defendant

Who acts: defendant, person, judge · What happens: be, accuse, answer, say, listen, deny · To what, where: person, court, charge, home, money · Speech: someone speaks here

«defendant» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: defendant in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A defendant is a person accused of a crime in a court of law, who must answer the charge.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 defendant	det
2	defendant	defendant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	accused	accuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 person	acl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 crime	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 crime	det
9	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accused	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 court	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 court	det
12	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accused	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 law	case
14	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 court	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 answer	punct
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 answer	nsubj
17	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 answer	aux
18	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 person	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 charge	det
20	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 answer	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a defendant	a person			tree rules
2	accuse	participle		a person not said here	a court of law	of a crime	vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent of crime=Attribute
3	answer speech: assert	must	a person	the charge			vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent charge=Eventuality

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 defendant said he was at home that night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 defendant	det
2	defendant	defendant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 home	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 home	cop
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 home	case
7	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	ccomp
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 night	det
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	obl:unmarked
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the defendant				night		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	defendant			home			tree rules

Example 2

The judge listened to the defendant and the witnesses.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 listened	nsubj
3	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 defendant	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 defendant	det
6	defendant	defendant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 listened	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 witnesses	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 witnesses	det
9	witnesses	witness	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 defendant	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 listened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	past	the judge					to the defendant and the witnesses	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to defendant=Theme

Example 3

The defendant denied taking the money.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 defendant	det
2	defendant	defendant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denied	nsubj
3	denied	deny	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	taking	take	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 denied	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 money	det
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taking	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 denied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deny	past	the defendant						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	take	gerund	the defendant not said here	the money					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme

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