persecutor

Who acts: poor girl, men, persecutor · What happens: treat, hurt, harm, run, be, follow · To what, where: person, them, persecutors, her

«persecutor» 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: persecutor in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Someone who treats another person cruelly and unfairly again and again, to hurt or harm them.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 treats	nsubj
3	treats	treat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Someone	acl:relcl
4	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 treats	obj
6	cruelly	cruelly	ADV	_	3 treats	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 again	cc
8	unfairly	unfairly	ADV	_	9 again	advmod
9	again	again	ADV	_	6 cruelly	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 again	cc
11	again	again	ADV	_	9 again	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 hurt	punct
13	to	to	PART	_	14 hurt	mark
14	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 treats	parataxis
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 harm	cc
16	harm	harm	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	14 hurt	conj
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 harm	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Someone	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	treat	present		another person	cruelly property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent person=Recipient
2	hurt	to-infinitive				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	harm	infinitive	them = they			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer

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 poor girl ran from her persecutors.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 girl	det
2	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 girl	amod
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 persecutors	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 persecutors	nmod:poss
7	persecutors	persecutor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ran	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	the poor girl			girl's persecutors			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from persecutor=Trajectory

Example 2

The king's men were the persecutors of the kind old man.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 men	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 king	case
4	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 persecutors	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 persecutors	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 persecutors	det
7	persecutors	persecutor	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 man	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 man	det
10	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 man	amod
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 man	amod
12	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 persecutors	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 persecutors	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the king's men	the persecutors				of the kind old man	tree rules

Example 3

Her persecutor followed her all the way home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 persecutor	nmod:poss
2	persecutor	persecutor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 followed	nsubj
3	followed	follow	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 followed	obj
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 way	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 way	det
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 followed	obl:unmarked
8	home	home	ADV	_	7 way	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 followed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	Her persecutor	her = she				all way obl:unmarked	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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