scandalise

Who acts: British spelling, they, you, Peter, noise · What happens: scandalize, shock, do, say, think, be · To what, where: someone, something, John, chair, Wendy, old lady · Speech: someone speaks here

«scandalise» 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: scandalise in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

British spelling of «scandalize»: to shock someone by doing or saying something they think is wrong or improper.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 spelling	amod
2	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scandalize	nsubj
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 scandalize	mark
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 scandalize	punct
5	scandalize	scandalize	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 scandalize	punct
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 shock	punct
8	to	to	PART	_	9 shock	mark
9	shock	shock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 scandalize	conj
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 shock	obj
11	by	by	SCONJ	_	12 doing	mark
12	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 shock	advcl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 saying	cc
14	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 doing	conj
15	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 saying	obj
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 think	nsubj
17	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 something	acl:relcl
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 wrong	cop
19	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 think	ccomp
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 improper	cc
21	improper	improper	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 wrong	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 scandalize	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	scandalize in a quote	infinitive	British spelling			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	shock	to-infinitive	British spelling not said here	someone		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer
3	do	gerund	British spelling not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	say speech: assert	gerund	British spelling not said here	something		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic
5	think speech: other	present	they			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	is	present			wrong property	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

"Sit in father's chair, John!" Wendy was scandalised.

Sentence 1: "Sit in father's chair, John!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Sit	punct
2	Sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 chair	case
4	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chair	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 father	case
6	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Sit	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 John	punct
8	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Sit	obl
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Sit	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Sit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit in a quote	imperative	you not said here	John		father's chair			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chair=Location

Sentence 2: Wendy was scandalised.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 scandalised	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scandalised	aux:pass
3	scandalised	scandalis	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 scandalised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scandalis	past · passive		Wendy					tree rules

Example 2

Peter pretended to be scandalised.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 pretended	nsubj
2	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 scandalised	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 scandalised	aux:pass
5	scandalised	scandalis	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pretended	xcomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pretended	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	past	Peter						tree rules
2	scandalis	to-infinitive · passive	Peter not said here						tree rules

Example 3

The old lady was scandalised by the noise.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lady	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lady	amod
3	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scandalised	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 scandalised	aux:pass
5	scandalised	scandalis	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 noise	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 noise	det
8	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scandalised	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 scandalised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scandalis	past · passive	the noise	the old lady					tree rules

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