despotic

Who acts: Despotic, ruler, despotic king, despotic ruler, villagers · What happens: describe, have, use, ask, tax, punish · To what, where: ruler, total power, power, anyone, everyone, despotic lord

«despotic» 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: despotic in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Despotic describes a ruler who has total power and uses it cruelly, without asking anyone else.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Despotic	Despotic	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 describes	nsubj
2	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 ruler	det
4	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 describes	obj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 has	nsubj
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ruler	acl:relcl
7	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 power	amod
8	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 uses	cc
10	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 has	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 uses	obj
12	cruelly	cruelly	ADV	_	10 uses	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 asking	punct
14	without	without	SCONJ	_	15 asking	mark
15	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 uses	conj
16	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	15 asking	obj
17	else	else	ADV	_	16 anyone	advmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	describe	present	Despotic	a ruler			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent ruler=Theme
2	have	present	a ruler	total power			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient
3	use	present	a ruler not said here	power		cruelly property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
4	ask speech: ask	gerund	a ruler not said here		anyone		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient

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 despotic king taxed everyone and punished anyone who complained.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
2	despotic	despotic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 king	amod
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taxed	nsubj
4	taxed	tax	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 taxed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 punished	cc
7	punished	punish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 taxed	conj
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 punished	obj
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 complained	nsubj
10	complained	complain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 anyone	acl:relcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 taxed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tax	past	the despotic king		everyone	vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient
2	punish	past	the despotic king not said here	anyone		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient
3	complain speech: other	past				vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

A despotic ruler does not listen to his people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ruler	det
2	despotic	despotic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ruler	amod
3	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 listen	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 listen	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 listen	advmod
6	listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 people	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 people	nmod:poss
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 listen	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 listen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not listen	present · do-support	a despotic ruler					to his people	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to people=Theme

Example 3

The villagers hated their despotic lord.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 villagers	det
2	villagers	villager	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hated	nsubj
3	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 lord	nmod:poss
5	despotic	despotic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lord	amod
6	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hated	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	past	the villagers	villagers's despotic lord					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lord=Stimulus

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