perpetrator Who acts: perpetrator, person, Police, detective, Bullying · What happens: be, do, search, own up, find, hurt · To what, where: person, something, perpetrator, victim, perpetrators, prison
«perpetrator» 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: perpetrator in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: formal, law — kept apart, not parsed.
A perpetrator is a person who does something wrong or harmful, especially a crime.
The tree, 14 words det nsubj cop det nsubj acl:relcl obj amod cc conj punct advmod det conj punct root A DET perpetrator NOUN is AUX a DET person NOUN who PRON does VERB something PRON wrong ADJ or CCONJ harmful ADJ , PUNCT especially ADV a DET crime NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 perpetrator det 2 perpetrator perpetrator NOUN Number=Sing 5 person nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 person cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 person det 5 person person NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 7 does nsubj 7 does do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 person acl:relcl 8 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 7 does obj 9 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 8 something amod 10 or or CCONJ _ 11 harmful cc 11 harmful harmful ADJ Degree=Pos 9 wrong conj 12 , , PUNCT _ 15 crime punct 13 especially especially ADV _ 15 crime advmod 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 crime det 15 crime crime NOUN Number=Sing 5 person conj 16 . . PUNCT _ 5 person punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present a perpetrator a person and a crime tree rules 2 do present a person and a crime 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 Police are searching for the perpetrator.
nsubj aux case det obl punct root Police NOUN are AUX searching VERB for ADP the DET perpetrator NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Police police NOUN Number=Plur 3 searching nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 searching aux 3 searching search VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 for for ADP _ 6 perpetrator case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 perpetrator det 6 perpetrator perpetrator NOUN Number=Sing 3 searching obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 searching punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 search present · progressive Police for the perpetrator vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for perpetrator=Theme
Example 2 The perpetrator of the prank owned up.
det nsubj case det nmod compound:prt punct root The DET perpetrator NOUN of ADP the DET prank NOUN owned VERB up ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 perpetrator det 2 perpetrator perpetrator NOUN Number=Sing 6 owned nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 5 prank case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 prank det 5 prank prank NOUN Number=Sing 2 perpetrator nmod 6 owned own VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 up up ADP _ 6 owned compound:prt 8 . . PUNCT _ 6 owned punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 own up past the perpetrator of the prank vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
Example 3 Who was the perpetrator of this mess?
nsubj cop det case det nmod punct root Who PRON was AUX the DET perpetrator NOUN of ADP this DET mess NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 4 perpetrator nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 perpetrator cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 perpetrator det 4 perpetrator perpetrator NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 of of ADP _ 7 mess case 6 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 7 mess det 7 mess mess NOUN Number=Sing 4 perpetrator nmod 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 perpetrator punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past the perpetrator of this mess tree rules
Example 4 The detective found the perpetrator.
det nsubj det obj punct root The DET detective NOUN found VERB the DET perpetrator NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 detective det 2 detective detective NOUN Number=Sing 3 found nsubj 3 found find VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 perpetrator det 5 perpetrator perpetrator NOUN Number=Sing 3 found obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 found punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 find past the detective the perpetrator vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perpetrator=Topic
Example 5 Bullying hurts both the victim and, in the long run, the perpetrator.
The tree, 12 words nsubj cc:preconj det obj cc punct case det amod conj punct det appos punct root Bullying NOUN hurts VERB both CCONJ the DET victim NOUN and CCONJ , PUNCT in ADP the DET long ADJ run NOUN , PUNCT the DET perpetrator NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Bullying bullying NOUN Number=Sing 2 hurts nsubj 2 hurts hurt VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 both both CCONJ _ 5 victim cc:preconj 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 victim det 5 victim victim NOUN Number=Sing 2 hurts obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 11 run cc 7 , , PUNCT _ 6 and punct 8 in in ADP _ 11 run case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 run det 10 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 11 run amod 11 run run NOUN Number=Sing 5 victim conj 12 , , PUNCT _ 14 perpetrator punct 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 perpetrator det 14 perpetrator perpetrator NOUN Number=Sing 11 run appos 15 . . PUNCT _ 2 hurts punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hurt present Bullying the victim and the long run vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer victim=Patient
Example 6 The perpetrators were sent to prison.
det nsubj:pass aux:pass case obl punct root The DET perpetrators NOUN were AUX sent VERB to ADP prison NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 perpetrators det 2 perpetrators perpetrator NOUN Number=Plur 4 sent nsubj:pass 3 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 sent aux:pass 4 sent send VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 to to ADP _ 6 prison case 6 prison prison NOUN Number=Sing 4 sent obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 sent punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 send past · passive the perpetrators prison vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to prison=Destination
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