disturbances

Who acts: things, I, noise disturbances, disturbances, hotel, report · What happens: disturb, call, need, keep, be, apologise · To what, where: interrupt, Police, disturbances, city centre, pen, neighbours · Speech: someone speaks here

«disturbances» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: disturbances in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

things that disturb or interrupt (noise, interruptions).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 disturb	nsubj
3	disturb	disturb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 things	acl:relcl
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 interrupt	cc
5	interrupt	interrupt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disturb	obj
6	(	(	PUNCT	_	7 noise	punct
7	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 interrupt	appos
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 interruptions	punct
9	interruptions	interruption	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 noise	conj
10	)	)	PUNCT	_	7 noise	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 things	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disturb	present	things	interrupt					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus interrupt=Experiencer

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

Usage: euphemism, official, UK — kept apart, not parsed.

riots, fights or violent protests.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	riots	riot	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 fights	punct
3	fights	fight	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 riots	conj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 protests	cc
5	violent	violent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 protests	amod
6	protests	protest	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 riots	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 riots	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

Police were called to disturbances in the city centre last night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 called	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 called	aux:pass
3	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 disturbances	case
5	disturbances	disturbance	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 called	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 centre	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 centre	det
8	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 centre	compound
9	centre	centre	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	obl
10	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 night	amod
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	obl:unmarked
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past · passive		Police	disturbances	the city centre	night		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to disturbance=Recipient

Example 2

Sorry for the disturbance, I just need a pen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 disturbance	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 disturbance	det
4	disturbance	disturbance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sorry	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 need	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 need	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 need	advmod
8	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Sorry	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pen	det
10	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 need	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Sorry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	I	a pen					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pen=Theme

Example 3

The noise disturbances kept the neighbours awake.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 disturbances	det
2	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disturbances	compound
3	disturbances	disturbance	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 neighbours	det
6	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 kept	obj
7	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kept	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	the noise disturbances	the neighbours				awake property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neighbour=Theme

Example 4

There were disturbances after the football match.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 were	expl
2	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	disturbances	disturbance	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 were	nsubj
4	after	after	ADP	_	7 match	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 match	det
6	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 match	compound
7	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 were	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 were	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	disturbances			there	after the football match		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

The hotel apologised for the disturbance.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hotel	det
2	hotel	hotel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 apologised	nsubj
3	apologised	apologise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 disturbance	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 disturbance	det
6	disturbance	disturbance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 apologised	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 apologised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apologise speech: apologize	past	the hotel					for the disturbance	tree rules

Example 6

The report described the riots as «disturbances».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 report	det
2	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 described	nsubj
3	described	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 riots	det
5	riots	riot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 described	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 disturbances	case
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 disturbances	punct
8	disturbances	disturbance	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 described	obl
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 described	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 described	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	past	the report	the riots				as disturbances	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent riot=Theme as disturbance=Attribute

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