depose

Who acts: people, general, wicked uncle, lawyer, Rulers, Pack · What happens: remove, give, write, question, depose, flee · To what, where: ruler, power, evidence, oath, someone, way

«depose» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: depose in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To remove a ruler or leader from power, often by force.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remove	mark
2	remove	remove	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 ruler	det
4	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remove	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 leader	cc
6	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ruler	conj
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 power	case
8	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remove	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 force	punct
10	often	often	ADV	_	12 force	advmod
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 force	case
12	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remove	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 remove	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	to-infinitive		a ruler or leader		power		by force	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent ruler=Theme from power=Source

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: law — kept apart, not parsed.

To give evidence under oath, especially in a written statement outside court; or to question someone in this way.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 give	mark
2	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 question	advcl
3	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj
4	under	under	ADP	_	5 oath	case
5	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 statement	punct
7	especially	especially	ADV	_	11 statement	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 statement	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 statement	det
10	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 statement	amod
11	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obl
12	outside	outside	ADP	_	13 court	case
13	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 statement	nmod
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 question	punct
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 question	cc
16	to	to	PART	_	17 question	mark
17	question	question	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	17 question	obj
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 way	case
20	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	21 way	det
21	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 question	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 question	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	to-infinitive	evidence		oath	in a written statement outside court	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Theme
2	write	participle					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	question speech: other	to-infinitive		someone	this way		vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient

Example 1

The people deposed the cruel king.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 people	det
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 deposed	nsubj
3	deposed	depose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
5	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 king	amod
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deposed	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 deposed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depose	past	the people	the cruel king					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme

Example 2

The deposed queen fled to another country.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 queen	det
2	deposed	depose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 queen	amod
3	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	fled	flee	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 queen	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 country	case
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	7 country	det
7	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 queen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depose	participle							vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	flee	participle		the deposed queen not said here		another country			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to country=Initial_Location

Example 3

The general tried to depose the president.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 general	det
2	general	general	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tried	nsubj
3	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 depose	mark
5	depose	depose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 tried	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 president	det
7	president	president	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 depose	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	the general						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	depose not said to happen	to-infinitive	the general not said here	the president					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent president=Theme

Example 4

In the story, the wicked uncle deposed the rightful prince.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 story	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 story	det
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 deposed	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 story	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 uncle	det
6	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 uncle	amod
7	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 deposed	nsubj
8	deposed	depose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 prince	det
10	rightful	rightful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 prince	amod
11	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 deposed	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 deposed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depose	past	the wicked uncle	the rightful prince		the story			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme

Example 5

The lawyer deposed the witness in his office.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lawyer	det
2	lawyer	lawyer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deposed	nsubj
3	deposed	depose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 witness	det
5	witness	witness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deposed	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 office	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 office	nmod:poss
8	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deposed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 deposed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depose	past	the lawyer	the witness		lawyer's office			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witness=Theme

Example 6

Rulers who ignore the people risk being deposed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rulers	ruler	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 risk	nsubj
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 ignore	nsubj
3	ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Rulers	acl:relcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 people	det
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ignore	obj
6	risk	risk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 deposed	aux:pass
8	deposed	depose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 risk	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 risk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ignore	present	Rulers	the people	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme
2	risk	present	Rulers		vn risk-94-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	depose	gerund · passive	Rulers not said here		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»

Example 7

Ever since Akela had been deposed, the Pack had been without a leader, hunting and fighting at their own pleasure.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 deposed	advmod
2	since	since	SCONJ	_	6 deposed	mark
3	Akela	Akela	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 deposed	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 deposed	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 deposed	aux:pass
6	deposed	depose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 leader	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 deposed	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Pack	det
9	Pack	Pack	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 leader	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 leader	aux
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 leader	cop
12	without	without	ADP	_	14 leader	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 leader	det
14	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 hunting	punct
16	hunting	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 leader	acl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 fighting	cc
18	fighting	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 hunting	conj
19	at	at	ADP	_	22 pleasure	case
20	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 pleasure	nmod:poss
21	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 pleasure	amod
22	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 fighting	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 leader	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depose	past · perfect · passive		Akela		ever		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	past · perfect	the Pack				without a leader	tree rules
3	hunt	gerund	a leader not said here					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	fight	gerund	a leader not said here		their own pleasure			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	please		their = they					nom pleasure «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

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