launder

Who acts: money, hotel, you, criminals, laundered sheets, police · What happens: wash, hide, gain, come, pass, look · To what, where: iron clothes, money, business, towels, shirt, stolen money

«launder» 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: launder in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To wash and iron clothes, sheets or towels.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 wash	mark
2	wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 clothes	cc
4	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 clothes	compound
5	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 wash	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sheets	punct
7	sheets	sheet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 clothes	conj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 towels	cc
9	towels	towel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 clothes	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wash	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	to-infinitive		iron clothes and sheets or towels					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=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

To hide where dishonestly gained money came from by passing it through a business or bank so it looks honest (launder money).

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 hide	mark
2	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 came	advcl
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 gained	advmod
4	dishonestly	dishonestly	ADV	_	5 gained	advmod
5	gained	gain	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hide	ccomp
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gained	obj
7	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	from	from	SCONJ	_	10 passing	mark
9	by	by	SCONJ	_	10 passing	mark
10	passing	pass	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 came	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 passing	obj
12	through	through	ADP	_	14 business	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 business	det
14	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 passing	obl
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 bank	cc
16	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 business	conj
17	so	so	ADV	_	19 looks	advmod
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 looks	nsubj
19	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 came	advcl
20	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 looks	xcomp
21	(	(	PUNCT	_	23 money	punct
22	launder	launder	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 money	compound
23	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 honest	obl
24	)	)	PUNCT	_	23 money	punct
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hide	to-infinitive					tree rules
2	gain	past		money		dishonestly property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
3	come	past					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	pass	gerund		money	a business or bank		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme through business=Destination
5	look	present	money			honest property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 1

The hotel launders the towels every day (formal).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hotel	det
2	hotel	hotel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 launders	nsubj
3	launders	launder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 towels	det
5	towels	towel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 launders	obj
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 launders	obl:unmarked
8	(	(	PUNCT	_	9 formal	punct
9	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 day	amod
10	)	)	PUNCT	_	9 formal	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 launders	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	launder	present	the hotel	the towels			day		tree rules

Example 2

Please launder this shirt before the wedding.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	2 launder	discourse
2	launder	launder	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 shirt	det
4	shirt	shirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 launder	obj
5	before	before	ADP	_	7 wedding	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wedding	det
7	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 launder	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 launder	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	launder	imperative	you not said here	this shirt			before the wedding		tree rules

Example 3

The criminals tried to launder stolen money.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 criminals	det
2	criminals	criminal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tried	nsubj
3	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 launder	mark
5	launder	launder	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 tried	xcomp
6	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 money	amod
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 launder	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	try	past	the criminals		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	launder not said to happen	to-infinitive	the criminals not said here	stolen money	tree rules
3	steal	participle			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 4

Money laundering is against the law.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 law	nsubj
2	laundering	launder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Money	acl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 law	cop
4	against	against	ADP	_	6 law	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 law	det
6	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 law	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	launder	gerund	Money not said here						tree rules
2	is	present	Money					against the law	tree rules

Example 5

Freshly laundered sheets smell lovely.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Freshly	freshly	ADV	_	2 laundered	advmod
2	laundered	launder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sheets	amod
3	sheets	sheet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 smell	nsubj
4	smell	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 smell	xcomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 smell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	launder	participle						freshly property	tree rules
2	smell	present	laundered sheets					lovely property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 6

The police caught the gang laundering cash through a café.

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 gang	det
5	gang	gang	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caught	obj
6	laundering	launder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 gang	acl
7	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 laundering	obj
8	through	through	ADP	_	10 café	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 café	det
10	café	café	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 laundering	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 caught	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	the police	the gang					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gang=Theme
2	launder	gerund	the gang not said here	cash		a café			tree rules

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