murdered

Who acts: purpose, she, I, brother, detective, dog · What happens: murder, mean, kill, be, do, want · To what, where: someone, purpose, serious crime, something, song, cup · Speech: someone speaks here

«murdered» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: murdered in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Murdered means killed someone on purpose; it is a very serious crime.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Murdered	murder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 killed	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 purpose	case
6	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 killed	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 crime	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 crime	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 crime	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 crime	det
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 serious	advmod
12	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 crime	amod
13	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	murder	participle				vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	kill	past		someone	purpose	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
4	is a	present	purpose	a serious crime		tree rules

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

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Murdered can mean did something very badly, as in «she murdered that song».

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Murdered	murder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 mean	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	ccomp
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 did	obj
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 badly	advmod
7	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 did	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 murdered	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 murdered	mark
10	in	in	ADP	_	9 as	fixed
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 murdered	punct
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 murdered	nsubj
13	murdered	murder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	ccomp
14	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 song	det
15	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 murdered	obj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 murdered	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	murder	participle				vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	mean	can				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	do	past		something	badly property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
4	murder in a quote	past	she	that song		vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Patient

Meaning 3

Usage: slang — kept apart, not parsed.

«I could murder a cup of tea» means I want one very much; «murdered» in sport slang can mean beaten very badly.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 murder	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 murder	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 murder	aux
4	murder	murder	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 means	csubj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cup	det
6	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 murder	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 tea	case
8	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cup	nmod
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 murder	punct
10	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 want	nsubj
12	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 means	ccomp
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 want	obj
14	very	very	ADV	_	15 much	advmod
15	much	much	ADV	_	12 want	advmod
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 murdered	punct
17	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 murdered	punct
18	murdered	murder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 means	parataxis
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 murdered	punct
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 slang	case
21	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 slang	compound
22	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 mean	obl
23	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 mean	aux
24	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 murdered	conj
25	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 mean	xcomp
26	very	very	ADV	_	27 badly	advmod
27	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	25 beaten	advmod
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	murder in a quote	could	I	a cup of tea			vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Patient
2	mean	present					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	want	present	I	one			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot one=Theme
4	murder in a quote	past					vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	mean	can			sport slang		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	beat not said to happen	participle				badly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

In the story, the old king was murdered by his brother.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 story	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 story	det
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 murdered	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 story	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 king	amod
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 murdered	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 murdered	aux:pass
9	murdered	murder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 brother	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 brother	nmod:poss
12	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 murdered	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 murdered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	murder	past · passive	king's brother	the old king		the story			vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Example 2

The detective found out who murdered the butler.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 detective	det
2	detective	detective	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 found	nsubj
3	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 found	compound:prt
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 murdered	nsubj
6	murdered	murder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 found	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 butler	det
8	butler	butler	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 murdered	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find out	past	the detective						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	murder	past		the butler					vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent butler=Patient

Example 3

The murdered man's dog led police to the house.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	murdered	murder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dog	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 man	case
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 led	nsubj
6	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 led	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 house	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 led	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 led	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	murder	participle							vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	lead	past	the murdered man's dog	police		the house			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent police=Theme to house=Destination

Example 4

Dad murdered that song at karaoke! (informal)

Sentence 1: Dad murdered that song at karaoke!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 murdered	nsubj
2	murdered	murder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 song	det
4	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 murdered	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 karaoke	case
6	karaoke	karaoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 murdered	obl
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 murdered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	murder	past	Dad	that song		karaoke			vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Patient

Sentence 2: (informal)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
2	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 5

We got murdered 8–0 on Saturday. (slang)

Sentence 1: We got murdered 8–0 on Saturday.

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	3 murdered	nsubj
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 murdered	aux:pass
3	murdered	murder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	8	8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 murdered	obj
5	–	–	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	6 0	case
6	0	0	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 8	nmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 Saturday	case
8	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 murdered	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 murdered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	murder	past · passive		We			saturday		tree rules

Sentence 2: (slang)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 slang	punct
2	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 slang	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 6

Macbeth murdered King Duncan in Shakespeare's play.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Macbeth	Macbeth	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 murdered	nsubj
2	murdered	murder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Duncan	compound
4	Duncan	Duncan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 murdered	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 play	case
6	Shakespeare	Shakespeare	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 play	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Shakespeare	case
8	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 murdered	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 murdered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	murder	past	Macbeth	King Duncan		Shakespeare's play			vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duncan=Patient
2	play		Shakespeare						nom play «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 7

I could murder a sandwich. (informal)

Sentence 1: I could murder a sandwich.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 murder	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 murder	aux
3	murder	murder	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sandwich	det
5	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 murder	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 murder	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	murder	could	I	a sandwich					vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sandwich=Patient

Sentence 2: (informal)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
2	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 8

Was not the knight Sir Bugge murdered by wicked people?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 knight	cop
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 knight	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 knight	det
4	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Sir	nmod:desc
5	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 murdered	nsubj
6	Bugge	Bugge	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Sir	flat
7	murdered	murder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 people	case
9	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 people	amod
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 murdered	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 murdered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	past		the knight					tree rules
2	murder	past	Sir					by wicked people	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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