ostracise Who acts: group, Ostracising, people, He, nobody, him · What happens: leave, refuse, not talk, include, ostracise, tell · To what, where: someone, group, them, her, truth, game · Speech: someone speaks here
«ostracise» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: ostracise in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To leave someone out of a group on purpose and refuse to talk to them or include them.
The tree, 18 words mark obj case case det obl case obl cc conj mark xcomp case obl cc conj obj punct root To PART leave VERB someone PRON out ADP of ADP a DET group NOUN on ADP purpose NOUN and CCONJ refuse VERB to PART talk VERB to ADP them PRON or CCONJ include VERB them PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 leave mark 2 leave leave VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 leave obj 4 out out ADP _ 7 group case 5 of of ADP _ 7 group case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 group det 7 group group NOUN Number=Sing 2 leave obl 8 on on ADP _ 9 purpose case 9 purpose purpose NOUN Number=Sing 2 leave obl 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 refuse cc 11 refuse refuse VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 2 leave conj 12 to to PART _ 13 talk mark 13 talk talk VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 refuse xcomp 14 to to ADP _ 15 them case 15 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 talk obl 16 or or CCONJ _ 17 include cc 17 include include VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 talk conj 18 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 17 include obj 19 . . PUNCT _ 2 leave punct
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1 leave to-infinitive someone a group on purpose vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent someone=Theme out group=Location 2 refuse infinitive vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 3 not talk to-infinitive them = they vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to they=Co-Agent 4 include present them = they vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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.
Example 1 The group ostracised her after she told the truth.
det nsubj obj mark nsubj advcl det obj punct root The DET group NOUN ostracised VERB her PRON after SCONJ she PRON told VERB the DET truth NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 group det 2 group group NOUN Number=Sing 3 ostracised nsubj 3 ostracised ostracise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 ostracised obj 5 after after SCONJ _ 7 told mark 6 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 told nsubj 7 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 ostracised advcl 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 truth det 9 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 7 told obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 ostracised punct
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1 ostracise past the group her = she tree rules 2 tell speech: assert past group the truth vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient
Example 2 Ostracising someone from a game is a kind of bullying.
csubj obj case det obl cop det case nmod punct root Ostracising VERB someone PRON from ADP a DET game NOUN is AUX a DET kind NOUN of ADP bullying NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ostracising ostracise VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 kind csubj 2 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 1 Ostracising obj 3 from from ADP _ 5 game case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 game det 5 game game NOUN Number=Sing 1 Ostracising obl 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 kind cop 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 kind det 8 kind kind NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 of of ADP _ 10 bullying case 10 bullying bullying NOUN Number=Sing 8 kind nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 8 kind punct
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1 ostracise gerund someone a game tree rules 2 is a present Ostracising a kind of bullying tree rules
Example 3 In ancient Athens, people voted to ostracise powerful citizens.
case amod obl punct nsubj mark xcomp amod obj punct root In ADP ancient ADJ Athens PROPN , PUNCT people NOUN voted VERB to PART ostracise VERB powerful ADJ citizens NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 Athens case 2 ancient ancient ADJ Degree=Pos 3 Athens amod 3 Athens Athens PROPN Number=Sing 6 voted obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 Athens punct 5 people people NOUN Number=Plur 6 voted nsubj 6 voted vote VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 to to PART _ 8 ostracise mark 8 ostracise ostracise VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 voted xcomp 9 powerful powerful ADJ Degree=Pos 10 citizens amod 10 citizens citizen NOUN Number=Plur 8 ostracise obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 voted punct
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1 vote past people ancient Athens tree rules 2 ostracise to-infinitive people not said here powerful citizens tree rules
Example 4 He felt ostracised when nobody let him sit with them.
nsubj xcomp advmod nsubj ccomp obj xcomp case obl punct root He PRON felt VERB ostracised VERB when ADV nobody PRON let VERB him PRON sit VERB with ADP them PRON . PUNCT 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 felt nsubj 2 felt feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 ostracised ostracise VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 felt xcomp 4 when when ADV PronType=Int 6 let advmod 5 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 6 let nsubj 6 let let VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 felt ccomp 7 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 let obj 8 sit sit VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 let xcomp 9 with with ADP _ 10 them case 10 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 sit obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 felt punct
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1 feel past He vn see-30.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 2 ostracise participle He not said here tree rules 3 let infinitive nobody him = he tree rules 4 sit infinitive him = he not said here with them = they vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 5 We should never ostracise a new pupil.
nsubj aux advmod det amod obj punct root We PRON should AUX never ADV ostracise VERB a DET new ADJ pupil NOUN . PUNCT 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 4 ostracise nsubj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 ostracise aux 3 never never ADV PronType=Neg 4 ostracise advmod 4 ostracise ostracise VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 pupil det 6 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 7 pupil amod 7 pupil pupil NOUN Number=Sing 4 ostracise obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 ostracise punct
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1 not ostracise should We a new pupil tree rules
Example 6 The village ostracised the family for years.
det nsubj det obj case obl punct root The DET village NOUN ostracised VERB the DET family NOUN for ADP years NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 village det 2 village village NOUN Number=Sing 3 ostracised nsubj 3 ostracised ostracise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 family det 5 family family NOUN Number=Sing 3 ostracised obj 6 for for ADP _ 7 years case 7 years year NOUN Number=Plur 3 ostracised obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 ostracised punct
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1 ostracise past the village the family year tree rules
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