revile
Who acts: fox, bully, you, people · What happens: insult, use, revile, not revile, be · To what, where: someone, bitter words, lion, bars, new girl, people
«revile» 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: revile in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To insult someone harshly and angrily, using bitter words.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 insult | mark |
| 2 | insult | insult | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 insult | obj |
| 4 | harshly | harshly | ADV | _ | 2 insult | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 angrily | cc |
| 6 | angrily | angrily | ADV | _ | 4 harshly | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 using | punct |
| 8 | using | use | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 insult | advcl |
| 9 | bitter | bitter | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 words | amod |
| 10 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 using | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 insult | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | insult | to-infinitive | someone | harshly property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | use | gerund | bitter words | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient |
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 fox reviled the lion from behind the bars.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fox | det |
| 2 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reviled | nsubj |
| 3 | reviled | revile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 lion | det |
| 5 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reviled | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 bars | case |
| 7 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 9 bars | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bars | det |
| 9 | bars | bar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 reviled | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 reviled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | revile | past | the fox | the lion | the bars | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Theme |
Example 2
The bully reviled the new girl.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bully | det |
| 2 | bully | bully | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reviled | nsubj |
| 3 | reviled | revile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 girl | amod |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reviled | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 reviled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | revile | past | the bully | the new girl | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme |
Example 3
Do not revile people who are weaker than you.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 revile | aux |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 revile | advmod |
| 3 | revile | revile | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 revile | obj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 weaker | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 weaker | cop |
| 7 | weaker | weak | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 people | acl:relcl |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 you | case |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 weaker | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 revile | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not revile | imperative · do-support | you not said here | people | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | people | than you; weak property | tree rules |
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