redress
Who acts: judge, teacher, Jupiter · What happens: put, make, balance, take, give, redress · To what, where: unfair state, two things, one side, other, wrong, unfair test
«redress» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: redress in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To put right an unfair or harmful state of things.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 put | mark |
| 2 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 2 put | advmod |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 state | det |
| 5 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 state | amod |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 harmful | cc |
| 7 | harmful | harmful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 unfair | conj |
| 8 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 put | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 things | case |
| 10 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 state | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | to-infinitive | a unfair state of things | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent state=Goal |
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 make two things balanced again, as by taking from one side and giving to the other.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 make | mark |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 things | nummod |
| 4 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | obj |
| 5 | balanced | balance | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 things | acl |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 balanced | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 taking | punct |
| 8 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 taking | mark |
| 9 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 10 taking | mark |
| 10 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 make | advcl |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 side | case |
| 12 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 side | nummod |
| 13 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 taking | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 giving | cc |
| 15 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 taking | conj |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 other | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 other | det |
| 18 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 giving | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | two things | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thing=Product | |||||
| 2 | balance | participle | two things not said here | again | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | take | gerund | one side | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from side=Initial_Location | |||||
| 4 | give | gerund | the other | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to other=Recipient |
Example 1
The judge will redress the wrong done to the family.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 judge | det |
| 2 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 redress | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 redress | aux |
| 4 | redress | redress | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 wrong | det |
| 6 | wrong | wrong | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 redress | obj |
| 7 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 redress | xcomp |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 family | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 family | det |
| 10 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 done | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 redress | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | redress | future | the judge | the wrong | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do | participle | the judge not said here | to the family | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
The teacher gave extra time to redress the unfair test.
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 gave | nsubj |
| 3 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 time | amod |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 redress | mark |
| 7 | redress | redress | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 time | acl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 test | det |
| 9 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 test | amod |
| 10 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 redress | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the teacher | time | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | redress | to-infinitive | the teacher not said here | the unfair test | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent test=Recipient |
Example 3
Jupiter bade him redress the balance between people and beasts.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jupiter | Jupiter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 bade | nsubj |
| 2 | bade | bade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 bade | obj |
| 4 | redress | redress | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 bade | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 balance | det |
| 6 | balance | balance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 redress | obj |
| 7 | between | between | ADP | _ | 8 people | case |
| 8 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 balance | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 beasts | cc |
| 10 | beasts | beast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 people | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 bade | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bade | past | Jupiter | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | redress | infinitive | Jupiter not said here | the balance | between people and beasts | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent balance=Recipient |
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