remonstrance
Who acts: He, king, crowd · What happens: make, do, go, raise · To what, where: firm objection, remonstrance, loud remonstrance
«remonstrance» 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: remonstrance in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A complaint or protest; a firm objection made to someone who has done wrong.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 complaint | det |
| 2 | complaint | complaint | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 protest | cc |
| 4 | protest | protest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 complaint | conj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 objection | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 objection | det |
| 7 | firm | firm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 objection | amod |
| 8 | objection | objection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 complaint | conj |
| 9 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 objection | acl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 someone | case |
| 11 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 made | obl |
| 12 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 done | nsubj |
| 13 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 done | aux |
| 14 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 someone | acl:relcl |
| 15 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 done | xcomp |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 complaint | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | a firm objection not said here | to someone | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 2 | do | present · perfect | wrong property | vn act-114-1 «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
He made a remonstrance to the teacher about the unfair test.
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 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 remonstrance | det |
| 4 | remonstrance | remonstrance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 teacher | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 teacher | det |
| 7 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obl |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 test | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 test | det |
| 10 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 test | amod |
| 11 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | He | a remonstrance | to the teacher; about the unfair test | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remonstrance=Product |
Example 2
Despite her remonstrance, the king went ahead.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Despite | despite | ADP | _ | 3 remonstrance | case |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 remonstrance | nmod:poss |
| 3 | remonstrance | remonstrance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 went | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 remonstrance | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 went | nsubj |
| 7 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | ahead | ahead | ADV | _ | 7 went | advmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | the king | despite her remonstrance; ahead property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 3
The crowd raised a loud remonstrance.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 crowd | det |
| 2 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 raised | nsubj |
| 3 | raised | raise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 remonstrance | det |
| 5 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 remonstrance | amod |
| 6 | remonstrance | remonstrance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 raised | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 raised | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | raise | past | the crowd | a loud remonstrance | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remonstrance=Theme |
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