exhume

Who acts: police, Archaeologists · What happens: dig up, bury, examine, move, exhume, check · To what, where: body, coffin, evidence, grave, story, old bones

«exhume» 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: exhume in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To dig up a body that has been buried, usually to examine it or move it.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 dig	mark
2	dig	dig	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 dig	compound:prt
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 body	det
5	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dig	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 buried	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 buried	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 buried	aux:pass
9	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 body	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 examine	punct
11	usually	usually	ADV	_	13 examine	advmod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 examine	mark
13	examine	examine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 dig	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 examine	obj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 move	cc
16	move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 examine	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 move	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dig	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	dig up	to-infinitive	a body		vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent body=Theme
2	bury	present · perfect · passive	a body		vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	examine	to-infinitive	body	usually property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	move	infinitive	body		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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 police exhumed the coffin to check the evidence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 police	det
2	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 exhumed	nsubj
3	exhumed	exhume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 coffin	det
5	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exhumed	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 check	mark
7	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 exhumed	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 evidence	det
9	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 check	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 exhumed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exhume	past	the police	the coffin					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent coffin=Patient
2	check	to-infinitive	the police not said here	the evidence					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Theme

Example 2

In the story the grave was opened and the body was exhumed.

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 opened	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 grave	det
5	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 opened	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 opened	aux:pass
7	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 exhumed	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 body	det
10	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 exhumed	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 exhumed	aux:pass
12	exhumed	exhume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 opened	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 opened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past · passive		the grave		the story			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme in story=Location
2	exhume	past · passive		the body					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Example 3

Archaeologists exhume old bones with great care.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Archaeologists	archaeologist	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 exhume	nsubj
2	exhume	exhume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bones	amod
4	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 exhume	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 care	case
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 care	amod
7	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exhume	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 exhume	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exhume	present	Archaeologists	old bones				with great care	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent bone=Patient with care=Instrument

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