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cession

Who acts: act, treaty, Mexican Cession, Cession · What happens: give up, force, cede, give, include, happen · To what, where: land, country, cession, island, USA land, Hong

«cession» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: cession in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal, history, law — kept apart, not parsed.

The act of giving up land or rights to another country or person, often after a war or by a treaty.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 act	det
2	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 giving	mark
4	giving	give	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 act	acl
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 giving	compound:prt
6	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 giving	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 rights	cc
8	rights	right	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 land	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 country	case
10	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	11 country	det
11	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 giving	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 person	cc
13	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 country	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 war	punct
15	often	often	ADV	_	18 war	advmod
16	after	after	ADP	_	18 war	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 war	det
18	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 giving	obl
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 treaty	cc
20	by	by	ADP	_	22 treaty	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 treaty	det
22	treaty	treaty	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 war	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 act	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give up	gerund	the act not said here	land or rights	another country or person		after a war or a treaty		vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent land=Theme to country=Recipient

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 treaty forced the cession of the island.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 treaty	det
2	treaty	treaty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forced	nsubj
3	forced	force	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cession	det
5	cession	cession	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forced	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 island	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 island	det
8	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cession	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 forced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	force	past	the treaty	the cession of the island					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cession=Recipient
2	cede			the island					nom cession «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 2

The Mexican Cession gave the USA land including California.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Cession	det
2	Mexican	Mexican	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Cession	amod
3	Cession	Cession	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 land	det
6	USA	USA	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 land	compound
7	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
8	including	include	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 California	case
9	California	California	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 land	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the Mexican Cession	the USA land				include California	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme
2	include	gerund							vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Cession of land often happened after a war.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cession	cession	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 happened	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 land	case
3	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cession	nmod
4	often	often	ADV	_	5 happened	advmod
5	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 war	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 war	det
8	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 happened	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past	Cession of land				after a war	often property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cede			land					nom cession «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 4

Hong Kong was given to Britain by cession in 1842.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hong	Hong	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 given	nsubj
2	Kong	Kong	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Hong	flat
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux:pass
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 Britain	case
6	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 cession	case
8	cession	cession	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 1842	case
10	1842	1842	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 given	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive	cession	Hong	Britain	1842			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to britain=Recipient

Example 5

Native nations were pushed into the cession of their lands.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Native	native	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 nations	amod
2	nations	nation	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pushed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pushed	aux:pass
4	pushed	push	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 cession	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cession	det
7	cession	cession	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pushed	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 lands	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 lands	nmod:poss
10	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cession	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 pushed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past · passive		Native nations		the cession of nations's lands			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into cession=Destination
2	cede			nations's lands					nom cession «act transitive»: of=patient

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