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protester

Who acts: protester, person, they, Protesters, Suffragettes, Police · What happens: be, show, disagree, march, hold, shout · To what, where: person, public, signs, city, cleaner air, protesters

«protester» 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: protester in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A protester is a person who shows in public that they strongly disagree with something, for example by marching, holding signs or shouting.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 protester	det
2	protester	protester	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 shows	nsubj
7	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 public	case
9	public	public	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shows	obl
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 disagree	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 disagree	nsubj
12	strongly	strongly	ADV	_	13 disagree	advmod
13	disagree	disagree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 shows	advcl
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 something	case
15	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 disagree	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 example	punct
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 example	case
18	example	example	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shows	obl
19	by	by	SCONJ	_	20 marching	mark
20	marching	march	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 shows	advcl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 holding	punct
22	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 marching	conj
23	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 holding	obj
24	or	or	CCONJ	_	25 shouting	cc
25	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 marching	conj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a protester	a person					tree rules
2	show	present	a person			public		for example	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	disagree	present	they					with something; strongly property	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with something=Co-Agent
4	march	gerund	a person not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	hold	gerund	a person not said here	signs					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme
6	shout speech: express	gerund	a person not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Protesters marched through the city with banners.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Protesters	protester	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 marched	nsubj
2	marched	march	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 city	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 city	det
5	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 marched	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 banners	case
7	banners	banner	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 marched	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 marched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	march	past	Protesters			the city		with banners	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through city=Trajectory

Example 2

The protesters wanted cleaner air.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 protesters	det
2	protesters	protester	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	cleaner	clean	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 air	amod
5	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	the protesters	cleaner air					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot air=Theme

Example 3

Suffragettes were protesters for women's right to vote.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Suffragettes	suffragette	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 protesters	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 protesters	cop
3	protesters	protester	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 right	case
5	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 right	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 women	case
7	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 protesters	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 vote	mark
9	vote	vote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 right	acl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 protesters	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Suffragettes	protesters				for women's right	tree rules
2	vote	to-infinitive	Suffragettes not said here						vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 4

Police kept the protesters away from the road.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 protesters	det
4	protesters	protester	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kept	obj
5	away	away	ADV	_	2 kept	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 road	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 road	det
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 away	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	Police	the protesters				away property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent protester=Theme

Example 5

Some protesters chained themselves to trees.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 protesters	det
2	protesters	protester	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 chained	nsubj
3	chained	chain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 chained	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 trees	case
6	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 chained	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 chained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chain	past	some protesters	protesters = protester				to trees	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient to tree=Co-Patient

Example 6

Thousands of protesters gathered peacefully.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 gathered	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 protesters	case
3	protesters	protester	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Thousands	nmod
4	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	peacefully	peacefully	ADV	_	4 gathered	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gathered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	past	Thousands of protesters					peacefully property	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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