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retaliation

Who acts: they, He, referee, army, Telling, She · What happens: do, hit back, kick away, send off, fire back, tell · To what, where: something, ball, retaliation, him, teacher, anyone · Speech: someone speaks here

«retaliation» 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: retaliation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Doing something bad to someone because they did something bad to you; hitting back; revenge.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Doing	obj
3	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 something	amod
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 someone	case
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 bad	obl
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 did	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 did	nsubj
8	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Doing	advcl
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 did	obj
10	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 something	amod
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 you	case
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 bad	obl
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 hitting	punct
14	hitting	hit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Doing	conj
15	back	back	ADV	_	14 hitting	advmod
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 revenge	punct
17	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Doing	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Doing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	gerund		something				revenge obl	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
2	do	past	they	something					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
3	hit back	gerund							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

He kicked the ball away in retaliation.

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 kicked	nsubj
2	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ball	det
4	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kicked	obj
5	away	away	ADV	_	2 kicked	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 retaliation	case
7	retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kicked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 kicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick away	past	He	the ball		retaliation		away property	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ball=Patient in retaliation=Location

Example 2

The referee sent him off for retaliation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 referee	det
2	referee	referee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	nsubj
3	sent	send	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 sent	obj
5	off	off	ADP	_	3 sent	compound:prt
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 retaliation	case
7	retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send off	past	the referee	him = he				for retaliation	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Example 3

In retaliation for the attack, the army fired back.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 retaliation	case
2	retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fired	obl
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 attack	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 attack	det
5	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 retaliation	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 retaliation	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 army	det
8	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fired	nsubj
9	fired	fire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 fired	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 fired	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fire back	past	the army			retaliation for the attack			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in retaliation=Destination

Example 4

Telling a teacher is better than retaliation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 better	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Telling	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 better	cop
5	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 retaliation	case
7	retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 better	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 better	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund			a teacher				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient
2	is	present	Telling					than retaliation; good property	tree rules

Example 5

She was afraid of retaliation if she told anyone.

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 afraid	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 afraid	cop
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 retaliation	case
5	retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 afraid	obl
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 told	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 told	nsubj
8	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 afraid	parataxis
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 told	iobj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 afraid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					of retaliation; afraid property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	past	she		anyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient

Example 6

The country raised taxes on imports in retaliation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 country	det
2	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 country	acl
4	taxes	tax	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 raised	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 imports	case
6	imports	import	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 raised	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 retaliation	case
8	retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raised	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 country	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	participle	the country not said here	taxes		imports		in retaliation	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent tax=Theme on import=Destination in retaliation=Initial_Location

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