lawless

Who acts: Lawless, lawless robbers, land, lawless giant · What happens: mean, not obey, run, be, laugh · To what, where: law, hills, rules

«lawless» 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: lawless in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Lawless means not obeying the law; wild and out of control: a lawless gang of robbers.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lawless	lawless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 obeying	advmod
4	obeying	obey	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 law	det
6	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 obeying	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 wild	punct
8	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 control	cc
10	out	out	ADP	_	12 control	case
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 control	case
12	control	control	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wild	conj
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 gang	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 gang	det
15	lawless	lawless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 gang	amod
16	gang	gang	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 control	appos
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 robbers	case
18	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 gang	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Lawless						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not obey not said to happen	gerund	Lawless not said here	the law					vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Theme

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 lawless robbers ran wild in the hills.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 robbers	det
2	lawless	lawless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 robbers	amod
3	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ran	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 hills	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hills	det
8	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ran	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	the lawless robbers			the hills		wild property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hill=Trajectory

Example 2

In the old days the land was lawless and dangerous.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 days	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 days	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 days	amod
4	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 lawless	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 land	det
6	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lawless	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lawless	cop
8	lawless	lawless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 dangerous	cc
10	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lawless	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 lawless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the land				day	lawless property	tree rules
2	be		the land not said here						tree rules

Example 3

The lawless giant laughed at the rules.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 giant	det
2	lawless	lawless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 giant	amod
3	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughed	nsubj
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 rules	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rules	det
7	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 laughed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	the lawless giant			the rules			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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