tyrannical

Who acts: Tyrannical, tyrant, tyrannical king, He, good king · What happens: mean, use, do, tax, be, not be · To what, where: power, others, poor

«tyrannical» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: tyrannical in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Tyrannical means cruel and unfair, using power over others in a harsh way, as a tyrant does.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tyrannical	Tyrannical	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 unfair	cc
5	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cruel	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 using	punct
7	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	conj
8	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 using	obj
9	over	over	ADP	_	10 others	case
10	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 using	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 way	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 way	det
13	harsh	harsh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 way	amod
14	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 using	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 does	punct
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 does	mark
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 tyrant	det
18	tyrant	tyrant	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 does	nsubj
19	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 using	advcl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Tyrannical			cruel property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	use	gerund	Tyrannical not said here	power	others	in a harsh way	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient
3	do	present	a tyrant				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

Example 1

The tyrannical king taxed the poor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
2	tyrannical	tyrannical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 king	amod
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taxed	nsubj
4	taxed	tax	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 poor	det
6	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 taxed	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 taxed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tax	past	the tyrannical king	the poor					vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent poor=Recipient

Example 2

He was neither cruel nor tyrannical.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cruel	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cruel	cop
3	neither	neither	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	4 cruel	cc:preconj
4	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	6 tyrannical	cc
6	tyrannical	tyrannical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cruel	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cruel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					cruel property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here						tree rules

Example 3

A good king is never tyrannical.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 king	det
2	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 king	amod
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tyrannical	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tyrannical	cop
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 tyrannical	advmod
6	tyrannical	tyrannical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 tyrannical	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	a good king					tyrannical property	tree rules

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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