disown

Who acts: you, king, She, work, family, He · What happens: disown, be, not say, know, belong, give up · To what, where: someone, them, claim, son, bad work, hers · Speech: someone speaks here

«disown» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: disown in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To disown someone is to refuse to say you know them or belong to them any more; to give up all claim to them.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 disown	mark
2	disown	disown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 refuse	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 disown	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 refuse	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 refuse	mark
6	refuse	refuse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 say	mark
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 refuse	xcomp
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 know	nsubj
10	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 say	ccomp
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 know	obj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 belong	cc
13	belong	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 know	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 them	case
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 belong	obl
16	any	any	ADV	_	17 more	advmod
17	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 belong	advmod
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 give	punct
19	to	to	PART	_	20 give	mark
20	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 refuse	conj
21	up	up	ADP	_	20 give	compound:prt
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	23 claim	det
23	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 give	obj
24	to	to	ADP	_	25 them	case
25	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 claim	nmod
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 refuse	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	disown	to-infinitive		someone			tree rules
2	is	present				refuse property	tree rules
3	not say speech: assert	to-infinitive					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	know	present	you	them = they			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
5	belong	present	you not said here		them = they		vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
6	give up	to-infinitive		all claim	them = they		vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent claim=Theme to they=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 king disowned his son.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disowned	nsubj
3	disowned	disown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 son	nmod:poss
5	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disowned	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 disowned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disown	past	the king	king's son					tree rules

Example 2

She disowned the bad work and said it was not hers.

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	2 disowned	nsubj
2	disowned	disown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 work	det
4	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 work	amod
5	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disowned	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 said	cc
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 disowned	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hers	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 hers	cop
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 hers	advmod
11	hers	her	PRON	Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 said	ccomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 disowned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	disown	past	She	the bad work	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	She not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	not is a	past	work	hers = she	tree rules

Example 3

The family disowned him after the theft.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 family	det
2	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disowned	nsubj
3	disowned	disown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 disowned	obj
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 theft	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 theft	det
7	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disowned	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 disowned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disown	past	the family	him = he			after the theft		tree rules

Example 4

He tried to disown his old friend.

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	2 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 disown	mark
4	disown	disown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tried	xcomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 friend	nmod:poss
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 friend	amod
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disown	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	He						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	disown not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	his old friend					tree rules

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