nemesis

Who acts: nemesis, thing, downfall, lasting rival, old rival · What happens: be, bring, deserve, defeat, punish, become · To what, where: thing, downfall, lasting rival, you, proud king, tale

«nemesis» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 2 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: nemesis in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A nemesis is the thing that brings a person's downfall or punishment, something they deserve for bad deeds.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 nemesis	det
2	nemesis	nemesis	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thing	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thing	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 brings	nsubj
7	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thing	acl:relcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 downfall	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 person	case
11	downfall	downfall	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 brings	obj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 punishment	cc
13	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 downfall	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 something	punct
15	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 downfall	appos
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 deserve	nsubj
17	deserve	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 something	acl:relcl
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 deeds	case
19	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 deeds	amod
20	deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 deserve	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a nemesis	the thing		tree rules
2	bring	present	the thing	a person's downfall or punishment		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent downfall=Theme
3	deserve	present	downfall		for bad deeds	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

A nemesis can also be a lasting rival who always defeats you.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 nemesis	det
2	nemesis	nemesis	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rival	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 rival	aux
4	also	also	ADV	_	8 rival	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 rival	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 rival	det
7	lasting	lasting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rival	amod
8	rival	rival	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 defeats	nsubj
10	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 defeats	advmod
11	defeats	defeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 rival	acl:relcl
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 defeats	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 rival	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	a nemesis	a lasting rival					tree rules
2	defeat	present	a lasting rival	you				always property	tree rules

Example 1

In the tale, Nemesis punishes the proud king.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 tale	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tale	det
3	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 punishes	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 tale	punct
5	Nemesis	Nemesis	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 punishes	nsubj
6	punishes	punish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
8	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 king	amod
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 punishes	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 punishes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	present	Nemesis	the proud king		the tale			vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient

Example 2

His old rival became his nemesis.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 rival	nmod:poss
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rival	amod
3	rival	rival	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 became	nsubj
4	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 nemesis	nmod:poss
6	nemesis	nemesis	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 became	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	His old rival	rival's nemesis					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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