rebellious
Who acts: Refusing, rebellious pony, little brother, rebellious soldiers · What happens: refuse, not obey, fight, kick, not go, be · To what, where: field, bedtime, orders
«rebellious» 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: rebellious in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Refusing to obey, and fighting against rules or the people in charge.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Refusing | refuse | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 fighting | csubj |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 obey | mark |
| 3 | obey | obey | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Refusing | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 fighting | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 fighting | cc |
| 6 | fighting | fight | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | against | against | ADP | _ | 8 rules | case |
| 8 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 fighting | obl |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 people | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 people | det |
| 11 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 rules | conj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 charge | case |
| 13 | charge | charge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 people | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 fighting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refuse | gerund | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | not obey | to-infinitive | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | fight | gerund | Refusing | against rules or the people in charge | vn battle-36.4-1 «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
The rebellious pony kicked and would not go into the field.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pony | det |
| 2 | rebellious | rebellious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pony | amod |
| 3 | pony | pony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kicked | nsubj |
| 4 | kicked | kick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 go | cc |
| 6 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 go | aux |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 go | advmod |
| 8 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 kicked | conj |
| 9 | into | into | ADP | _ | 11 field | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 field | det |
| 11 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 go | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 kicked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kick | participle | the rebellious pony | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | not go | would | the rebellious pony not said here | the field | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into field=Initial_Location |
Example 2
My little brother is rebellious at bedtime.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 brother | amod |
| 3 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rebellious | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 rebellious | cop |
| 5 | rebellious | rebellious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 bedtime | case |
| 7 | bedtime | bedtime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rebellious | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 rebellious | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | My little brother | bedtime | rebellious property | tree rules |
Example 3
The rebellious soldiers refused to follow orders.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 soldiers | det |
| 2 | rebellious | rebellious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 soldiers | amod |
| 3 | soldiers | soldier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 refused | nsubj |
| 4 | refused | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 follow | mark |
| 6 | follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 refused | xcomp |
| 7 | orders | order | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 follow | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 refused | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refuse | past | the rebellious soldiers | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not follow | to-infinitive | the rebellious soldiers not said here | orders | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=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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