demote

Who acts: manager, Losing · What happens: demote, be, move, lose, threaten, skip · To what, where: someone, team, sport, He, captain, her

«demote» 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: demote in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To demote someone is to move them to a lower rank, job or level.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 demote	mark
2	demote	demote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 move	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 demote	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 move	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 move	mark
6	move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 move	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 rank	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 rank	det
10	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 rank	amod
11	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 move	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 job	punct
13	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rank	conj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 level	cc
15	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rank	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 move	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demote	to-infinitive		someone					tree rules
2	is	present						to a lower rank and job or level; move 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.

Meaning 2

In sport, to move a team down a league (UK: relegate).

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 sport	case
2	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 move	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 move	punct
4	to	to	PART	_	5 move	mark
5	move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 team	det
7	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 move	obj
8	down	down	ADP	_	10 league	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 league	det
10	league	league	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 move	obl
11	(	(	PUNCT	_	12 UK	punct
12	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 league	appos
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 relegate	punct
14	relegate	relegate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 league	appos
15	)	)	PUNCT	_	14 relegate	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 move	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	to-infinitive		a team		sport		down a league	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent team=Theme in sport=Source down league=Trajectory

Example 1

He was demoted from captain to player.

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	3 demoted	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 demoted	aux:pass
3	demoted	demote	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 captain	case
5	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 demoted	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 player	case
7	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 captain	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 demoted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demote	past · passive		He		captain to player			tree rules

Example 2

The manager demoted her after the mistake.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 manager	det
2	manager	manager	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 demoted	nsubj
3	demoted	demote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 demoted	obj
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 mistake	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mistake	det
7	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 demoted	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 demoted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demote	past	the manager	her = she			after the mistake		tree rules

Example 3

Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pluto	Pluto	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 demoted	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 demoted	aux:pass
3	demoted	demote	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 planet	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 planet	det
6	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 planet	amod
7	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 demoted	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 demoted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demote	past · passive		Pluto				to a dwarf planet	tree rules

Example 4

Losing three games could demote us.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Losing	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 demote	csubj
2	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 games	nummod
3	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Losing	obj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 demote	aux
5	demote	demote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 demote	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 demote	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	gerund		three games					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality
2	demote	could	Losing	us					tree rules

Example 5

The officer was demoted for bad behaviour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 officer	det
2	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 demoted	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 demoted	aux:pass
4	demoted	demote	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 behaviour	case
6	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 behaviour	amod
7	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 demoted	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 demoted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demote	past · passive		the officer				for bad behaviour	tree rules

Example 6

The coach threatened to demote anyone who skipped practice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coach	det
2	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	threatened	threaten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 coach	acl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 demote	mark
5	demote	demote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 threatened	xcomp
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 demote	obj
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 skipped	nsubj
8	skipped	skip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 anyone	acl:relcl
9	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 skipped	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 coach	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	threaten	participle	the coach not said here	tree rules
2	demote not said to happen	to-infinitive	anyone	tree rules
3	skip	past	practice	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent practice=Agent

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