intercession

Who acts: act, sultan, wife, intercession, queen, We · What happens: speak up, save, spare, intercede, free, not get · To what, where: them, harm, life, intercession, prisoner, prize

«intercession» 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: intercession in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The act of speaking up for someone to save them from harm or punishment.

The tree, 14 words

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 speaking	mark
4	speaking	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 act	acl
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 speaking	compound:prt
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 someone	case
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 speaking	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 save	mark
9	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 speaking	advcl
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 save	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 harm	case
12	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 save	obl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 punishment	cc
14	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 harm	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 act	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak up speech: other	gerund	the act not said here					for someone	vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	save	to-infinitive	the act not said here	them = they		harm or punishment			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from harm=Source

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

Through his wife's intercession, the sultan spared the man's life.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	5 intercession	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 wife	nmod:poss
3	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 intercession	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 wife	case
5	intercession	intercession	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spared	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 intercession	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sultan	det
8	sultan	sultan	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spared	nsubj
9	spared	spare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 man	det
11	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 life	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 man	case
13	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spared	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 spared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spare	past	the sultan	the man's life		his wife's intercession			vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Asset
2	intercede		his wife						nom intercession «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

The prisoner was freed by the queen's intercession.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prisoner	det
2	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 freed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 freed	aux:pass
4	freed	free	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	9 intercession	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 queen	det
7	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 intercession	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 queen	case
9	intercession	intercession	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 freed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 freed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	free	past · passive	the queen's intercession	the prisoner					vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer subject=Source
2	intercede		the queen						nom intercession «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

We did not get the prize, but the teacher's intercession helped.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 get	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 get	advmod
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prize	det
6	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 helped	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 helped	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 teacher	det
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 intercession	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 teacher	case
12	intercession	intercession	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 helped	nsubj
13	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 get	parataxis
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not get	past · do-support	We	the prize	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prize=Stimulus
2	help	past	the teacher's intercession		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	intercede		the teacher		nom intercession «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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