chastise

Who acts: thy, master, fox · What happens: chastise, be, scold, beat, pride, grab · To what, where: someone, old use, them, God, boy, greedy wolf

«chastise» 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: chastise in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To chastise someone is to punish them, often by scolding or beating them (old use).

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 chastise	mark
2	chastise	chastise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 punish	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 chastise	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 punish	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 punish	mark
6	punish	punish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 punish	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 scolding	punct
9	often	often	ADV	_	11 scolding	advmod
10	by	by	SCONJ	_	11 scolding	mark
11	scolding	scold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 punish	advcl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 beating	cc
13	beating	beat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 scolding	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 beating	obj
15	(	(	PUNCT	_	17 use	punct
16	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 use	amod
17	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 scolding	obl
18	)	)	PUNCT	_	17 use	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 punish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	chastise	to-infinitive	someone		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
2	is	present		punish property	tree rules
3	scold	gerund	old use	often property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	beat	gerund	them = they		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=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.

Example 1

God hath chastised thy pride.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 chastised	nsubj
2	hath	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 chastised	aux:pass
3	chastised	chastise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	5 pride	nmod:poss
5	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chastised	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 chastised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chastise	present · passive		God					tree rules
2	pride		thy						nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

The master grabbed the boy and chastised him.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 master	det
2	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grabbed	nsubj
3	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grabbed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 chastised	cc
7	chastised	chastise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grabbed	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 chastised	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 grabbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past	the master	the boy					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme
2	chastise	past	the master not said here	boy					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Example 3

The fox chastised the greedy wolf for his lies.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chastised	nsubj
3	chastised	chastise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wolf	det
5	greedy	greedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wolf	amod
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chastised	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 lies	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 lies	nmod:poss
9	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 chastised	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 chastised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chastise	past	the fox	the greedy wolf				for fox's lies	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme for lie=Attribute
2	lie		fox						nom lie «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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