disarm

Who acts: they, soldier, smile, Her, you, guard · What happens: disarm, be, not fight, stop, feel, take · To what, where: someone, robber, knife, grumpy old dog, guard, castle

«disarm» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: disarm in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To disarm someone is to take away their weapon so they cannot fight.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 disarm	mark
2	disarm	disarm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 take	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 disarm	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 take	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 take	mark
6	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	away	away	ADP	_	6 take	compound:prt
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 weapon	nmod:poss
9	weapon	weapon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obj
10	so	so	SCONJ	_	14 fight	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fight	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 fight	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 fight	advmod
14	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 take	advcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	disarm	to-infinitive		someone		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer
2	is	present			take property	tree rules
3	not fight	can	they			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 disarm someone is to make them stop being angry or unfriendly, so they feel safe.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 disarm	mark
2	disarm	disarm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 make	csubj
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 disarm	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 make	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 make	obj
8	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 make	xcomp
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 angry	cop
10	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stop	xcomp
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 unfriendly	cc
12	unfriendly	unfriendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 angry	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 feel	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	16 feel	advmod
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 feel	nsubj
16	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 make	conj
17	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 feel	xcomp
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	disarm	to-infinitive		someone		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer
2	is	present			make property	tree rules
3	stop	infinitive				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	is	gerund			angry property	tree rules
5	be					tree rules
6	feel	present	they		safe property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 1

The soldier disarmed the robber and took his knife.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soldier	det
2	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disarmed	nsubj
3	disarmed	disarm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 robber	det
5	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disarmed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 took	cc
7	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 disarmed	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 knife	nmod:poss
9	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 took	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 disarmed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disarm	past	the soldier	the robber					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus robber=Experiencer
2	take	past	the soldier not said here	soldier's knife					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme

Example 2

Her smile disarmed the grumpy old dog.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 smile	nmod:poss
2	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disarmed	nsubj
3	disarmed	disarm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
5	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dog	amod
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dog	amod
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disarmed	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 disarmed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disarm	past	Her smile	the grumpy old dog					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dog=Experiencer
2	smile		Her = she						nom smile «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

Ask the guard to disarm before he enters the castle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 guard	det
3	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 disarm	mark
5	disarm	disarm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 enters	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 enters	nsubj
8	enters	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 disarm	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 castle	det
10	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 enters	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	the guard	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent guard=Recipient clause=Topic
2	disarm not said to happen	to-infinitive	the guard not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	enter	present	he	the castle	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme castle=Destination

Example 4

A little kindness can disarm a bully.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 kindness	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kindness	amod
3	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disarm	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 disarm	aux
5	disarm	disarm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bully	det
7	bully	bully	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disarm	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 disarm	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disarm	can	a little kindness	a bully					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bully=Experiencer

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