interrogation

Who acts: interrogation, police, thief, Mum, spy, detective · What happens: be, get, question, keep, tell, last · To what, where: information, someone, long string, suspect, interrogation room, truth · Speech: someone speaks here

«interrogation» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: interrogation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An interrogation is long, close questioning of someone, especially by police or soldiers, to get information.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 interrogation	det
2	interrogation	interrogation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 long	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 long	cop
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 questioning	punct
6	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 questioning	amod
7	questioning	questioning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 long	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 someone	case
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 questioning	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 police	punct
11	especially	especially	ADV	_	13 police	advmod
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 police	case
13	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 someone	appos
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 soldiers	cc
15	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 police	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 get	punct
17	to	to	PART	_	18 get	mark
18	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 long	parataxis
19	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 get	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 long	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	a interrogation		long property	tree rules
2	get	to-infinitive		information		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer information=Stimulus
3	question			someone		nom questioning «communication transitive»: of=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

Usage: informal, humorous — kept apart, not parsed.

An interrogation can be any long string of questions, like from a parent.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 interrogation	det
2	interrogation	interrogation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 string	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 string	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 string	cop
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 string	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 string	amod
7	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 questions	case
9	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 string	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 parent	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	14 parent	case
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 parent	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 parent	det
14	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 string	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 string	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	a interrogation	any long string and a parent				of questions	tree rules

Example 1

The police kept the suspect in the interrogation room.

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 kept	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 suspect	det
5	suspect	suspect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 room	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 room	det
8	interrogation	interrogation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 room	compound
9	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	the police	the suspect		the interrogation room			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent suspect=Theme in room=Location

Example 2

Under interrogation, the thief told the truth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Under	under	ADP	_	2 interrogation	case
2	interrogation	interrogation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 interrogation	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thief	det
5	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	nsubj
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 truth	det
8	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the thief	the truth		interrogation			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient

Example 3

Mum's interrogation about my muddy shoes lasted ten minutes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 interrogation	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Mum	case
3	interrogation	interrogation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lasted	nsubj
4	about	about	ADP	_	7 shoes	case
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 shoes	nmod:poss
6	muddy	muddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 shoes	amod
7	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 interrogation	nmod
8	lasted	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 minutes	nummod
10	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 lasted	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 lasted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	last	past	Mum's interrogation about my muddy shoes				minute		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
2	interrogate		Mum					about my muddy shoes	nom interrogation «communication transitive»: poss=agent about=obl

Example 4

The spy refused to talk during the interrogation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 spy	det
2	spy	spy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 refused	nsubj
3	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 talk	mark
5	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 refused	xcomp
6	during	during	ADP	_	8 interrogation	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 interrogation	det
8	interrogation	interrogation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 talk	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 refused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	the spy						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not talk	to-infinitive	the spy not said here				during the interrogation		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

The detective began the interrogation calmly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 detective	det
2	detective	detective	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 began	nsubj
3	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 interrogation	det
5	interrogation	interrogation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 began	obj
6	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	3 began	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 began	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	the detective	the interrogation				calmly property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interrogation=Eventuality

Example 6

I faced an interrogation from my little sister about Father Christmas.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 faced	nsubj
2	faced	face	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 interrogation	det
4	interrogation	interrogation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 faced	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 sister	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sister	nmod:poss
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sister	amod
8	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 faced	obl
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 Christmas	case
10	Father	Father	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Christmas	flat
11	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 sister	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 faced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	face	past	I	a interrogation				from my little sister about Father Christmas	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent interrogation=Destination

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