culpability Who acts: Culpability, court, company, He, child, inquiry · What happens: be, have, decide, deny, accept, apologise · To what, where: culpability, child, law, harm, purpose
«culpability» 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: culpability in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: formal, law — kept apart, not parsed.
Culpability is being to blame for something wrong or bad.
nsubj cop cop mark case obl amod cc conj punct root Culpability NOUN is AUX being AUX to PART blame VERB for ADP something PRON wrong ADJ or CCONJ bad ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Culpability culpability NOUN Number=Sing 5 blame nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 blame cop 3 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 blame cop 4 to to PART _ 5 blame mark 5 blame blame VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 for for ADP _ 7 something case 7 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 5 blame obl 8 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 7 something amod 9 or or CCONJ _ 10 bad cc 10 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 8 wrong conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 blame punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Culpability for something; blame property tree rules
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 court had to decide the driver's culpability for the crash.
det nsubj mark xcomp det nmod:poss case obj case det obl punct root The DET court NOUN had VERB to PART decide VERB the DET driver NOUN 's PART culpability NOUN for ADP the DET crash NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 court det 2 court court NOUN Number=Sing 3 had nsubj 3 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 decide mark 5 decide decide VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 had xcomp 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 driver det 7 driver driver NOUN Number=Sing 9 culpability nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 driver case 9 culpability culpability NOUN Number=Sing 5 decide obj 10 for for ADP _ 12 crash case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 crash det 12 crash crash NOUN Number=Sing 5 decide obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 had punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have past the court tree rules 2 decide to-infinitive the court not said here the driver's culpability for the crash vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent culpability=Topic
Example 2 The company denied any culpability for the oil spill.
det nsubj det obj case det compound obl punct root The DET company NOUN denied VERB any DET culpability NOUN for ADP the DET oil NOUN spill NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 company det 2 company company NOUN Number=Sing 3 denied nsubj 3 denied deny VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 any any DET PronType=Ind 5 culpability det 5 culpability culpability NOUN Number=Sing 3 denied obj 6 for for ADP _ 9 spill case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 spill det 8 oil oil NOUN Number=Sing 9 spill compound 9 spill spill NOUN Number=Sing 3 denied obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 denied punct
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1 deny past the company any culpability for the oil spill vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent culpability=Eventuality
Example 3 He accepted culpability and apologised.
nsubj obj cc conj punct root He PRON accepted VERB culpability NOUN and CCONJ apologised VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 accepted nsubj 2 accepted accept VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 culpability culpability NOUN Number=Sing 2 accepted obj 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 apologised cc 5 apologised apologise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 accepted conj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 accepted punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 accept past He culpability vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent culpability=Theme 2 apologise speech: apologize past He not said here tree rules
Example 4 Being a child can reduce a person's culpability in law.
cop det nsubj aux det nmod:poss case obj case obl punct root Being AUX a DET child NOUN can AUX reduce VERB a DET person NOUN 's PART culpability NOUN in ADP law NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 child cop 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 child det 3 child child NOUN Number=Sing 5 reduce nsubj 4 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 reduce aux 5 reduce reduce VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 person det 7 person person NOUN Number=Sing 9 culpability nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 person case 9 culpability culpability NOUN Number=Sing 5 reduce obj 10 in in ADP _ 11 law case 11 law law NOUN Number=Sing 5 reduce obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 reduce punct
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1 is a gerund a child tree rules 2 reduce can a child a person's culpability law vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer culpability=Patient
Example 5 The inquiry looked at the culpability of the officials.
det nsubj case det obl case det nmod punct root The DET inquiry NOUN looked VERB at ADP the DET culpability NOUN of ADP the DET officials NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 inquiry det 2 inquiry inquiry NOUN Number=Sing 3 looked nsubj 3 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 at at ADP _ 6 culpability case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 culpability det 6 culpability culpability NOUN Number=Sing 3 looked obl 7 of of ADP _ 9 officials case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 officials det 9 officials official NOUN Number=Plur 6 culpability nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 looked punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 look past the inquiry at the culpability of the officials vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at culpability=Theme
Example 6 Culpability is greater when harm is done on purpose.
nsubj cop advmod nsubj aux:pass advcl case obl punct root Culpability NOUN is AUX greater ADJ when ADV harm NOUN is AUX done VERB on ADP purpose NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Culpability culpability NOUN Number=Sing 3 greater nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 greater cop 3 greater great ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 4 when when ADV PronType=Int 7 done advmod 5 harm harm NOUN Number=Sing 7 done nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 done aux:pass 7 done do VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 greater advcl 8 on on ADP _ 9 purpose case 9 purpose purpose NOUN Number=Sing 7 done obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 greater punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Culpability great property tree rules 2 do present · passive harm purpose vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
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