violation

Who acts: violation, act, It, boy, Breaking · What happens: break, go, allow, be, run, violate · To what, where: rule, act, violation, corridor, family code, promise

«violation» 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: violation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A violation is breaking a rule, law or promise; an act that goes against what is allowed.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 violation	det
2	violation	violation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 breaking	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 breaking	aux
4	breaking	break	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rule	det
6	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 breaking	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 law	punct
8	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rule	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 promise	cc
10	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 law	conj
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 act	punct
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 act	det
13	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 breaking	advcl
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 goes	nsubj
15	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 act	acl:relcl
16	against	against	ADP	_	17 what	case
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 goes	obl
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 allowed	aux:pass
19	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 what	acl:relcl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 breaking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	break	present · progressive	a violation	a rule law or promise		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient
2	go	present	a act		a act	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme against what=Location
3	allow	present · passive				vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»

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 a violation of school rules to run in the corridor.

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	4 violation	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 violation	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 violation	det
4	violation	violation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 rules	case
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rules	compound
7	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 violation	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 run	mark
9	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 violation	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 corridor	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 corridor	det
12	corridor	corridor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 run	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 violation	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a violation				of school rules	tree rules
2	run	to-infinitive				the corridor			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in corridor=Trajectory

Example 2

The boy was guilty of a violation of the family code.

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	4 guilty	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 guilty	cop
4	guilty	guilty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 violation	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 violation	det
7	violation	violation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 guilty	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 code	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 code	det
10	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 code	compound
11	code	code	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 violation	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 guilty	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the boy					of a violation of the family code; guilty property	tree rules
2	violate			the family code					nom violation «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 3

Breaking a promise is a violation of trust.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Breaking	break	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 violation	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 promise	det
3	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Breaking	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 violation	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 violation	det
6	violation	violation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 trust	case
8	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 violation	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 violation	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	gerund		a promise					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient
2	is a	present	Breaking	a violation				of trust	tree rules

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