tyranny

Who acts: Tyranny, one person, people, tyrant · What happens: be, have, rule, suffer, find · To what, where: much power, others, tyranny, excuse

«tyranny» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: tyranny in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Tyranny is cruel and unfair rule by one person who has too much power over others.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tyranny	Tyranny	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cruel	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cruel	cop
3	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 rule	cc
5	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rule	amod
6	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cruel	conj
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 person	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 person	nummod
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rule	nmod
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 has	nsubj
11	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 person	acl:relcl
12	too	too	ADV	_	13 much	advmod
13	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 power	amod
14	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 has	obj
15	over	over	ADP	_	16 others	case
16	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 has	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cruel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	Tyranny			cruel property	tree rules
2	have	present	one person	much power	others		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient
3	rule		one person				nom rule «cognition intransitive»: by=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 people suffered under tyranny.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 people	det
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 suffered	nsubj
3	suffered	suffer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	under	under	ADP	_	5 tyranny	case
5	tyranny	tyranny	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 suffered	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 suffered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suffer	past	the people			tyranny			vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Example 2

The tyrant always finds an excuse for his tyranny.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tyrant	det
2	tyrant	tyrant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 finds	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 finds	advmod
4	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 excuse	det
6	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 finds	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 tyranny	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 tyranny	nmod:poss
9	tyranny	tyranny	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 excuse	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 finds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present	the tyrant	a excuse				for tyrant's tyranny; always property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent excuse=Theme for tyranny=Beneficiary

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