slavery Who acts: Slavery, other people, control, Harriet, Moses, William · What happens: be, own, force, work, have, describe · To what, where: cruel system, people, other people, freedom, state, hard work
«slavery» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: slavery in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Slavery is the cruel system in which people are owned by other people, forced to work for no pay and have no freedom.
The tree, 23 words nsubj cop det amod case obl nsubj aux:pass acl:relcl case amod obl:agent punct acl mark xcomp case det obl cc conj det obj punct root Slavery NOUN is AUX the DET cruel ADJ system NOUN in ADP which PRON people NOUN are AUX owned VERB by ADP other ADJ people NOUN , PUNCT forced VERB to PART work VERB for ADP no DET pay NOUN and CCONJ have VERB no DET freedom NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Slavery slavery NOUN Number=Sing 5 system nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 system cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 system det 4 cruel cruel ADJ Degree=Pos 5 system amod 5 system system NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 in in ADP _ 7 which case 7 which which PRON PronType=Rel 10 owned obl 8 people people NOUN Number=Plur 10 owned nsubj 9 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 owned aux:pass 10 owned own VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 system acl:relcl 11 by by ADP _ 13 people case 12 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 13 people amod 13 people people NOUN Number=Plur 10 owned obl:agent 14 , , PUNCT _ 15 forced punct 15 forced force VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 13 people acl 16 to to PART _ 17 work mark 17 work work VERB VerbForm=Inf 15 forced xcomp 18 for for ADP _ 20 pay case 19 no no DET PronType=Neg 20 pay det 20 pay pay NOUN Number=Sing 17 work obl 21 and and CCONJ _ 22 have cc 22 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 work conj 23 no no DET PronType=Neg 24 freedom det 24 freedom freedom NOUN Number=Sing 22 have obj 25 . . PUNCT _ 5 system punct
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1 is a present Slavery the cruel system tree rules 2 own present · passive other people people the cruel system vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme 3 force participle other people not said here vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 4 work to-infinitive other people not said here for no pay vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for pay=Beneficiary 5 have present other people not said here no freedom vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent freedom=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 Slavery is also the state of being a slave.
nsubj cop advmod det case cop det nmod punct root Slavery NOUN is AUX also ADV the DET state NOUN of ADP being AUX a DET slave NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Slavery slavery NOUN Number=Sing 5 state nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 state cop 3 also also ADV _ 5 state advmod 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 state det 5 state state NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 9 slave case 7 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 9 slave cop 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 slave det 9 slave slave NOUN Number=Sing 5 state nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 state punct
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1 is a present Slavery the state tree rules 2 is gerund of a slave tree rules
Meaning 3 Slavery can describe very hard work or control that feels like being owned, as in "modern slavery".
The tree, 17 words nsubj aux advmod amod obj cc conj nsubj acl:relcl mark aux:pass xcomp punct case case punct amod parataxis punct punct root Slavery NOUN can AUX describe VERB very ADV hard ADJ work NOUN or CCONJ control NOUN that PRON feels VERB like SCONJ being AUX owned VERB , PUNCT as ADP in ADP " PUNCT modern ADJ slavery NOUN " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Slavery slavery NOUN Number=Sing 3 describe nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 describe aux 3 describe describe VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 very very ADV _ 5 hard advmod 5 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 6 work amod 6 work work NOUN Number=Sing 3 describe obj 7 or or CCONJ _ 8 control cc 8 control control NOUN Number=Sing 6 work conj 9 that that PRON PronType=Rel 10 feels nsubj 10 feels feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 control acl:relcl 11 like like SCONJ _ 13 owned mark 12 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 13 owned aux:pass 13 owned own VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 10 feels xcomp 14 , , PUNCT _ 19 slavery punct 15 as as ADP _ 19 slavery case 16 in in ADP _ 19 slavery case 17 " " PUNCT _ 19 slavery punct 18 modern modern ADJ Degree=Pos 19 slavery amod 19 slavery slavery NOUN Number=Sing 13 owned parataxis 20 " " PUNCT _ 19 slavery punct 21 . . PUNCT _ 3 describe punct
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1 describe can Slavery hard work or control vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent work=Theme 2 feel present control vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 3 own gerund · passive control not said here tree rules
Example 1 Slavery is against the law in every country today.
nsubj cop case det case det nmod obl:unmarked punct root Slavery NOUN is AUX against ADP the DET law NOUN in ADP every DET country NOUN today NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Slavery slavery NOUN Number=Sing 5 law nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 law cop 3 against against ADP _ 5 law case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 law det 5 law law NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 in in ADP _ 8 country case 7 every every DET PronType=Tot 8 country det 8 country country NOUN Number=Sing 5 law nmod 9 today today NOUN Number=Sing 5 law obl:unmarked 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 law punct
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1 is present Slavery every country today against the law tree rules
Example 2 Harriet Tubman led many people out of slavery.
nsubj flat amod obj case case obl punct root Harriet PROPN Tubman PROPN led VERB many ADJ people NOUN out ADP of ADP slavery NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Harriet Harriet PROPN Number=Sing 3 led nsubj 2 Tubman Tubman PROPN Number=Sing 1 Harriet flat 3 led lead VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 5 people amod 5 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 led obj 6 out out ADP _ 8 slavery case 7 of of ADP _ 8 slavery case 8 slavery slavery NOUN Number=Sing 3 led obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 led punct
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1 lead past Harriet many people slavery vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent people=Theme out slavery=Destination
Example 3 (Bible) Moses led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt.
