oust

Who acts: place, new queen, cruel uncle · What happens: oust, be, lose, try · To what, where: someone, place, position, old king, castle, Bright new songs

«oust» 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: oust in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To oust someone is to force them out of a place, job or position so that they lose it.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 oust	mark
2	oust	oust	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 force	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 oust	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 force	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 force	mark
6	force	force	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 force	obj
8	out	out	ADP	_	11 place	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 place	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 place	det
11	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 force	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 job	punct
13	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 place	conj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 position	cc
15	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 place	conj
16	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	19 lose	mark
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 so	fixed
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 lose	nsubj
19	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 force	advcl
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 lose	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 force	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	oust	to-infinitive		someone			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
2	is	present			a place and job or position	force property	tree rules
3	lose	present	place	position			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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 new queen ousted the old king from his castle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 queen	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 queen	amod
3	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ousted	nsubj
4	ousted	oust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
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	4 ousted	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 castle	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 castle	nmod:poss
10	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ousted	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ousted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oust	past	the new queen	the old king		king's castle			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent king=Theme from castle=Source

Example 2

Bright new songs have ousted the old ones in our class.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 songs	amod
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 songs	amod
3	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ousted	nsubj:pass
4	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ousted	aux
5	ousted	oust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ones	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ones	amod
8	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ousted	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 class	case
10	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 class	nmod:poss
11	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ones	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 ousted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oust	present · perfect · passive		Bright new songs					tree rules

Example 3

The cruel uncle tried to oust the young prince.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 uncle	det
2	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 uncle	amod
3	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tried	nsubj
4	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 oust	mark
6	oust	oust	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tried	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prince	det
8	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 prince	amod
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 oust	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	the cruel uncle						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	oust not said to happen	to-infinitive	the cruel uncle not said here	the young prince					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme

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