pacification

Who acts: Making, people, pacification, army, history books, war · What happens: make, stop, be, bring, fight back, pacify · To what, where: people, peace, area, region, pacification, angry crowd

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

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

Making people calm or stopping them being angry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 angry	csubj
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Making	obj
3	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Making	xcomp
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 stopping	cc
5	stopping	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Making	conj
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stopping	obj
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 angry	cop
8	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 angry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	gerund		people	calm property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset people=Product
2	stop	gerund		people		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality they=Eventuality
3	is	gerund	Making		angry property	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

Usage: formal, history — kept apart, not parsed.

Bringing peace to an area by force, often by an army, so that people stop fighting back.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bringing	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 stop	csubj
2	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bringing	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 area	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 area	det
5	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bringing	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 force	case
7	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bringing	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 army	punct
9	often	often	ADV	_	12 army	advmod
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 army	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 army	det
12	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bringing	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 stop	punct
14	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	17 stop	mark
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 so	fixed
16	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 stop	nsubj
17	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	fighting	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 stop	xcomp
19	back	back	ADV	_	18 fighting	advmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	bring	gerund		peace	a area	by force; by a army	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent peace=Theme to area=Destination
2	stop	present	people				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	fight back	gerund	people not said here				vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The army's pacification of the region was cruel.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 army	det
2	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pacification	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 army	case
4	pacification	pacification	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cruel	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 region	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 region	det
7	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pacification	nmod
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 cruel	cop
9	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 cruel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the army's pacification of the region					cruel property	tree rules
2	pacify		the army	the region					nom pacification «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Example 2

Some history books use "pacification" to hide how violent the war was.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 books	det
2	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 books	compound
3	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 use	nsubj
4	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 pacification	punct
6	pacification	pacification	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 use	obj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 pacification	punct
8	to	to	PART	_	9 hide	mark
9	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 use	advcl
10	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	11 violent	advmod
11	violent	violent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hide	ccomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 war	det
13	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 violent	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 violent	cop
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	present	some history books	pacification		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pacification=Patient
2	hide	to-infinitive	some history books not said here			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	the war		violent property	tree rules

Example 3

The pacification of the angry crowd took hours.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pacification	det
2	pacification	pacification	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 took	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 crowd	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crowd	det
5	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 crowd	amod
6	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pacification	nmod
7	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 took	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	the pacification of the angry crowd				hour		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	pacify			the angry crowd					nom pacification «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 4

Pacification means making calm, sometimes by force.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pacification	pacification	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 making	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 force	punct
6	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 force	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 force	case
8	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 making	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Pacification						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	make not said to happen	gerund	Pacification not said here					by force; calm property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Example 5

The general wrote a report on the pacification campaign.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 general	det
2	general	general	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrote	nsubj
3	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 report	det
5	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrote	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 campaign	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 campaign	det
8	pacification	pacification	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 campaign	compound
9	campaign	campaign	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrote	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wrote	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past	the general	a report		the pacification campaign			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent report=Theme on campaign=Destination

Example 6

A dummy helps with the pacification of a crying baby (formal, jokey).

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dummy	det
2	dummy	dummy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 helps	nsubj
3	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 pacification	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pacification	det
6	pacification	pacification	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 helps	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 baby	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 baby	det
9	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 baby	amod
10	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pacification	nmod
11	(	(	PUNCT	_	12 formal	punct
12	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 baby	amod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 jokey	punct
14	jokey	jokey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 formal	conj
15	)	)	PUNCT	_	12 formal	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	help	present	a dummy		with the pacification of a crying baby	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with pacification=Theme
2	cry speech: express	gerund				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pacify			a crying baby		nom pacification «act transitive»: of=patient

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