clemency
Who acts: king, thief, We · What happens: pardon, spare, punish, show, let, go · To what, where: someone, clemency, thief, gods, judge
«clemency» 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: clemency in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Mercy: a kind willingness to pardon or spare someone who could be punished.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 willingness | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 willingness | det |
| 4 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 willingness | amod |
| 5 | willingness | willingness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mercy | appos |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 pardon | mark |
| 7 | pardon | pardon | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 willingness | acl |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 spare | cc |
| 9 | spare | spare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 pardon | conj |
| 10 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 spare | obj |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 punished | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 punished | aux |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 punished | aux:pass |
| 14 | punished | punish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 someone | acl:relcl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mercy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pardon | to-infinitive | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | spare | infinitive | someone | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent someone=Asset | |||||
| 3 | punish | could · passive | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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
The king showed clemency and let the thief go.
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 | 3 showed | nsubj |
| 3 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | clemency | clemency | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 showed | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 let | cc |
| 6 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 showed | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 thief | det |
| 8 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 let | obj |
| 9 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 let | xcomp |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 showed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | the king | clemency | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent clemency=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | let | infinitive | the king not said here | the thief | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | go | infinitive | the thief not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 2
The gods were known for their clemency.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 gods | det |
| 2 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 known | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 known | aux:pass |
| 4 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 clemency | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 clemency | nmod:poss |
| 7 | clemency | clemency | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 known | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 known | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past · passive | the gods | for gods's clemency | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |
Example 3
We asked the judge for clemency.
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 asked | nsubj |
| 2 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 judge | det |
| 4 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 asked | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 clemency | case |
| 6 | clemency | clemency | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 judge | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | We | the judge | for clemency | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent judge=Recipient |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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