brutality

Who acts: men, brutality · What happens: treat, turn, grow, make, shock · To what, where: people, brutes, We

«brutality» 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: brutality in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Cruel, violent treatment of people or animals; very harsh behaviour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 treatment	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Cruel	punct
3	violent	violent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 treatment	amod
4	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 people	case
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 treatment	nmod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 animals	cc
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 people	conj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 behaviour	punct
10	very	very	ADV	_	11 harsh	advmod
11	harsh	harsh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 behaviour	amod
12	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 treatment	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 treatment	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat			people or animals					nom treatment «act transitive»: of=patient

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

When men turn to brutes, their brutality grows.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 turn	advmod
2	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turn	nsubj
3	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 grows	advcl
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 brutes	case
5	brutes	brute	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turn	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 turn	punct
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 brutality	nmod:poss
8	brutality	brutality	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grows	nsubj
9	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 grows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	men			brutes			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to brute=Trajectory
2	grow	present	men's brutality						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The king's brutality made the people afraid.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brutality	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 king	case
4	brutality	brutality	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 people	det
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	obj
8	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 made	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the king's brutality	the people				afraid property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset people=Product

Example 3

We were shocked by the brutality of the storm.

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	3 shocked	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shocked	aux:pass
3	shocked	shock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 brutality	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brutality	det
6	brutality	brutality	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shocked	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 storm	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 storm	det
9	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brutality	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shocked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shock	past · passive	the brutality of the storm	We					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

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