scourge

Who acts: scourge, thing, dragon, Snakes, fire · What happens: be, cause, use, beat, whip · To what, where: person, great trouble, whip, someone, scourge

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

Meaning 1

A scourge is a person, animal or thing that causes great trouble or suffering, a plague.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 scourge	det
2	scourge	scourge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 animal	punct
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 thing	cc
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 causes	nsubj
11	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 thing	acl:relcl
12	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 trouble	amod
13	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 causes	obj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 suffering	cc
15	suffering	suffering	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 trouble	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 plague	punct
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 plague	det
18	plague	plague	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 trouble	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a scourge	a person and animal or thing					tree rules
2	cause	present	thing	great trouble or suffering and a plague					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition trouble=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A scourge is a whip used to beat someone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 scourge	det
2	scourge	scourge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whip	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 whip	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 whip	det
5	whip	whip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 whip	acl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 beat	mark
8	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 used	advcl
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 beat	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 whip	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a scourge	a whip	tree rules
2	use	participle		a whip not said here	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	beat	to-infinitive		someone	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location someone=Theme

Meaning 3

To scourge is (old use) to whip or beat someone as a punishment.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 scourge	mark
2	scourge	scourge	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 scourge	cop
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 use	punct
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 use	amod
6	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 scourge	obj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 use	punct
8	to	to	PART	_	9 whip	mark
9	whip	whip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 scourge	advcl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 beat	cc
11	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 whip	conj
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 beat	obj
13	as	as	ADP	_	15 punishment	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 punishment	det
15	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 beat	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 scourge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present		scourge property	tree rules
2	whip	to-infinitive			vn shake-22.3-1-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	beat	infinitive	someone	as a punishment	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location someone=Theme

Example 1

The dragon was the scourge of the land.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dragon	det
2	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scourge	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 scourge	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 scourge	det
5	scourge	scourge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 land	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 land	det
8	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scourge	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 scourge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the dragon	the scourge				of the land	tree rules

Example 2

Snakes can be the scourge of a village.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 scourge	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 scourge	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 scourge	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 scourge	det
5	scourge	scourge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 village	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 village	det
8	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scourge	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 scourge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	Snakes	the scourge				of a village	tree rules

Example 3

The fire was the scourge of the old town.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fire	det
2	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scourge	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 scourge	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 scourge	det
5	scourge	scourge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 town	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 town	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 town	amod
9	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scourge	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 scourge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the fire	the scourge				of the old town	tree rules

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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