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infliction

Who acts: act, someone, law, infliction, judge, long wait · What happens: cause, have, suffer, forbid, inflict, not be · To what, where: pain, infliction, cruelty, fair punishment, serious injury, fear · Speech: someone speaks here

«infliction» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: infliction in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

The act of causing pain, harm or a punishment to someone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 act	det
2	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 causing	mark
4	causing	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 act	acl
5	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 causing	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 harm	punct
7	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pain	conj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 punishment	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 punishment	det
10	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pain	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 someone	case
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 causing	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 act	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	gerund	the act not said here	pain and harm or a punishment				to someone	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition pain=Patient

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

Something unpleasant that someone has to suffer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
2	unpleasant	unpleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Something	amod
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 has	mark
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Something	advcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 suffer	mark
7	suffer	suffer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 has	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Something	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	someone						tree rules
2	suffer	to-infinitive	someone not said here						vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Example 1

The law forbids the infliction of cruelty on animals.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 law	det
2	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forbids	nsubj
3	forbids	forbid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 infliction	det
5	infliction	infliction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forbids	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 cruelty	case
7	cruelty	cruelty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 infliction	nmod
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 animals	case
9	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cruelty	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 forbids	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	present	the law	the infliction of cruelty on animals					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer infliction=Theme
2	inflict			cruelty on animals					nom infliction «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 2

The infliction of pain is never a fair punishment.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 infliction	det
2	infliction	infliction	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 punishment	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 pain	case
4	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 infliction	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 punishment	cop
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 punishment	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 punishment	det
8	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 punishment	amod
9	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 punishment	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	the infliction of pain	a fair punishment					tree rules
2	inflict			pain					nom infliction «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 3

The judge spoke of the infliction of serious injury.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoke	nsubj
3	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 infliction	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 infliction	det
6	infliction	infliction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoke	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 injury	case
8	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 injury	amod
9	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 infliction	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	the judge					of the infliction of serious injury	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	inflict			serious injury					nom infliction «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 4

The long wait was an infliction we had to bear.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wait	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wait	amod
3	wait	wait	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 infliction	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 infliction	cop
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 infliction	det
6	infliction	infliction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 had	nsubj
8	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 infliction	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 bear	mark
10	bear	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 had	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 infliction	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the long wait	a infliction					tree rules
2	have	past	we	a infliction not said here					tree rules
3	bear	to-infinitive	a infliction not said here						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Example 5

Teachers must not use the infliction of fear.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 use	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 use	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 use	advmod
4	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 infliction	det
6	infliction	infliction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 use	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 fear	case
8	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 infliction	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not use	must	Teachers	the infliction of fear					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent infliction=Patient
2	inflict			fear					nom infliction «act transitive»: of=patient

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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