tormentor

Who acts: tormentor, person, boy, bully, tormentors, he · What happens: be, cause, turn, beg, stop, laugh · To what, where: person, pain, tormentors, tormentor

«tormentor» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: tormentor in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A tormentor is a person who causes pain, fear or trouble to someone, often on purpose and over and over.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tormentor	det
2	tormentor	tormentor	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	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 causes	nsubj
7	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 causes	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fear	punct
10	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pain	conj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 trouble	cc
12	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pain	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 someone	case
14	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 causes	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 purpose	punct
16	often	often	ADV	_	18 purpose	advmod
17	on	on	ADP	_	18 purpose	case
18	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 causes	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 over	cc
20	over	over	ADV	_	18 purpose	nmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 over	cc
22	over	over	ADV	_	20 over	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a tormentor	a person					tree rules
2	cause	present	a person	pain and fear or trouble				to someone	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition pain=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.

Example 1

The boy turned to his tormentors and begged them to stop.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	nsubj
3	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 tormentors	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tormentors	nmod:poss
6	tormentors	tormentor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turned	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 begged	cc
8	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 turned	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 begged	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 stop	mark
11	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 begged	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 turned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	roles by
1	turn	past	the boy		boy's tormentors	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to tormentor=Trajectory
2	beg speech: request	past	the boy not said here	tormentors = tormentor		vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
3	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	the boy not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Example 2

The bully was the tormentor of the smaller children.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the bully	the tormentor				of the smaller children	tree rules

Example 3

His tormentors laughed as he fell.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 tormentors	nmod:poss
2	tormentors	tormentor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 laughed	nsubj
3	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 fell	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 fell	nsubj
6	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 laughed	advcl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	His tormentors						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fall	past	he						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 4

The cat was a tormentor to the mice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the cat	a tormentor				to the mice	tree rules

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