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unlawful

Who acts: It, judge, arrest, Unlawful entry, court, Dumping · What happens: not allow, be, sell, say, mean, go · To what, where: alcohol, children, building, sacking, rubbish, river · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

Not allowed by law; against the law; illegal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 allowed	advmod
2	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 law	case
4	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 allowed	obl
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 law	punct
6	against	against	ADP	_	8 law	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 law	det
8	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 allowed	obl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 illegal	punct
10	illegal	illegal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 law	amod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 allowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	participle						by law; against the law	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer

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

It is unlawful to sell alcohol to children.

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 unlawful	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unlawful	cop
3	unlawful	unlawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 sell	mark
5	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 unlawful	xcomp
6	alcohol	alcohol	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sell	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 children	case
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sell	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 unlawful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					unlawful property	tree rules
2	sell	to-infinitive		alcohol	children				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent alcohol=Theme to child=Recipient

Example 2

The judge said the arrest was unlawful.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 arrest	det
5	arrest	arrest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 unlawful	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 unlawful	cop
7	unlawful	unlawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 said	ccomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the judge						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the arrest					unlawful property	tree rules

Example 3

Unlawful entry means going into a building without the right to.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unlawful	unlawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 entry	amod
2	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 means	xcomp
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 building	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 building	det
7	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 going	obl
8	without	without	ADP	_	10 right	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 right	det
10	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 going	obl
11	to	to	PART	_	4 going	fixed
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Unlawful entry						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go not said to happen	gerund	Unlawful entry not said here			a building		without the right	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into building=Initial_Location

Example 4

The court called the sacking unlawful.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 court	det
2	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 court	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sacking	det
5	sacking	sacking	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	obj
6	unlawful	unlawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sacking	amod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 court	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle	the court not said here	the sacking					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sacking=Recipient

Example 5

Dumping rubbish in the river is unlawful.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dumping	dump	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 unlawful	csubj
2	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dumping	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 river	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 river	det
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dumping	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 unlawful	cop
7	unlawful	unlawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 unlawful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dump	gerund		rubbish		the river			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent rubbish=Theme in river=Trajectory
2	is	present	Dumping					unlawful property	tree rules

Example 6

He was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon.

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	3 charged	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 charged	aux:pass
3	charged	charge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 possession	case
5	unlawful	unlawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 possession	amod
6	possession	possession	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 charged	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 weapon	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 weapon	det
9	weapon	weapon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 possession	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 charged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charge	past · passive		He				with unlawful possession of a weapon	vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with possession=Theme
2	possess			a weapon					nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient

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