executioner

Who acts: person, executioner, king · What happens: be, order, raise, send, refuse, not harm · To what, where: punishment, axe, story, boy

«executioner» 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: executioner in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A person whose job is to put a criminal to death, as a punishment ordered by a court.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 put	nsubj
3	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	4 job	nmod:poss
4	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 put	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 put	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 put	mark
7	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 criminal	det
9	criminal	criminal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 put	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 death	case
11	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 put	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 punishment	punct
13	as	as	ADP	_	15 punishment	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 punishment	det
15	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 put	parataxis
16	ordered	order	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 punishment	acl
17	by	by	ADP	_	19 court	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 court	det
19	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ordered	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a person					to death; put property	tree rules
2	order	participle		a punishment not said here				by a court	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: 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 executioner raised his axe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 executioner	det
2	executioner	executioner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raised	nsubj
3	raised	raise	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 axe	nmod:poss
5	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raised	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 raised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	past	the executioner	executioner's axe					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent axe=Theme

Example 2

The king sent for the executioner.

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 sent	nsubj
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 executioner	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 executioner	det
6	executioner	executioner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	the king					for the executioner	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 3

In the story, the executioner refused to harm the boy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 story	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 story	det
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 refused	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 story	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 executioner	det
6	executioner	executioner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 refused	nsubj
7	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 harm	mark
9	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 refused	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boy	det
11	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 harm	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 refused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	the executioner			the story			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not harm	to-infinitive	the executioner not said here	the boy					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus boy=Experiencer

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