usurp
Who acts: insidious adviser, He, uncle · What happens: usurp, be, kill, set out, demand · To what, where: He, throne, kingdom
«usurp» 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: usurp in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To usurp is to take a throne or power by force, without the right to it.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 usurp | mark |
| 2 | usurp | usurp | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 take | conj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 take | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 take | mark |
| 5 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 throne | det |
| 7 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 take | obj |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 power | cc |
| 9 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 throne | conj |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 force | case |
| 11 | force | force | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 take | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 right | punct |
| 13 | without | without | ADP | _ | 15 right | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 right | det |
| 15 | right | right | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 take | obl |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 it | case |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 right | nmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 take | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | usurp | to-infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | by force; without the right to right; take 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.
Example 1
He is then killed by his insidious adviser, who usurps his throne.
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 killed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 killed | aux:pass |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 killed | advmod |
| 4 | killed | kill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 adviser | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 adviser | nmod:poss |
| 7 | insidious | insidious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 adviser | amod |
| 8 | adviser | adviser | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 killed | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 usurps | punct |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 usurps | nsubj |
| 11 | usurps | usurp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 adviser | acl:relcl |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 throne | nmod:poss |
| 13 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 usurps | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 killed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kill | present · passive | his insidious adviser | He | then | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | usurp | present | his insidious adviser | his throne | tree rules |
Example 2
He set out to demand the kingdom which his uncle had so unjustly usurped.
The tree, 14 words
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 | 2 set | nsubj |
| 2 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 set | compound:prt |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 demand | mark |
| 5 | demand | demand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 set | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 kingdom | det |
| 7 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 demand | obj |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 usurped | obj |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 10 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 usurped | nsubj |
| 11 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 usurped | aux |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 usurped | advmod |
| 13 | unjustly | unjustly | ADV | _ | 14 usurped | advmod |
| 14 | usurped | usurp | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 kingdom | acl:relcl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 set | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set out | past | He | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | demand speech: request | to-infinitive | He not said here | the kingdom | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kingdom=Precondition | ||||
| 3 | usurp | past · perfect | his uncle | the kingdom | unjustly 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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