quell Who acts: king, Mum, my, teacher, Theseus · What happens: quell, be, send, try, fear, take · To what, where: soldiers, rebellion, fears, noise, hall, action
«quell» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: quell in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To quell is to put down a rising or rebellion by force.
mark conj cop mark compound:prt det obj cc conj case obl punct root To PART quell VERB is AUX to PART put VERB down ADP a DET rising NOUN or CCONJ rebellion NOUN by ADP force NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 quell mark 2 quell quell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 5 put conj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 put cop 4 to to PART _ 5 put mark 5 put put VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 6 down down ADP _ 5 put compound:prt 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 rising det 8 rising rising NOUN Number=Sing 5 put obj 9 or or CCONJ _ 10 rebellion cc 10 rebellion rebellion NOUN Number=Sing 8 rising conj 11 by by ADP _ 12 force case 12 force force NOUN Number=Sing 5 put obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 put punct
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1 quell to-infinitive vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 is present by force; put 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.
Meaning 2 To quell is to calm a strong feeling, such as fear or noise.
The tree, 13 words mark csubj cop mark det amod obj punct case fixed nmod cc conj punct root To PART quell VERB is AUX to PART calm VERB a DET strong ADJ feeling NOUN , PUNCT such ADJ as ADP fear NOUN or CCONJ noise NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 quell mark 2 quell quell VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 calm csubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 calm cop 4 to to PART _ 5 calm mark 5 calm calm VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 feeling det 7 strong strong ADJ Degree=Pos 8 feeling amod 8 feeling feeling NOUN Number=Sing 5 calm obj 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 fear punct 10 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 12 fear case 11 as as ADP _ 10 such fixed 12 fear fear NOUN Number=Sing 8 feeling nmod 13 or or CCONJ _ 14 noise cc 14 noise noise NOUN Number=Sing 12 fear conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 5 calm punct
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1 quell to-infinitive vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 is present calm property tree rules
Example 1 The king sent soldiers to quell the rebellion.
det nsubj obj mark advcl det obj punct root The DET king NOUN sent VERB soldiers NOUN to PART quell VERB the DET rebellion NOUN . PUNCT 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 3 sent nsubj 3 sent send VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 soldiers soldier NOUN Number=Plur 3 sent obj 5 to to PART _ 6 quell mark 6 quell quell VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 sent advcl 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 rebellion det 8 rebellion rebellion NOUN Number=Sing 6 quell obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 sent punct
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1 send past the king soldiers vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soldier=Theme 2 quell to-infinitive the king not said here the rebellion vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rebellion=Patient
Example 2 Mum tried to quell my fears before the dentist.
nsubj mark xcomp nmod:poss obj case det obl punct root Mum NOUN tried VERB to PART quell VERB my PRON fears NOUN before ADP the DET dentist NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 2 tried nsubj 2 tried try VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 quell mark 4 quell quell VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 tried xcomp 5 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 fears nmod:poss 6 fears fear NOUN Number=Plur 4 quell obj 7 before before ADP _ 9 dentist case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 dentist det 9 dentist dentist NOUN Number=Sing 4 quell obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 tried punct
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1 try past Mum vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 2 quell not said to happen to-infinitive Mum not said here my fears before the dentist vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Patient 3 fear my nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
Example 3 The teacher quelled the noise in the hall.
det nsubj det obj case det obl punct root The DET teacher NOUN quelled VERB the DET noise NOUN in ADP the DET hall NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 teacher det 2 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 3 quelled nsubj 3 quelled quell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 noise det 5 noise noise NOUN Number=Sing 3 quelled obj 6 in in ADP _ 8 hall case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 hall det 8 hall hall NOUN Number=Sing 3 quelled obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 quelled punct
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1 quell past the teacher the noise the hall vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noise=Patient
Example 4 Theseus took action to quell the trouble.
nsubj obj mark advcl det obj punct root Theseus PROPN took VERB action NOUN to PART quell VERB the DET trouble NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Theseus Theseus PROPN Number=Sing 2 took nsubj 2 took take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 action action NOUN Number=Sing 2 took obj 4 to to PART _ 5 quell mark 5 quell quell VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 took advcl 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 trouble det 7 trouble trouble NOUN Number=Sing 5 quell obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 took punct
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1 take past Theseus action vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Theme 2 quell to-infinitive Theseus not said here the trouble vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Patient
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