protestation

Who acts: protestation, something, He, nobody, her, guard · What happens: be, make, protest, believe, hear, shake · To what, where: strong over-eager statement, many protestations, innocence, her, protestations, head

«protestation» 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: protestation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A protestation is a strong, often over-eager statement that something is true, or a loud objection to something.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 protestation	det
2	protestation	protestation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 statement	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 statement	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 statement	det
5	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 statement	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 strong	punct
7	often	often	ADV	_	8 over-eager	advmod
8	over-eager	over-eager	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 statement	amod
9	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 true	mark
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 true	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 true	cop
13	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 statement	acl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 objection	punct
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 objection	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 objection	det
17	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 objection	amod
18	objection	objection	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 true	conj
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 something	case
20	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	18 objection	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 statement	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a protestation	a strong over-eager statement					tree rules
2	is	present	something	a strong over-eager statement not said here				true 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.

Example 1

He made many protestations of innocence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 protestations	amod
4	protestations	protestation	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 made	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 innocence	case
6	innocence	innocence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 protestations	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	He	many protestations of innocence					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent protestation=Product
2	protest			innocence					nom protestation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 2

Despite all her protestations, nobody believed her.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Despite	despite	ADP	_	4 protestations	case
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 protestations	det:predet
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 protestations	nmod:poss
4	protestations	protestation	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 believed	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 protestations	punct
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 believed	nsubj
7	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 believed	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 believed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	past	nobody	her = she				despite her protestations	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
2	protest		her = she						nom protestation «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The guard heard the stranger's protestations and shook his head.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guard	det
2	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heard	nsubj
3	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stranger	det
5	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 protestations	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 stranger	case
7	protestations	protestation	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 heard	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 shook	cc
9	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 heard	conj
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 head	nmod:poss
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shook	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hear	past	the guard	the stranger's protestations	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer protestation=Stimulus
2	shake	past	the guard not said here	guard's head	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient
3	protest		the stranger		nom protestation «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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