scapegoat

Who acts: person, that, others, Day, you, your · What happens: blame, not be, escape, put, send, make · To what, where: something, fault, blame, sins, Old Testament, goat

«scapegoat» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings 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: scapegoat in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A person or group blamed for something bad that is not really their fault, often so others escape blame.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 group	cc
4	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 person	conj
5	blamed	blame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 person	acl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 something	case
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 blamed	obj
8	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 something	amod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 fault	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 fault	cop
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 fault	advmod
12	really	really	ADV	_	14 fault	advmod
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 fault	nmod:poss
14	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 something	parataxis
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 escape	punct
16	often	often	ADV	_	19 escape	advmod
17	so	so	SCONJ	_	19 escape	mark
18	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 escape	nsubj
19	escape	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 fault	conj
20	blame	blame	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 escape	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	blame	participle	a person or group not said here	something		vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme
2	not is a	present	that	person's fault		tree rules
3	escape	present	others	blame	often property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme blame=Initial_Location

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.

Meaning 2

Usage: Bible — kept apart, not parsed.

In the Old Testament (Leviticus 16), on the Day of Atonement the priest put the people's sins on a goat and sent it into the desert.

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 Testament	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Testament	det
3	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Testament	amod
4	Testament	Testament	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 put	obl
5	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 Leviticus	punct
6	Leviticus	Leviticus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Testament	appos
7	16	16	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 Leviticus	flat
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 Leviticus	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Day	punct
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 Day	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Day	det
12	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 put	nsubj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 Atonement	case
14	Atonement	Atonement	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Day	nmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 priest	det
16	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 Day	appos
17	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 people	det
19	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 sins	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 people	case
21	sins	sin	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 put	obj
22	on	on	ADP	_	24 goat	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 goat	det
24	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 put	obl
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 sent	cc
26	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 put	conj
27	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 sent	obj
28	into	into	ADP	_	30 desert	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 desert	det
30	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 sent	obl
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past	the Day of Atonement	the people's sins		the Old Testament		on a goat	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent sin=Theme on goat=Destination
2	send	past	the Day of Atonement not said here	goat		the desert			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Meaning 3

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To unfairly blame someone this way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	3 blame	case
2	unfairly	unfairly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 blame	amod
3	blame	blame	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 way	nsubj
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 way	nsubj
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 way	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

The new boy was made the scapegoat for the broken window.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boy	amod
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 scapegoat	det
7	scapegoat	scapegoat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 window	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 window	det
10	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 window	amod
11	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		the new boy				for the broken window	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: subject=Beneficiary scapegoat=Product for window=Asset
2	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Example 2

Don't scapegoat your sister for your mess.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 scapegoat	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 scapegoat	advmod
3	scapegoat	scapegoat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 sister	nmod:poss
5	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scapegoat	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 mess	case
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mess	nmod:poss
8	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scapegoat	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 scapegoat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not scapegoat	imperative · do-support	you not said here	your sister				for your mess	tree rules
2	mess		your						nom mess «state transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

In history, minorities were often used as scapegoats.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 history	case
2	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 used	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 history	punct
4	minorities	minority	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 used	nsubj:pass
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 used	aux:pass
6	often	often	ADV	_	7 used	advmod
7	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	as	as	ADP	_	9 scapegoats	case
9	scapegoats	scapegoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 used	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past · passive		minorities		history		as scapegoats; often property	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Duration as scapegoat=Attribute

Example 4

In the Bible the scapegoat carried the people's sins into the wilderness.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 Bible	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Bible	det
3	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 carried	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 scapegoat	det
5	scapegoat	scapegoat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carried	nsubj
6	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 people	det
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sins	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 people	case
10	sins	sin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 carried	obj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 wilderness	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wilderness	det
13	wilderness	wilderness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carried	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	the scapegoat	the people's sins		the Bible		into the wilderness	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sin=Value in bible=Location

Example 5

The coach became the scapegoat when the team lost.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coach	det
2	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	nsubj
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 scapegoat	det
5	scapegoat	scapegoat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	xcomp
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 lost	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 team	det
8	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lost	nsubj
9	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 became	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	the coach	the scapegoat					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	lose	past	the team						vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 6

Scapegoating someone is a kind of bullying.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scapegoating	scapegoat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 kind	csubj
2	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Scapegoating	obj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 kind	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kind	det
5	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 bullying	case
7	bullying	bullying	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kind	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scapegoat	gerund		someone					tree rules
2	is a	present	Scapegoating	a kind				of bullying	tree rules

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