coup

Who acts: sudden violent illegal taking, clever successful action, army, coup, president, Getting · What happens: call, take, win, get, fail, stay · To what, where: coup d'état, power, country, something, coup, famous author · Speech: someone speaks here

«coup» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: coup in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A sudden, often violent, illegal taking of power in a country, usually by the army; also called a coup d'état.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 taking	det
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 taking	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 violent	punct
4	often	often	ADV	_	5 violent	advmod
5	violent	violent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 taking	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 violent	punct
7	illegal	illegal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 taking	amod
8	taking	taking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 power	case
10	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 taking	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 country	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 country	det
13	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 taking	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 army	punct
15	usually	usually	ADV	_	18 army	advmod
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 army	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 army	det
18	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 taking	conj
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 called	punct
20	also	also	ADV	_	21 called	advmod
21	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 taking	acl
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 d'état	det
23	coup	coup	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 d'état	compound
24	d'état	d'état	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 called	xcomp
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 taking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle	a sudden violent illegal taking of power in a country and the army not said here	a coup d'état					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	take			power		a country			nom taking «act transitive»: of=patient in=place

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

A clever, successful action that wins something hard to get.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 action	det
2	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 action	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 clever	punct
4	successful	successful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 action	amod
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 wins	nsubj
7	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 action	acl:relcl
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 wins	obj
9	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 something	amod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 get	mark
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 hard	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 action	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	present	a clever successful action	something					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
2	get	to-infinitive	a clever successful action not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Example 1

The army took power in a coup.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 army	det
2	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	nsubj
3	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 coup	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 coup	det
7	coup	coup	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	the army	power		a coup			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent power=Value in coup=Location

Example 2

The coup failed, and the president stayed in power.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coup	det
2	coup	coup	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 failed	nsubj
3	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stayed	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stayed	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 president	det
7	president	president	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stayed	nsubj
8	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 failed	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 power	case
10	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stayed	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 failed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fail	past	the coup						vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stay	past	the president			power			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in power=Location

Example 3

Getting the famous author to visit our school was a real coup.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 coup	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 author	det
3	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 author	amod
4	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Getting	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 visit	mark
6	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Getting	advcl
7	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 school	nmod:poss
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 visit	obj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 coup	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 coup	det
11	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 coup	amod
12	coup	coup	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 coup	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	get	gerund		the famous author	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer author=Stimulus
2	visit	to-infinitive		our school	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Co-Agent
3	is a	past	Getting	a real coup	tree rules

Example 4

After the coup, there were protests in the streets.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 coup	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 coup	det
3	coup	coup	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 were	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 coup	punct
5	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	6 were	expl
6	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	protests	protest	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 were	nsubj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 streets	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 streets	det
10	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 were	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 were	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	protests			the streets; there	after the coup		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in street=Location

Example 5

A coup d'état is French for "a blow against the state".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 d'état	det
2	coup	coup	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 d'état	compound
3	d'état	d'état	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 French	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 French	cop
5	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 blow	case
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 blow	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 blow	det
9	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 French	obl
10	against	against	ADP	_	12 state	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 state	det
12	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 blow	nmod
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 blow	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 French	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a coup d'état					for a blow against the state; french property	tree rules

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