confederate

Who acts: confederate, helper, Two confederates, robber · What happens: be, work, share, hide, whisper, wait · To what, where: helper, partner, shared cause, curtain, answer, him

«confederate» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: confederate in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A confederate is a helper who works secretly with someone else, usually in a trick or a plot.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 confederate	det
2	confederate	confederate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 helper	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 helper	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 helper	det
5	helper	helper	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 works	nsubj
7	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 helper	acl:relcl
8	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	7 works	advmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 someone	case
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 works	obl
11	else	else	ADV	_	10 someone	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 trick	punct
13	usually	usually	ADV	_	16 trick	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 trick	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 trick	det
16	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 helper	parataxis
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 plot	cc
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 plot	det
19	plot	plot	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 trick	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 helper	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a confederate	a helper					tree rules
2	work	present	a helper					with someone; secretly property	vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with someone=Co-Agent

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.

Meaning 2

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A confederate is a partner or ally in a shared cause.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 confederate	det
2	confederate	confederate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 partner	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 partner	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 partner	det
5	partner	partner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 ally	cc
7	ally	ally	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 partner	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 cause	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 cause	det
10	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 cause	amod
11	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 partner	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 partner	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a confederate	a partner or ally		a shared cause			tree rules
2	share	participle							tree rules

Example 1

The magician's confederate hid behind the curtain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 magician	det
2	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confederate	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 magician	case
4	confederate	confederate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hid	nsubj
5	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	behind	behind	ADP	_	8 curtain	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 curtain	det
8	curtain	curtain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hid	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	the magician's confederate			the curtain			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind curtain=Location

Example 2

Two confederates whispered the answer to him.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 confederates	nummod
2	confederates	confederate	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 whispered	nsubj
3	whispered	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 whispered	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 whispered	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 whispered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	past	Two confederates	the answer	him = he				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent answer=Topic to he=Recipient

Example 3

The robber waited at the gate for his confederate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 robber	det
2	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waited	nsubj
3	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 gate	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gate	det
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waited	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 confederate	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 confederate	nmod:poss
9	confederate	confederate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waited	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 waited	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	the robber			the gate		for robber's confederate	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at gate=Location

Example 4

A confederate of the conjuror pretended to be a member of the crowd.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 confederate	det
2	confederate	confederate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pretended	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 conjuror	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 conjuror	det
5	conjuror	conjuror	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confederate	nmod
6	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	10 member	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 member	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 member	det
10	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pretended	ccomp
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 crowd	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 crowd	det
13	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 member	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 pretended	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	past	a confederate of the conjuror						tree rules
2	is a	to-infinitive	a confederate of the conjuror not said here	a member				of the crowd	tree rules

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