detain

Who acts: them, police, I, man, storm, guard · What happens: keep, not let, leave, hold, delay, not detain · To what, where: someone, place, them, suspect, you, pupil · Speech: someone speaks here

«detain» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: detain in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To keep someone in a place and not let them leave, such as the police holding a suspect.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 keep	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 place	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 place	det
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 let	cc
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 let	advmod
9	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 keep	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 let	obj
11	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 let	xcomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 police	punct
13	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	16 police	case
14	as	as	ADP	_	13 such	fixed
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 police	det
16	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 leave	obl
17	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 police	acl
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 suspect	det
19	suspect	suspect	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 holding	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		someone	a place		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent someone=Theme in place=Location
2	not let	infinitive		them = they			tree rules
3	leave	infinitive	them = they not said here			such the police	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	hold	gerund	the police not said here	a suspect			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suspect=Theme

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

To delay someone or keep them busy (I won't detain you long).

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 delay	mark
2	delay	delay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 delay	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 keep	cc
5	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 delay	conj
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 keep	obj
7	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 keep	xcomp
8	(	(	PUNCT	_	12 detain	punct
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 detain	nsubj
10	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 detain	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 detain	advmod
12	detain	detain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 delay	conj
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 detain	obj
14	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 detain	advmod
15	)	)	PUNCT	_	12 detain	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 delay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	delay	to-infinitive		someone		vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent someone=Source
2	keep	infinitive		them = they	busy property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	not detain	future	I	you	long property	vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Meaning 3

Usage: school — kept apart, not parsed.

To keep a pupil after school as a punishment (detention).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
5	after	after	ADP	_	6 school	case
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 punishment	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 punishment	det
9	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl
10	(	(	PUNCT	_	11 detention	punct
11	detention	detention	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 punishment	appos
12	)	)	PUNCT	_	11 detention	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		a pupil			after school	as a punishment	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupil=Theme

Example 1

The police detained the man for questioning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 police	det
2	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 detained	nsubj
3	detained	detain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 detained	obj
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 questioning	mark
7	questioning	question	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 man	acl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 detained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	detain	past	the police	the man					vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme
2	question speech: other	gerund	the man not said here						vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 2

Sorry to detain you; I just have one question.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 detain	mark
3	detain	detain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Sorry	xcomp
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 detain	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 have	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 have	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 have	advmod
8	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Sorry	conj
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 question	nummod
10	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Sorry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	detain	to-infinitive		you					vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
2	have	present	I	one question					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Patient

Example 3

The storm detained us at the airport.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 detained	nsubj
3	detained	detain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 detained	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 airport	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 airport	det
7	airport	airport	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 detained	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 detained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	detain	past	the storm	us		the airport			vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme

Example 4

He was detained after school for being rude.

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 detained	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 detained	aux:pass
3	detained	detain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	after	after	ADP	_	5 school	case
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 detained	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 rude	case
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 rude	cop
8	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 detained	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 detained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	detain	past · passive		He			after school		vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	gerund						rude property	tree rules

Example 5

Two people were detained at the border.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 people	nummod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 detained	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 detained	aux:pass
4	detained	detain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 border	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 border	det
7	border	border	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 detained	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 detained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	detain	past · passive		Two people		the border			vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 6

The guard detained the thief until the police came.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guard	det
2	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 detained	nsubj
3	detained	detain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thief	det
5	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 detained	obj
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 came	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 police	det
8	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 came	nsubj
9	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 detained	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 detained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	detain	past	the guard	the thief					vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Theme
2	come	past	the police						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 7

"I will sing them all to you," said the mother; "but do not detain me now.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 sing	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 sing	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 sing	aux
4	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 said	ccomp
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sing	obj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 them	nmod:unmarked
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 you	case
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 sing	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sing	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 sing	punct
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mother	det
13	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 said	obj
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 detain	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 detain	punct
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	19 detain	cc
17	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	19 detain	aux
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 detain	advmod
19	detain	detain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 said	conj
20	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 detain	obj
21	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 detain	advmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	sing speech: express in a quote	future	the mother = mother	them = they	you		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Topic to you=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	past	the mother				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not detain in a quote	infinitive · do-support	the mother not said here	the mother = mother		now	vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme

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