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kidnapper

Who acts: person, kidnappers, police, children, you, kidnapper · What happens: take away, keep, demand, ask, catch, escape · To what, where: someone, tricks, money, kidnapper, story, mask

«kidnapper» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: kidnapper in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A person who takes someone away by force or tricks and keeps them as a prisoner, often to demand money.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 demand	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 takes	nsubj
4	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 takes	obj
6	away	away	ADV	_	4 takes	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 force	case
8	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 takes	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 tricks	cc
10	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 force	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 keeps	cc
12	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 takes	conj
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 keeps	obj
14	as	as	ADP	_	16 prisoner	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 prisoner	det
16	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 keeps	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 demand	punct
18	often	often	ADV	_	20 demand	advmod
19	to	to	PART	_	20 demand	mark
20	demand	demand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
21	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 demand	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 demand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take away	present	a person	someone				by force or tricks; away property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
2	keep	present	a person not said here	tricks = trick				as a prisoner	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	demand speech: request	to-infinitive	a person	money				often property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme money=Precondition

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 kidnappers asked for a huge ransom.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 kidnappers	det
2	kidnappers	kidnapper	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 asked	nsubj
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 ransom	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ransom	det
6	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ransom	amod
7	ransom	ransom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the kidnappers					for a huge ransom	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The police caught the kidnapper.

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 caught	nsubj
3	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 kidnapper	det
5	kidnapper	kidnapper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caught	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 caught	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	the police	the kidnapper					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kidnapper=Theme

Example 3

In the story, the children escaped from the kidnappers.

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 escaped	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 story	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 children	det
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 escaped	nsubj
7	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 kidnappers	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 kidnappers	det
10	kidnappers	kidnapper	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 escaped	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 escaped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape	past	the children			the story		from the kidnappers	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from kidnapper=Initial_Location

Example 4

Never go anywhere with a stranger.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 go	advmod
2	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	2 go	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 stranger	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stranger	det
6	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 go	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go	imperative	you not said here					with a stranger; anywhere property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with stranger=Beneficiary

Example 5

The kidnapper wore a mask.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 kidnapper	det
2	kidnapper	kidnapper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wore	nsubj
3	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mask	det
5	mask	mask	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wore	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	the kidnapper	a mask					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mask=Theme

Example 6

The detective tracked down the kidnappers.

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	root	root
3	tracked	track	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 detective	acl
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 tracked	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kidnappers	det
6	kidnappers	kidnapper	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tracked	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 detective	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	track down	participle	the detective not said here	the kidnappers					vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kidnapper=Theme

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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