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molest

Who acts: you, dog, Thieves, wolf · What happens: molest, be, annoy, attack, harm, not molest · To what, where: someone, them, hens, farm, flock, birds

«molest» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: molest in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To molest is to bother, annoy or attack someone, usually to harm them.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 molest	mark
2	molest	molest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 annoy	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bother	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 bother	mark
5	bother	bother	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 molest	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 annoy	punct
7	annoy	annoy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 attack	cc
9	attack	attack	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 annoy	conj
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 attack	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 harm	punct
12	usually	usually	ADV	_	14 harm	advmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 harm	mark
14	harm	harm	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 annoy	conj
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 harm	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 annoy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	molest	to-infinitive	you not said here						tree rules
2	is	present	you not said here					bother property	tree rules
3	annoy	imperative	you not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	attack	infinitive	you not said here	someone					vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient
5	harm	to-infinitive	you not said here	them = they				usually property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer

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 dog did not molest the hens.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 molest	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 molest	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 molest	advmod
5	molest	molest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hens	det
7	hens	hen	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 molest	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 molest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not molest	past · do-support	the dog	the hens					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hen=Experiencer

Example 2

Thieves came at night to molest the farm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thieves	thief	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 night	case
4	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 molest	mark
6	molest	molest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 came	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 farm	det
8	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 molest	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	Thieves				night		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	molest	to-infinitive	Thieves not said here	the farm					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus farm=Experiencer

Example 3

The wolf would not molest the flock.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 molest	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 molest	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 molest	advmod
5	molest	molest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 flock	det
7	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 molest	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 molest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not molest	would	the wolf	the flock					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus flock=Experiencer

Example 4

Do not molest the birds in their nest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 molest	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 molest	advmod
3	molest	molest	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 birds	det
5	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 molest	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 nest	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 nest	nmod:poss
8	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 molest	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 molest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not molest	imperative · do-support	you not said here	the birds		birds's nest			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bird=Experiencer

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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