lawlessness

Who acts: state, people, nobody, town, sheriff, Police · What happens: have, break, keep, fall, leave, stop · To what, where: law, rules, control, lawlessness, streets, forest · Speech: someone speaks here

«lawlessness» 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: lawlessness in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The state of having no law or order; a time when people break the rules and nobody keeps control.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 state	det
2	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 having	mark
4	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 state	acl
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 law	det
6	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 having	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 order	cc
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 law	conj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 time	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 time	det
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 state	nmod
12	when	when	SCONJ	_	14 break	mark
13	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 break	nsubj
14	break	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 time	acl:relcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 rules	det
16	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 break	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 keeps	cc
18	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	19 keeps	nsubj
19	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 break	conj
20	control	control	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 keeps	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 state	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	gerund	the state a time not said here	no law or order	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Patient
2	break	present	people	the rules	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient
3	keep	present	nobody	control	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent control=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 town fell into lawlessness after the sheriff left.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 town	det
2	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	nsubj
3	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 lawlessness	case
5	lawlessness	lawlessness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	obl
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 left	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sheriff	det
8	sheriff	sheriff	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 left	nsubj
9	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fell	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the town					into lawlessness result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into lawlessness=Result
2	leave	past	the sheriff						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Police stopped the lawlessness in the streets.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stopped	nsubj
2	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lawlessness	det
4	lawlessness	lawlessness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stopped	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 streets	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 streets	det
7	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stopped	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stopped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	Police	the lawlessness		the streets			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality lawlessness=Eventuality

Example 3

The tale tells of wild lawlessness in the forest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tale	det
2	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tells	nsubj
3	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 lawlessness	case
5	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lawlessness	amod
6	lawlessness	lawlessness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tells	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 forest	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 forest	det
9	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tells	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	the tale			the forest		of wild lawlessness	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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