punct obl:unmarked punct nsubj det obj case case obl case nmod punct root ( PUNCT Bible PROPN ) PUNCT Moses PROPN led VERB the DET Israelites PROPN out ADP of ADP slavery NOUN in ADP Egypt PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 2 Bible punct 2 Bible Bible PROPN Number=Sing 5 led obl:unmarked 3 ) ) PUNCT _ 2 Bible punct 4 Moses Moses PROPN Number=Sing 5 led nsubj 5 led lead VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 Israelites det 7 Israelites Israelite PROPN Number=Plur 5 led obj 8 out out ADP _ 10 slavery case 9 of of ADP _ 10 slavery case 10 slavery slavery NOUN Number=Sing 5 led obl 11 in in ADP _ 12 Egypt case 12 Egypt Egypt PROPN Number=Sing 10 slavery nmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 led punct
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1 lead past Moses Bible slavery in Egypt vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent israelite=Theme out slavery=Destination
Example 4 William Wilberforce campaigned to end slavery in the British Empire.
nsubj flat mark xcomp obj case det amod obl punct root William PROPN Wilberforce PROPN campaigned VERB to PART end VERB slavery NOUN in ADP the DET British ADJ Empire PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 William William PROPN Number=Sing 3 campaigned nsubj 2 Wilberforce Wilberforce PROPN Number=Sing 1 William flat 3 campaigned campaign VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 end mark 5 end end VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 campaigned xcomp 6 slavery slavery NOUN Number=Sing 5 end obj 7 in in ADP _ 10 Empire case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 Empire det 9 British British ADJ Degree=Pos 10 Empire amod 10 Empire Empire PROPN Number=Sing 5 end obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 campaigned punct
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1 campaign past William tree rules 2 end to-infinitive William not said here slavery the British Empire vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality slavery=Eventuality
Example 5 At Passover, Jewish families remember the escape from slavery.
case obl punct amod nsubj det obj case nmod punct root At ADP Passover PROPN , PUNCT Jewish ADJ families NOUN remember VERB the DET escape NOUN from ADP slavery NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 At at ADP _ 2 Passover case 2 Passover Passover PROPN Number=Sing 6 remember obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 Passover punct 4 Jewish Jewish ADJ Degree=Pos 5 families amod 5 families family NOUN Number=Plur 6 remember nsubj 6 remember remember VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 escape det 8 escape escape NOUN Number=Sing 6 remember obj 9 from from ADP _ 10 slavery case 10 slavery slavery NOUN Number=Sing 8 escape nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 remember punct
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1 remember present Jewish families the escape Passover from slavery vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent escape=Theme
Example 6 Modern slavery still happens, and police work to stop it.
amod nsubj advmod punct cc nsubj conj mark advcl obj punct root Modern ADJ slavery NOUN still ADV happens VERB , PUNCT and CCONJ police NOUN work VERB to PART stop VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Modern modern ADJ Degree=Pos 2 slavery amod 2 slavery slavery NOUN Number=Sing 4 happens nsubj 3 still still ADV _ 4 happens advmod 4 happens happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 work punct 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 work cc 7 police police NOUN Number=Plur 8 work nsubj 8 work work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 happens conj 9 to to PART _ 10 stop mark 10 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 work advcl 11 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 stop obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 happens punct
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1 happen present Modern slavery still vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 work present police vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 stop to-infinitive police not said here slavery vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality
Example 7 Frederick Douglass wrote about his life in slavery.
nsubj flat case nmod:poss obl case obl punct root Frederick PROPN Douglass PROPN wrote VERB about ADP his PRON life NOUN in ADP slavery NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Frederick Frederick PROPN Number=Sing 3 wrote nsubj 2 Douglass Douglass PROPN Number=Sing 1 Frederick flat 3 wrote write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 about about ADP _ 6 life case 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 life nmod:poss 6 life life NOUN Number=Sing 3 wrote obl 7 in in ADP _ 8 slavery case 8 slavery slavery NOUN Number=Sing 3 wrote obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 wrote punct
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1 write past Frederick slavery about Frederick's life vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about life=Topic
Example 8 It was collected at last, and the knight released from slavery and misery.
The tree, 13 words nsubj:pass aux:pass case obl punct cc det nsubj:pass parataxis case obl cc conj punct root It PRON was AUX collected VERB at ADP last ADJ , PUNCT and CCONJ the DET knight NOUN released VERB from ADP slavery NOUN and CCONJ misery NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 collected nsubj:pass 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 collected aux:pass 3 collected collect VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 at at ADP _ 5 last case 5 last last ADJ Degree=Pos 3 collected obl 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 released punct 7 and and CCONJ _ 10 released cc 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 knight det 9 knight knight NOUN Number=Sing 10 released nsubj:pass 10 released release VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 collected parataxis 11 from from ADP _ 12 slavery case 12 slavery slavery NOUN Number=Sing 10 released obl 13 and and CCONJ _ 14 misery cc 14 misery misery NOUN Number=Sing 12 slavery conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 3 collected punct
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1 collect past · passive It last vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme 2 release participle · passive the knight slavery and misery vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source
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