retaliate Who acts: someone, you, He, it · What happens: do back, hurt, attack, hit back, push, not retaliate · To what, where: something, you, teacher, sand, army, She · Speech: someone speaks here
«retaliate» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: retaliate in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To do something bad back to someone who has hurt or attacked you; to hit back.
The tree, 16 words mark advcl obj amod advmod case obl nsubj aux acl:relcl cc conj obj punct mark advmod punct root To PART do VERB something PRON bad ADJ back ADV to ADP someone PRON who PRON has AUX hurt VERB or CCONJ attacked VERB you PRON ; PUNCT to PART hit VERB back ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 do mark 2 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 16 hit advcl 3 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 do obj 4 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 3 something amod 5 back back ADV _ 2 do advmod 6 to to ADP _ 7 someone case 7 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 do obl 8 who who PRON PronType=Rel 10 hurt nsubj 9 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 hurt aux 10 hurt hurt VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 7 someone acl:relcl 11 or or CCONJ _ 12 attacked cc 12 attacked attack VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 10 hurt conj 13 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 12 attacked obj 14 ; ; PUNCT _ 16 hit punct 15 to to PART _ 16 hit mark 16 hit hit VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 17 back back ADV _ 16 hit advmod 18 . . PUNCT _ 16 hit punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do back to-infinitive something to someone vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality 2 hurt present · perfect vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer 3 attack participle you vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient 4 hit back to-infinitive vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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 If someone pushes you, don't retaliate; tell a teacher.
mark nsubj advcl obj punct aux advmod punct conj det obj punct root If SCONJ someone PRON pushes VERB you PRON , PUNCT do AUX n't PART retaliate VERB ; PUNCT tell VERB a DET teacher NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 If if SCONJ _ 3 pushes mark 2 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 3 pushes nsubj 3 pushes push VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 retaliate advcl 4 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 pushes obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 3 pushes punct 6 do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 8 retaliate aux 7 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 8 retaliate advmod 8 retaliate retaliate VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 9 ; ; PUNCT _ 10 tell punct 10 tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 8 retaliate conj 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 teacher det 12 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 10 tell obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 8 retaliate punct
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1 push a condition, not said to happen present someone you vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme 2 not retaliate imperative · do-support you not said here vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 tell speech: assert infinitive you not said here a teacher vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient
Example 2 He retaliated by throwing sand.
nsubj mark advcl obj punct root He PRON retaliated VERB by SCONJ throwing VERB sand NOUN . PUNCT 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 retaliated nsubj 2 retaliated retaliate VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 3 by by SCONJ _ 4 throwing mark 4 throwing throw VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 retaliated advcl 5 sand sand NOUN Number=Sing 4 throwing obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 retaliated punct
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1 retaliate participle He vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 throw gerund He not said here sand vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sand=Theme
Example 3 The army retaliated after the attack.
det acl case det obl punct root The DET army NOUN retaliated VERB after ADP the DET attack NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 army det 2 army army NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 retaliated retaliate VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 army acl 4 after after ADP _ 6 attack case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 attack det 6 attack attack NOUN Number=Sing 3 retaliated obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 army punct
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1 retaliate participle the army not said here after the attack vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 4 She was sent off for retaliating.
nsubj aux:pass compound:prt mark advcl punct root She PRON was AUX sent VERB off ADP for SCONJ retaliating VERB . PUNCT 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 3 sent nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 sent aux:pass 3 sent send VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 off off ADP _ 3 sent compound:prt 5 for for SCONJ _ 6 retaliating mark 6 retaliating retaliate VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 sent advcl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 sent punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 send off past · passive She vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme 2 retaliate gerund vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 5 The cat retaliated with a scratch.
det acl case det obl punct root The DET cat NOUN retaliated VERB with ADP a DET scratch NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 cat det 2 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 retaliated retaliate VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 cat acl 4 with with ADP _ 6 scratch case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 scratch det 6 scratch scratch NOUN Number=Sing 3 retaliated obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 cat punct
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1 retaliate participle the cat not said here with a scratch vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with scratch=Eventuality
Example 6 Don't retaliate, it only makes things worse.
aux advmod punct nsubj advmod ccomp obj xcomp punct root Do AUX n't PART retaliate VERB , PUNCT it PRON only ADV makes VERB things NOUN worse ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 retaliate aux 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 3 retaliate advmod 3 retaliate retaliate VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 makes punct 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 makes nsubj 6 only only ADV _ 7 makes advmod 7 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 retaliate ccomp 8 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 7 makes obj 9 worse bad ADJ Degree=Cmp 7 makes xcomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 retaliate punct
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1 not retaliate imperative · do-support you not said here tree rules 2 make present it things bad property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material thing=Product
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