest people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bribery	bribery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
4	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 people	case
6	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 people	amod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 unfair	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Bribery	things				unfair property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thing=Product

Example 6

At this last bribery, Pinocchio could no longer resist and said firmly:

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	4 bribery	case
2	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 bribery	det
3	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bribery	amod
4	bribery	bribery	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 resist	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bribery	punct
6	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 resist	nsubj
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 resist	aux
8	no	no	ADV	_	9 longer	advmod
9	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 resist	advmod
10	resist	resist	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 said	cc
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 resist	conj
13	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	12 said	advmod
14	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 resist	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past						firmly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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