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slander

Who acts: Untrue spoken words, someone, lies, spiteful girl, you, old woman · What happens: speak, harm, name, tell, spread, not slander · To what, where: good name, lies, name, slander, people, young queen · Speech: someone speaks here

«slander» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: slander in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Untrue spoken words that harm someone's good name.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Untrue	untrue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 words	amod
2	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 words	amod
3	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 harm	nsubj
5	harm	harm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 words	acl:relcl
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 name	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 someone	case
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 name	amod
9	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 harm	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 words	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	participle							vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	harm	present	Untrue spoken words	someone's good name					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus name=Experiencer
3	name		someone						nom name «communication transitive»: 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

To tell lies about someone in order to harm their name.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 tell	mark
2	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tell	obj
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 someone	case
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 tell	obl
6	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	9 harm	mark
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 in	fixed
8	to	to	PART	_	9 harm	mark
9	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tell	advcl
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 name	nmod:poss
11	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 harm	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive		lies				about someone	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient about someone=Topic
2	harm	to-infinitive		lies's name					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus name=Experiencer
3	name		lies = lie						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 1

The spiteful girl spread slander about her friend.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 girl	det
2	spiteful	spiteful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 girl	amod
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spread	nsubj
4	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	slander	slander	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spread	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 friend	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 friend	nmod:poss
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slander	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 spread	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	past	the spiteful girl	slander				about girl's friend	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent slander=Theme about friend=Destination

Example 2

Don't slander people by telling lies.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 slander	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 slander	advmod
3	slander	slander	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 slander	obj
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 telling	mark
6	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 slander	advcl
7	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 telling	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 slander	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not slander	imperative · do-support	you not said here	people					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	gerund	you not said here	lies					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient

Example 3

The old woman began to slander the young queen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 woman	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 woman	amod
3	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 began	nsubj
4	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 slander	mark
6	slander	slander	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 began	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 queen	det
8	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 queen	amod
9	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slander	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 began	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	the old woman						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	slander	to-infinitive	the old woman not said here	the young queen					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme

Example 4

Slander can hurt a person deeply.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slander	slander	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hurt	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 hurt	aux
3	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hurt	obj
6	deeply	deeply	ADV	_	3 hurt	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hurt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	can	Slander	a person				deeply property	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Patient

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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