expiate

Who acts: He, his, king, kind deed · What happens: make up, suffer, do, remove, try, expiate · To what, where: something, guilt, crime, gold, poor, sin

«expiate» 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: expiate in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To make up for a wrong or sin by suffering or doing something good, so that the guilt is removed.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 make	compound:prt
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 wrong	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wrong	det
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 make	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 sin	cc
8	sin	sin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wrong	conj
9	by	by	SCONJ	_	10 suffering	mark
10	suffering	suffer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 make	advcl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 doing	cc
12	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 suffering	conj
13	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 doing	obj
14	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 something	amod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 removed	punct
16	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	21 removed	mark
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 so	fixed
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 guilt	det
19	guilt	guilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 removed	nsubj:pass
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 removed	aux:pass
21	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 make	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make up	to-infinitive		for a wrong or sin	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	suffer	gerund			vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	do	gerund	something		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
4	remove	present · passive	the guilt		vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=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

He tried to expiate his crime by giving his gold to the poor.

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 expiate	mark
4	expiate	expiate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tried	xcomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 crime	nmod:poss
6	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expiate	obj
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 giving	mark
8	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 expiate	advcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 gold	nmod:poss
10	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 giving	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 poor	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 poor	det
13	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 giving	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	try	past	He			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	expiate not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	his crime		tree rules
3	give	gerund	He not said here	his gold	the poor	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent gold=Theme to poor=Recipient
4	incriminate		his = he			nom crime «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

The king expiated his sin with years of penance.

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 expiated	nsubj
3	expiated	expiate	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 sin	nmod:poss
5	sin	sin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expiated	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 years	case
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 expiated	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 penance	case
9	penance	penance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 years	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 expiated	punct

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

Example 3

Only a kind deed can expiate that wrong.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 deed	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 deed	det
3	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 deed	amod
4	deed	deed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 expiate	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 expiate	aux
6	expiate	expiate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 wrong	nsubj
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 expiate	ccomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 expiate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expiate	can	a kind deed						tree rules

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