terrorise

Who acts: puppy, dragon, Pirates, Bullying, new kitten, wolf · What happens: terrorise, be, mean, bother, chase, terroris · To what, where: people, cat, village, old tale, ships, someone · Speech: someone speaks here

«terrorise» 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: terrorise in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To terrorise people is to frighten them very badly, again and again, often by threats or violence.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 terrorise	mark
2	terrorise	terrorise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 frighten	advcl
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 terrorise	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 frighten	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 frighten	mark
6	frighten	frighten	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 frighten	obj
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 badly	advmod
9	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 frighten	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 again	punct
11	again	again	ADV	_	6 frighten	advmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 again	cc
13	again	again	ADV	_	11 again	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 threats	punct
15	often	often	ADV	_	17 threats	advmod
16	by	by	ADP	_	17 threats	case
17	threats	threat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 frighten	obl
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 violence	cc
19	violence	violence	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 threats	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 frighten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	terrorise	to-infinitive		people					tree rules
2	is	present					again	by threats or violence; badly, frighten property	tree rules

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: humour — kept apart, not parsed.

To terrorise can mean to playfully bother or chase, like a puppy terrorising the cat.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 terrorise	mark
2	terrorise	terrorise	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 bother	case
6	playfully	playfully	ADV	_	7 bother	advmod
7	bother	bother	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 mean	ccomp
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 chase	cc
9	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 bother	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 puppy	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 puppy	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 puppy	det
13	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chase	obl
14	terrorising	terroris	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 puppy	acl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 cat	det
16	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 terrorising	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	can · infinitive				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	bother	infinitive			playfully property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	chase	infinitive			like a puppy	vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
4	terroris	gerund	a puppy not said here	the cat		tree rules

Example 1

A dragon terrorised the village in the old tale.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dragon	det
2	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	terrorised	terroris	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dragon	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 village	det
5	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 terrorised	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 tale	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tale	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tale	amod
9	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 terrorised	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dragon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	terroris	participle	a dragon not said here	the village		the old tale			tree rules

Example 2

Pirates terrorised ships along the coast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pirates	pirate	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	terrorised	terroris	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Pirates	acl
3	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 terrorised	obj
4	along	along	ADP	_	6 coast	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 coast	det
6	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 terrorised	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Pirates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	terroris	participle	Pirates not said here	ships				along the coast	tree rules

Example 3

Bullying means terrorising someone again and again — tell a teacher.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bullying	bullying	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	terrorising	terroris	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 terrorising	obj
5	again	again	ADV	_	3 terrorising	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 again	cc
7	again	again	ADV	_	5 again	conj
8	—	-	PUNCT	_	9 tell	punct
9	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 teacher	det
11	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tell	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	mean	present	Bullying				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	terroris not said to happen	gerund	Bullying not said here	someone		again	tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	Bullying not said here		a teacher		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient

Example 4

Our new kitten terrorises the dog.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 kitten	nmod:poss
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kitten	amod
3	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 terrorises	nsubj
4	terrorises	terroris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dog	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 terrorises	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 terrorises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	terroris	present	Our new kitten	the dog					tree rules

Example 5

The wolf terrorised the farm animals.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 terrorised	nsubj
3	terrorised	terroris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 animals	det
5	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 animals	compound
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 terrorised	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 terrorised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	terroris	past	the wolf	the farm animals					tree rules

Example 6

The gang terrorised the neighbourhood until the police came.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gang	det
2	gang	gang	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 terrorised	nsubj
3	terrorised	terroris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 neighbourhood	det
5	neighbourhood	neighbourhood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 terrorised	obj
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 came	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 police	det
8	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 came	nsubj
9	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 terrorised	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 terrorised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	terroris	past	the gang	the neighbourhood					tree rules
2	come	past	the police						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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