dethrone
Who acts: rebels, wicked uncle, people · What happens: dethrone, be, plan · To what, where: king, throne, old king, rightful heir, cruel queen
«dethrone» 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: dethrone in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To dethrone a king or ruler is to remove him from the throne so that he no longer rules.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 dethrone | mark |
| 2 | dethrone | dethrone | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 remove | advcl |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dethrone | obj |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 ruler | cc |
| 6 | ruler | ruler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 king | conj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 remove | cop |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 remove | mark |
| 9 | remove | remove | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 remove | obj |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 throne | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 throne | det |
| 13 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 remove | obl |
| 14 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 19 rules | case |
| 15 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 so | fixed |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 rules | nsubj |
| 17 | no | no | ADV | _ | 18 longer | advmod |
| 18 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 19 rules | advmod |
| 19 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 remove | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 remove | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dethrone | to-infinitive | a king or ruler | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the throne | so rules; remove 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.
Example 1
The rebels planned to dethrone the old king.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rebels | det |
| 2 | rebels | rebel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 planned | nsubj |
| 3 | planned | plan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 dethrone | mark |
| 5 | dethrone | dethrone | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 planned | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 king | det |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 king | amod |
| 8 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dethrone | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 planned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plan | past | the rebels | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | dethrone not said to happen | to-infinitive | the rebels not said here | the old king | tree rules |
Example 2
His wicked uncle dethroned the rightful heir.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 2 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 uncle | amod |
| 3 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dethroned | nsubj |
| 4 | dethroned | dethrone | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 heir | det |
| 6 | rightful | rightful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 heir | amod |
| 7 | heir | heir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dethroned | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 dethroned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dethrone | past | His wicked uncle | the rightful heir | tree rules |
Example 3
The people dethroned the cruel queen.
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 dethroned | nsubj |
| 3 | dethroned | dethrone | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 queen | det |
| 5 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 queen | amod |
| 6 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dethroned | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 dethroned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dethrone | past | the people | the cruel queen | tree rules |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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