liberate

Who acts: reaction, soldiers, people, We, Finishing, Adding · What happens: set, limit, release, liberate, steal, take · To what, where: person, them, gas, heat, something, biscuits

«liberate» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: liberate in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To set a person, animal, place or country free from control, prison or an enemy.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 set	mark
2	set	set	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 person	det
4	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 set	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 animal	punct
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 person	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 place	punct
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 person	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 country	cc
10	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 place	conj
11	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 place	amod
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 control	case
13	control	control	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 free	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 prison	punct
15	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 control	conj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 enemy	cc
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 enemy	det
18	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 control	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 set	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	to-infinitive		a person and animal and place or country					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient person=Result

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 free someone from something that limits them, such as rules or worries.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	3 someone	mark
2	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 someone	amod
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 something	case
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 someone	nmod
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 limits	nsubj
7	limits	limit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 something	acl:relcl
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 limits	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 rules	punct
10	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	12 rules	case
11	as	as	ADP	_	10 such	fixed
12	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 someone	conj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 worries	cc
14	worries	worry	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 rules	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 someone	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	limit	present		them = they					vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer they=Patient

Meaning 3

Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

To release a gas or energy: the reaction liberates heat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 release	mark
2	release	release	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 liberates	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 gas	det
4	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 release	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 energy	cc
6	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gas	conj
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 liberates	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reaction	det
9	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 liberates	nsubj
10	liberates	liberate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 liberates	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 liberates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	to-infinitive	the reaction not said here	a gas or energy					vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer gas=Source
2	liberate	present	the reaction	heat					vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme

Meaning 4

Usage: slang, joking — kept apart, not parsed.

To steal or take something quietly: who liberated my biscuits?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 steal	mark
2	steal	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 liberated	advcl
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 take	cc
4	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 steal	conj
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 take	obj
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	4 take	advmod
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 liberated	punct
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 liberated	nsubj
9	liberated	liberate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 biscuits	nmod:poss
11	biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 liberated	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 liberated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	steal	to-infinitive			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	take	infinitive	something	quietly property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme
3	liberate	past	my biscuits		vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent biscuit=Theme

Example 1

The soldiers liberated the town and the people cheered.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soldiers	det
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 liberated	nsubj
3	liberated	liberate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 town	det
5	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 liberated	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cheered	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 people	det
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 cheered	nsubj
9	cheered	cheer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 liberated	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 liberated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	liberate	past	the soldiers	the town					vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme
2	cheer	past	the people						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Example 2

We liberated the trapped bird from the netting.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 liberated	nsubj
2	liberated	liberate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bird	det
4	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 bird	amod
5	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 liberated	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 netting	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 netting	det
8	netting	netting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 liberated	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 liberated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	liberate	past	We	the trapped bird		the netting			vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent bird=Theme from netting=Source
2	trap	participle							vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Finishing my exams felt so liberating.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Finishing	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 felt	csubj
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 exams	nmod:poss
3	exams	exam	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Finishing	obj
4	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 liberating	advmod
6	liberating	liberate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 felt	advcl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	finish	gerund		my exams	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality exam=Eventuality
2	feel	past	Finishing		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	liberate	gerund	Finishing not said here		vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 4

Adding acid to the metal liberates hydrogen gas.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adding	add	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 liberates	csubj
2	acid	acid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Adding	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 metal	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 metal	det
5	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Adding	obl
6	liberates	liberate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	hydrogen	hydrogen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gas	compound
8	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 liberates	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 liberates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	gerund		acid				to the metal	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent acid=Patient to metal=Co-Patient
2	liberate	present	Adding	hydrogen gas					vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gas=Theme

Example 5

The prisoners were liberated at last.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prisoners	det
2	prisoners	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 liberated	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 liberated	aux:pass
4	liberated	liberate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 last	case
6	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 liberated	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 liberated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	liberate	past · passive		the prisoners		last			vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 6

Someone has liberated my pencil case again!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 liberated	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 liberated	aux
3	liberated	liberate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 case	nmod:poss
5	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 case	compound
6	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 liberated	obj
7	again	again	ADV	_	3 liberated	advmod
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 liberated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	liberate	present · perfect	Someone	my pencil case			again		vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Theme

Example 7

Cutting her long hair short felt liberating.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cutting	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 felt	csubj
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hair	nmod:poss
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hair	amod
4	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cutting	obj
5	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Cutting	xcomp
6	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	liberating	liberate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 felt	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cut	gerund		her long hair	short property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hair=Product
2	feel	past	Cutting			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	liberate	gerund	Cutting not said here			vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 8

The new law liberated workers from very long hours.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 law	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 law	amod
3	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	liberated	liberate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 law	acl
5	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 liberated	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 hours	case
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 long	advmod
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hours	amod
9	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 liberated	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 law	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	liberate	participle	the new law not said here	workers			hour		vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worker=Theme

Example 9

The hero succeeded in delivering Theseus, but when he endeavoured to liberate Pirithoeus, the earth shook so violently beneath him that he was compelled to relinquish his task.

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hero	det
2	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 succeeded	nsubj
3	succeeded	succeed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	SCONJ	_	5 delivering	mark
5	delivering	deliver	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 succeeded	advcl
6	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 delivering	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 endeavoured	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 endeavoured	cc
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 endeavoured	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 endeavoured	nsubj
11	endeavoured	endeavour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 succeeded	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 liberate	mark
13	liberate	liberate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 endeavoured	xcomp
14	Pirithoeus	Pirithoeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 liberate	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 shook	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 earth	det
17	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 shook	nsubj
18	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 Pirithoeus	acl:relcl
19	so	so	ADV	_	20 violently	advmod
20	violently	violently	ADV	_	18 shook	advmod
21	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	22 him	case
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 shook	obl
23	that	that	SCONJ	_	26 compelled	mark
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 compelled	nsubj
25	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 compelled	aux:pass
26	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 shook	advcl
27	to	to	PART	_	28 relinquish	mark
28	relinquish	relinquish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 compelled	xcomp
29	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 task	nmod:poss
30	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 relinquish	obj
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 succeeded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	succeed	past	the hero			vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	deliver	gerund	the hero not said here	Theseus		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent theseus=Patient
3	endeavour	past	hero			tree rules
4	liberate	to-infinitive	hero not said here	Pirithoeus		vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pirithoeus=Theme
5	shake	past	the earth	Pirithoeus not said here	beneath hero; violently property	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent pirithoeus=Theme beneath he=Trajectory
6	compel	past · passive		earth		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
7	relinquish	to-infinitive		hero's task		vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent task=Theme
8	task		hero			nom task «act transitive»: poss=agent

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