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perpetrate

Who acts: police, two clever boys, History · What happens: do, find, perpetrate, investigate, ask, remember · To what, where: something, robbery, Crimes, trick, mess, Dad · Speech: someone speaks here

«perpetrate» 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: perpetrate in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To do something wrong, harmful or illegal, such as a crime or a trick.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 do	mark
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 do	obj
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 something	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 harmful	punct
6	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wrong	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 illegal	cc
8	illegal	illegal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wrong	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 crime	punct
10	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	13 crime	case
11	as	as	ADP	_	10 such	fixed
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 crime	det
13	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 something	conj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 trick	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 trick	det
16	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 something	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	to-infinitive		something					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=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 police found who perpetrated the robbery.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 police	det
2	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 found	nsubj
3	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 perpetrated	nsubj
5	perpetrated	perpetrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 found	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 robbery	det
7	robbery	robbery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perpetrated	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	the police						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	perpetrate	past		the robbery					tree rules

Example 2

Crimes perpetrated during wars must be investigated.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crimes	crime	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 investigated	nsubj:pass
2	perpetrated	perpetrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Crimes	acl
3	during	during	ADP	_	4 wars	case
4	wars	war	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 perpetrated	obl
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 investigated	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 investigated	aux:pass
7	investigated	investigate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 investigated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perpetrate	participle		Crimes not said here			during wars		tree rules
2	investigate	must · passive		Crimes					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 3

The trick was perpetrated by two clever boys.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 trick	det
2	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 perpetrated	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 perpetrated	aux:pass
4	perpetrated	perpetrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 boys	case
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 boys	nummod
7	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 boys	amod
8	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 perpetrated	obl:agent
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 perpetrated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perpetrate	past · passive	two clever boys	the trick					tree rules

Example 4

"Who perpetrated this mess?" asked Dad.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 perpetrated	punct
2	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 perpetrated	nsubj
3	perpetrated	perpetrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 mess	det
5	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 perpetrated	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 perpetrated	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 perpetrated	punct
8	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 perpetrated	parataxis
9	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 asked	iobj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 perpetrated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perpetrate in a quote	past		this mess					tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	past			Dad				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient

Example 5

The fraud was perpetrated over many years.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fraud	det
2	fraud	fraud	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 perpetrated	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 perpetrated	aux:pass
4	perpetrated	perpetrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 years	case
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 years	amod
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 perpetrated	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 perpetrated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perpetrate	past · passive		the fraud			year		tree rules

Example 6

History remembers those who perpetrated great cruelty.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	History	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remembers	nsubj
2	remembers	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	2 remembers	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 perpetrated	nsubj
5	perpetrated	perpetrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 those	acl:relcl
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cruelty	amod
7	cruelty	cruelty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perpetrated	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 remembers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	present	History	those					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent that=Theme
2	perpetrate	past		great cruelty					tree rules

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