segregation

Who acts: it, law, waste, Rosa, Segregation, Black children · What happens: keep, be, race, separate, segregate, refuse · To what, where: groups, things, seat, segregation, different schools, recycling · Speech: someone speaks here

«segregation» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: segregation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Keeping groups of people apart by law or custom because of their race, religion or sex; it is unfair and wrong.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	21 unfair	csubj
2	groups	group	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keeping	obj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 people	case
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 groups	nmod
5	apart	apart	ADV	_	1 Keeping	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 law	case
7	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keeping	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 custom	cc
9	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 law	conj
10	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	13 race	case
11	of	of	ADP	_	10 because	fixed
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 race	nmod:poss
13	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keeping	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 religion	punct
15	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 race	conj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 sex	cc
17	sex	sex	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 race	conj
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 unfair	punct
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 unfair	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 unfair	cop
21	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 wrong	cc
23	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 unfair	conj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 unfair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	gerund		groups of people	by law or custom; because law's race and religion or sex; apart property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent group=Theme by law=Location
2	is	present	it		unfair property	tree rules
3	be					tree rules
4	race		law			nom race «event intransitive»: poss=agent

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: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

Separating things into groups: the segregation of waste for recycling.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Separating	separate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Separating	obj
3	into	into	ADP	_	4 groups	case
4	groups	group	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Separating	obl
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 segregation	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 segregation	det
7	segregation	segregation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Separating	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 waste	case
9	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 segregation	nmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 recycling	case
11	recycling	recycling	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 waste	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Separating	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	separate	gerund		things				into groups goal; the segregation of waste for recycling obl	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent thing=Theme into group=Goal
2	segregate		waste for recycling						nom segregation «process intransitive»: of=agent

Example 1

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and helped end segregation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rosa	Rosa	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 refused	nsubj
2	Parks	Parks	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Rosa	flat
3	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 give	mark
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 refused	xcomp
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 give	compound:prt
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 seat	nmod:poss
8	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 helped	cc
10	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 refused	conj
11	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 helped	xcomp
12	segregation	segregation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 end	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 refused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	refuse	past	Rosa		vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not give up	to-infinitive	Rosa not said here	Rosa's seat	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Source
3	help	past	Rosa not said here		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	end	infinitive	Rosa not said here	segregation	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality segregation=Eventuality

Example 2

Segregation meant Black children went to different schools.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Segregation	segregation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 meant	nsubj
2	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 children	amod
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 went	nsubj
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 meant	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 schools	case
7	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 schools	amod
8	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 went	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 meant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	past	Segregation						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	past	Black children			different schools			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location

Example 3

Segregation was unfair and is now against the law.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Segregation	segregation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unfair	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unfair	cop
3	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 law	cc
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 law	cop
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 law	advmod
7	against	against	ADP	_	9 law	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 law	det
9	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unfair	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 unfair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Segregation					unfair property	tree rules
2	is	present	Segregation not said here				now	against the law	tree rules

Example 4

Martin Luther King spoke out against segregation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Martin	Martin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 spoke	nsubj
2	Luther	Luther	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Martin	flat
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Martin	flat
4	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 spoke	compound:prt
6	against	against	ADP	_	7 segregation	case
7	segregation	segregation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spoke	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 spoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak out speech: other	past	Martin					against segregation	vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

The segregation of waste makes recycling easier.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 segregation	det
2	segregation	segregation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 makes	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 waste	case
4	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 segregation	nmod
5	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	recycling	recycling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 makes	obj
7	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 makes	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the segregation of waste	recycling				easy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset recycling=Product
2	segregate		waste						nom segregation «process intransitive»: of=agent

Example 6

The museum taught us about the history of segregation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 museum	det
2	museum	museum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taught	nsubj
3	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 taught	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 history	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 history	det
7	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taught	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 segregation	case
9	segregation	segregation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 history	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 taught	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	past	the museum		us			about the history of segregation	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent we=Recipient about history=Topic

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