remonstrate

Who acts: it, That, she, He, Mum, we · What happens: protest, argue, say, be, not be, remonstrate · To what, where: cake, mess · Speech: someone speaks here

«remonstrate» 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: remonstrate in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To protest or argue firmly against something, saying it is wrong or unfair.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 protest	mark
2	protest	protest	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 argue	cc
4	argue	argue	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 protest	conj
5	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	4 argue	advmod
6	against	against	ADP	_	7 something	case
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 argue	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 saying	punct
9	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 argue	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wrong	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 wrong	cop
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 saying	ccomp
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 unfair	cc
14	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wrong	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 protest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	protest speech: disagree	to-infinitive			vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	argue speech: disagree	infinitive		against something; firmly property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	gerund			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	it	wrong property	tree rules
5	be				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.

Example 1

"That is not fair," she remonstrated with the referee.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 fair	punct
2	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 fair	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fair	cop
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 fair	advmod
5	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 remonstrated	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 remonstrated	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 remonstrated	nsubj
9	remonstrated	remonstrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fair	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 referee	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 referee	det
12	referee	referee	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remonstrated	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 fair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is in a quote	present	That					fair property	tree rules
2	remonstrate	past	she					with the referee	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with referee=Co-Agent

Example 2

He remonstrated that he had not taken the cake.

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 remonstrated	nsubj
2	remonstrated	remonstrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 taken	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 taken	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 taken	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 taken	advmod
7	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 remonstrated	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cake	det
9	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 taken	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 remonstrated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remonstrate	past	He						vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not take	past · perfect	he	the cake					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Theme

Example 3

Mum remonstrated when we left the mess.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remonstrated	nsubj
2	remonstrated	remonstrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 left	advmod
4	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 left	nsubj
5	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 remonstrated	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mess	det
7	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 remonstrated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remonstrate	past	Mum						vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	leave	past	we	the mess					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mess=Theme

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