murderous

Who acts: Murderous, He, man, dogs, murderous robber · What happens: mean, want, kill, seize, plan, protect · To what, where: murderous look, old man, us, forest · Speech: someone speaks here

«murderous» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: murderous in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Murderous means wanting to kill, or meant to kill: a murderous look.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Murderous	murderous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wanting	want	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	ccomp
4	to	to	PART	_	5 kill	mark
5	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanting	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 meant	punct
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 meant	cc
8	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	parataxis
9	to	to	PART	_	10 kill	mark
10	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 meant	xcomp
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 look	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 look	det
13	murderous	murderous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 look	amod
14	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kill	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present	Murderous		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	want	gerund			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	kill not said to happen	to-infinitive			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	mean	participle			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	kill not said to happen	to-infinitive		a murderous look	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=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.

Meaning 2

Murderous can mean very dangerous or cruel, as in «murderous attacks».

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Murderous	murderous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mean	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 dangerous	advmod
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mean	xcomp
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 cruel	cc
7	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dangerous	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 attacks	punct
9	as	as	ADP	_	13 attacks	case
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 attacks	case
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 attacks	punct
12	murderous	murderous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 attacks	amod
13	attacks	attack	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 mean	parataxis
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 attacks	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	Murderous					dangerous property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 1

He seized the old man because of his murderous plans.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 seized	nsubj
2	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seized	obj
6	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	10 plans	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 because	fixed
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 plans	nmod:poss
9	murderous	murderous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 plans	amod
10	plans	plan	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 seized	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 seized	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	past	He	the old man				because man's murderous plans	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme
2	plan		man						nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

The dogs protected us from the murderous attacks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dogs	det
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 protected	nsubj
3	protected	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 protected	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 attacks	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 attacks	det
7	murderous	murderous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 attacks	amod
8	attacks	attack	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 protected	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 protected	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	past	the dogs		us			from the murderous attacks	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary from attack=Theme

Example 3

A murderous robber hid in the forest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 robber	det
2	murderous	murderous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 robber	amod
3	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hid	nsubj
4	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 forest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forest	det
7	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hid	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	a murderous robber			the forest			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in forest=Location

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