contravene

Who acts: Parking, factory, Pupils, phone policy, phones, referee · What happens: break, go, disagree, contravene, have, pay · To what, where: law, rules, safety laws, fine, phones, animals · Speech: someone speaks here

«contravene» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: contravene in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To break a law, rule or agreement.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 break	mark
2	break	break	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 law	det
4	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 break	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 rule	punct
6	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 law	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 agreement	cc
8	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rule	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 break	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	to-infinitive		a law and rule or agreement					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer law=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: formal, rare — kept apart, not parsed.

To go against or disagree with an idea or statement.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 go	mark
2	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	against	against	SCONJ	_	5 disagree	mark
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 disagree	cc
5	disagree	disagree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 go	advcl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 idea	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 idea	det
8	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disagree	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 statement	cc
10	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 idea	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	to-infinitive							vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	disagree	present						with a idea or statement	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with idea=Co-Agent

Example 1

Parking on the zigzag lines outside school contravenes the rules.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parking	parking	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 contravenes	nsubj
2	on	on	ADP	_	5 lines	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lines	det
4	zigzag	zigzag	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lines	compound
5	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Parking	nmod
6	outside	outside	ADP	_	7 school	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lines	nmod
8	contravenes	contravene	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rules	det
10	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 contravenes	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 contravenes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contravene	present	Parking on the zigzag lines outside school	the rules					tree rules

Example 2

The factory contravened safety laws and had to pay a fine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 factory	det
2	factory	factory	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contravened	nsubj
3	contravened	contravene	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 laws	compound
5	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 contravened	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 had	cc
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 contravened	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 pay	mark
9	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 had	xcomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 fine	det
11	fine	fine	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pay	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 contravened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	contravene	participle	the factory	safety laws	tree rules
2	have	past	the factory not said here		tree rules
3	pay	to-infinitive	the factory not said here	a fine	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fine=Asset

Example 3

Pupils who contravene the phone policy will have phones confiscated.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 contravene	nsubj
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 contravene	nsubj
3	contravene	contravene	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 policy	det
5	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 policy	compound
6	policy	policy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	nsubj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 have	aux
8	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 contravene	ccomp
9	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 have	obj
10	confiscated	confiscate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 have	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 contravene	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	contravene	present	Pupils		tree rules
2	have	future	the phone policy	phones	tree rules
3	confiscate	participle	phones not said here		vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 4

The referee said the tackle contravened the rules of the game.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 referee	det
2	referee	referee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tackle	det
5	tackle	tackle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 contravened	nsubj
6	contravened	contravene	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rules	det
8	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 contravened	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 game	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 game	det
11	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rules	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the referee		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	contravene	past	the tackle	the rules of the game	tree rules
3	rule		the game		nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Example 5

Feeding the animals contravenes the zoo's rules.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feeding	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 contravenes	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 animals	det
3	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Feeding	obj
4	contravenes	contravene	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 zoo	det
6	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rules	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 zoo	case
8	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 contravenes	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 contravenes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	feed	gerund			the animals	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient
2	contravene	present	Feeding	the zoo's rules		tree rules
3	rule		the zoo			nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

Building the wall so high contravened the planning law.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Building	build	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 contravened	csubj:pass
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wall	det
3	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Building	obj
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 contravened	advmod
5	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 contravened	advmod
6	contravened	contravene	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 law	det
8	planning	planning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 law	compound
9	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 contravened	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 contravened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	gerund		the wall					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wall=Product
2	contravene	participle	Building	the planning law				high property	tree rules

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