disobey Who acts: person, dog, you, Adam, Genesis, It · What happens: disobey, not be, tell, do, run, not disobey · To what, where: you, road, lifeguard, God, She, safety signs · Speech: someone speaks here
«disobey» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: disobey in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To disobey is to not do what a person, rule or law tells you to do.
The tree, 16 words mark advcl cop mark advmod obj det nsubj punct conj cc conj ccomp iobj mark xcomp punct root To PART disobey VERB is AUX to PART not PART do VERB what PRON a DET person NOUN , PUNCT rule NOUN or CCONJ law NOUN tells VERB you PRON to PART do VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 disobey mark 2 disobey disobey VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 do advcl 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 do cop 4 to to PART _ 6 do mark 5 not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 do advmod 6 do do VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 7 what what PRON PronType=Int 14 tells obj 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 person det 9 person person NOUN Number=Sing 14 tells nsubj 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 rule punct 11 rule rule NOUN Number=Sing 9 person conj 12 or or CCONJ _ 13 law cc 13 law law NOUN Number=Sing 9 person conj 14 tells tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 do ccomp 15 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 14 tells iobj 16 to to PART _ 17 do mark 17 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 14 tells xcomp 18 . . PUNCT _ 6 do punct
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1 disobey to-infinitive tree rules 2 not is present do property tree rules 3 tell speech: assert present a person and rule or law you tree rules 4 do not said to happen to-infinitive a person and rule or law not said here vn act-114-1 «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.
Example 1 The dog disobeyed and ran into the road.
det nsubj cc conj case det obl punct root The DET dog NOUN disobeyed VERB and CCONJ ran VERB into ADP the DET road NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 dog det 2 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 3 disobeyed nsubj 3 disobeyed disobey VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 ran cc 5 ran run VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 disobeyed conj 6 into into ADP _ 8 road case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 road det 8 road road NOUN Number=Sing 5 ran obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 disobeyed punct
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1 disobey past the dog tree rules 2 run past the dog not said here into the road result vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into road=Result
Example 2 Don't disobey the lifeguard.
aux advmod det obj punct root Do AUX n't PART disobey VERB the DET lifeguard NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 disobey aux 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 3 disobey advmod 3 disobey disobey VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 lifeguard det 5 lifeguard lifeguard NOUN Number=Sing 3 disobey obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 disobey punct
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1 not disobey imperative · do-support you not said here the lifeguard tree rules
Example 3 Adam and Eve disobeyed God, Genesis tells.
nsubj cc conj obj punct nsubj acl:relcl punct root Adam PROPN and CCONJ Eve PROPN disobeyed VERB God PROPN , PUNCT Genesis PROPN tells VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Adam Adam PROPN Number=Sing 4 disobeyed nsubj 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 Eve cc 3 Eve Eve PROPN Number=Sing 1 Adam conj 4 disobeyed disobey VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 God God PROPN Number=Sing 4 disobeyed obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 tells punct 7 Genesis Genesis PROPN Number=Sing 8 tells nsubj 8 tells tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 God acl:relcl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 disobeyed punct
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1 disobey past Adam and Eve God tree rules 2 tell speech: assert present Genesis God not said here vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent god=Recipient
Example 4 She was punished for disobeying.
nsubj aux:pass mark advcl punct root She PRON was AUX punished VERB for SCONJ disobeying VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 punished nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 punished aux:pass 3 punished punish VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 for for SCONJ _ 5 disobeying mark 5 disobeying disobey VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 punished advcl 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 punished punct
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1 punish past · passive She vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient 2 disobey gerund tree rules
Example 5 It is dangerous to disobey safety signs.
nsubj cop mark csubj compound obj punct root It PRON is AUX dangerous ADJ to PART disobey VERB safety NOUN signs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 dangerous nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 dangerous cop 3 dangerous dangerous ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to PART _ 5 disobey mark 5 disobey disobey VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 dangerous csubj 6 safety safety NOUN Number=Sing 7 signs compound 7 signs sign NOUN Number=Plur 5 disobey obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 dangerous punct
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1 is present It dangerous property tree rules 2 disobey to-infinitive safety signs tree rules
Example 6 The puppy disobeyed every command.
det nsubj det obj punct root The DET puppy NOUN disobeyed VERB every DET command NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 puppy det 2 puppy puppy NOUN Number=Sing 3 disobeyed nsubj 3 disobeyed disobey VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 every every DET PronType=Tot 5 command det 5 command command NOUN Number=Sing 3 disobeyed obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 disobeyed punct
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1 disobey past the puppy every command tree rules
Example 7 The men did not dare to disobey.
det nsubj aux advmod mark xcomp punct root The DET men NOUN did AUX not PART dare VERB to PART disobey VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 men det 2 men man NOUN Number=Plur 5 dare nsubj 3 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 dare aux 4 not not PART Polarity=Neg 5 dare advmod 5 dare dare VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 to to PART _ 7 disobey mark 7 disobey disobey VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 dare xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 dare punct
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1 not dare past · do-support the men vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 not disobey to-infinitive the men not said here tree rules
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