oppression
Who acts: Oppression, people, hero, Freedom · What happens: be, keep down, take away, treat, suffer, oppress · To what, where: people, freedom, oppression, cruel king, opposite
«oppression» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: oppression in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Oppression is cruel and unfair treatment of people, keeping them down and taking away their freedom.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oppression | oppression | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cruel | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 cruel | cop |
| 3 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 treatment | cc |
| 5 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 treatment | amod |
| 6 | treatment | treatment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cruel | conj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 people | case |
| 8 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 treatment | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 keeping | punct |
| 10 | keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 cruel | parataxis |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 keeping | obj |
| 12 | down | down | ADP | _ | 10 keeping | compound:prt |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 taking | cc |
| 14 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 keeping | conj |
| 15 | away | away | ADV | _ | 14 taking | advmod |
| 16 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 freedom | nmod:poss |
| 17 | freedom | freedom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 taking | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 cruel | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Oppression | cruel property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | keep down | gerund | people | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | |||||
| 3 | take away | gerund | people's freedom | away property | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent freedom=Theme | ||||
| 4 | treat | people | nom treatment «act transitive»: of=patient |
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 people suffered under the oppression of the cruel king.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 people | det |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 suffered | nsubj |
| 3 | suffered | suffer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | under | under | ADP | _ | 6 oppression | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 oppression | det |
| 6 | oppression | oppression | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 suffered | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 king | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 king | det |
| 9 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 king | amod |
| 10 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 oppression | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 suffered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suffer | past | the people | the oppression of the cruel king | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | oppress | the cruel king | nom oppression «act transitive»: of=patient |
Example 2
The hero ended the oppression.
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 ended | nsubj |
| 3 | ended | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 oppression | det |
| 5 | oppression | oppression | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ended | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ended | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | past | the hero | the oppression | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality oppression=Eventuality |
Example 3
Freedom is the opposite of oppression.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freedom | freedom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 opposite | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 opposite | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 opposite | det |
| 4 | opposite | opposite | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 oppression | case |
| 6 | oppression | oppression | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 opposite | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 opposite | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Freedom | the opposite | of oppression | tree rules |
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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