reproof

Who acts: reproof, talk, word, teacher, She, him · What happens: be, tell, do, give, take, make · To what, where: sharp word, someone, stern reproof, him, reproof · Speech: someone speaks here

«reproof» 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: reproof in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A reproof is a sharp word or talk that tells someone they have done wrong.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 reproof	det
2	reproof	reproof	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 word	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 word	det
5	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 word	amod
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 talk	cc
8	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	conj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 tells	nsubj
10	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 talk	acl:relcl
11	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 tells	obj
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 done	nsubj
13	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur 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	_	6 word	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a reproof	a sharp word or talk			tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	present	talk		someone		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient
3	do	present · perfect	word			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

The teacher gave him a stern reproof.

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	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gave	iobj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 reproof	det
6	stern	stern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reproof	amod
7	reproof	reproof	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the teacher	a stern reproof	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient reproof=Theme

Example 2

She took the reproof with a red face.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reproof	det
4	reproof	reproof	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 face	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 face	det
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 face	amod
8	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	She	the reproof				with a red face	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reproof=Theme

Example 3

Her father's reproof made him say sorry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reproof	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 father	case
4	reproof	reproof	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	obj
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 made	xcomp
8	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 say	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	past	Her father's reproof	him = he		tree rules
2	say speech: apologize	infinitive	him = he not said here		sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	reproof		Her father			nom reproof «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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