coloniser Who acts: person, country, people, colonisers, Spanish colonisers, Many colonisers · What happens: take, settle, live, come, force, work · To what, where: control, rules, land, South America, 1500s, local people
«coloniser» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: coloniser in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A country or person that takes control of another land, settles there and rules the people who already live there.
The tree, 20 words det nsubj cc conj nsubj acl:relcl obj case det nmod punct advmod cc obl det obj nsubj advmod acl:relcl advmod punct root A DET country NOUN or CCONJ person NOUN that PRON takes VERB control NOUN of ADP another DET land NOUN , PUNCT settles VERB there ADV and CCONJ rules NOUN the DET people NOUN who PRON already ADV live VERB there ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 country det 2 country country NOUN Number=Sing 12 settles nsubj 3 or or CCONJ _ 4 person cc 4 person person NOUN Number=Sing 2 country conj 5 that that PRON PronType=Rel 6 takes nsubj 6 takes take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 person acl:relcl 7 control control NOUN Number=Sing 6 takes obj 8 of of ADP _ 10 land case 9 another another DET PronType=Ind 10 land det 10 land land NOUN Number=Sing 7 control nmod 11 , , PUNCT _ 2 country punct 12 settles settle VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 13 there there ADV PronType=Dem 12 settles advmod 14 and and CCONJ _ 15 rules cc 15 rules rule NOUN Number=Plur 12 settles obl 16 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 17 people det 17 people people NOUN Number=Plur 12 settles obj 18 who who PRON PronType=Rel 20 live nsubj 19 already already ADV _ 20 live advmod 20 live live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 people acl:relcl 21 there there ADV PronType=Dem 20 live advmod 22 . . PUNCT _ 12 settles punct
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1 take present person control of another land vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent control=Theme 2 settle present a country or person rules there vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme people=Location 3 live present the people there vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 The colonisers took land from the Aboriginal people.
det nsubj obj case det amod obl punct root The DET colonisers NOUN took VERB land NOUN from ADP the DET Aboriginal ADJ people NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 colonisers det 2 colonisers coloniser NOUN Number=Plur 3 took nsubj 3 took take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 land land NOUN Number=Sing 3 took obj 5 from from ADP _ 8 people case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 people det 7 Aboriginal aboriginal ADJ Degree=Pos 8 people amod 8 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 took obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 took punct
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1 take past the colonisers land from the Aboriginal people vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent land=Theme from people=Initial_Location
Example 2 Spanish colonisers came to South America in the 1500s.
amod nsubj case compound obl case det obl punct root Spanish ADJ colonisers NOUN came VERB to ADP South PROPN America PROPN in ADP the DET 1500s NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Spanish Spanish ADJ Degree=Pos 2 colonisers amod 2 colonisers coloniser NOUN Number=Plur 3 came nsubj 3 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to ADP _ 6 America case 5 South South PROPN Number=Sing 6 America compound 6 America America PROPN Number=Sing 3 came obl 7 in in ADP _ 9 1500s case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 1500s det 9 1500s 1500 NOUN Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card 3 came obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 came punct
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1 come past Spanish colonisers South America the 1500s vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to america=Initial_Location
Example 3 Many colonisers forced local people to work for them.
amod nsubj amod obj mark xcomp case obl punct root Many ADJ colonisers NOUN forced VERB local ADJ people NOUN to PART work VERB for ADP them PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Many many ADJ Degree=Pos 2 colonisers amod 2 colonisers coloniser NOUN Number=Plur 3 forced nsubj 3 forced force VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 local local ADJ Degree=Pos 5 people amod 5 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 forced obj 6 to to PART _ 7 work mark 7 work work VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 forced xcomp 8 for for ADP _ 9 them case 9 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 work obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 forced punct
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1 force past Many colonisers local people vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic 2 work to-infinitive local people not said here for colonisers = coloniser vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for they=Beneficiary
Example 4 The museum shows the story from the point of view of the colonised, not just the colonisers.
The tree, 17 words det nsubj det obj case det nmod case nmod case det amod punct advmod advmod det nmod punct root The DET museum NOUN shows VERB the DET story NOUN from ADP the DET point NOUN of ADP view NOUN of ADP the DET colonised VERB , PUNCT not PART just ADV the DET colonisers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 museum det 2 museum museum NOUN Number=Sing 3 shows nsubj 3 shows show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 story det 5 story story NOUN Number=Sing 3 shows obj 6 from from ADP _ 8 point case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 point det 8 point point NOUN Number=Sing 5 story nmod 9 of of ADP _ 10 view case 10 view view NOUN Number=Sing 8 point nmod 11 of of ADP _ 18 colonisers case 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 18 colonisers det 13 colonised colonis VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 18 colonisers amod 14 , , PUNCT _ 18 colonisers punct 15 not not PART Polarity=Neg 18 colonisers advmod 16 just just ADV _ 18 colonisers advmod 17 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 18 colonisers det 18 colonisers coloniser NOUN Number=Plur 10 view nmod 19 . . PUNCT _ 3 shows punct
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1 show present the museum the story the point of view of the colonised colonisers vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient 2 colonis participle tree rules 3 point view of the colonised colonisers nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient 4 view the colonised colonisers nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient
Example 5 Some colonisers built railways, but mainly to take away goods.
det nsubj obj punct cc advmod mark conj compound:prt obj punct root Some DET colonisers NOUN built VERB railways NOUN , PUNCT but CCONJ mainly ADV to PART take VERB away ADP goods NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 2 colonisers det 2 colonisers coloniser NOUN Number=Plur 3 built nsubj 3 built build VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 railways railway NOUN Number=Plur 3 built obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 take punct 6 but but CCONJ _ 9 take cc 7 mainly mainly ADV _ 9 take advmod 8 to to PART _ 9 take mark 9 take take VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 built conj 10 away away ADP _ 9 take compound:prt 11 goods goods NOUN Number=Ptan 9 take obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 built punct
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1 build past some colonisers railways vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset railway=Product 2 take away to-infinitive some colonisers not said here goods mainly property vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Theme
Example 6 Ireland had English colonisers in the plantation times.
nsubj amod obj case det compound obl punct root Ireland PROPN had VERB English ADJ colonisers NOUN in ADP the DET plantation NOUN times NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ireland Ireland PROPN Number=Sing 2 had nsubj 2 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 English English ADJ Degree=Pos 4 colonisers amod 4 colonisers coloniser NOUN Number=Plur 2 had obj 5 in in ADP _ 8 times case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 times det 7 plantation plantation NOUN Number=Sing 8 times compound 8 times time NOUN Number=Plur 2 had obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 had punct
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1 have past Ireland English colonisers time vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coloniser=Patient
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