wrongful Who acts: Wrongful, He, court, family, wrongful punishment, She · What happens: mean, sue, say, be, win, upset · To what, where: wrongful dismissal, wrongful death case, class, wrongful conviction, wrongful decision · Speech: someone speaks here
«wrongful» 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: wrongful in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Wrongful means unfair, unjust or against the law (formal, law).
The tree, 10 words nsubj xcomp punct conj cc case det conj punct amod punct conj punct punct root Wrongful ADJ means VERB unfair ADJ , PUNCT unjust ADJ or CCONJ against ADP the DET law NOUN ( PUNCT formal ADJ , PUNCT law NOUN ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Wrongful wrongful ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 unfair unfair ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 unjust punct 5 unjust unjust ADJ Degree=Pos 3 unfair conj 6 or or CCONJ _ 9 law cc 7 against against ADP _ 9 law case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 law det 9 law law NOUN Number=Sing 3 unfair conj 10 ( ( PUNCT _ 11 formal punct 11 formal formal ADJ Degree=Pos 9 law amod 12 , , PUNCT _ 13 law punct 13 law law NOUN Number=Sing 11 formal conj 14 ) ) PUNCT _ 11 formal punct 15 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Wrongful unfair property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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 He sued for wrongful arrest.
nsubj case amod obl punct root He PRON sued VERB for ADP wrongful ADJ arrest NOUN . PUNCT 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 sued nsubj 2 sued sue VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 for for ADP _ 5 arrest case 4 wrongful wrongful ADJ Degree=Pos 5 arrest amod 5 arrest arrest NOUN Number=Sing 2 sued obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 sued punct
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1 sue past He for wrongful arrest tree rules
Example 2 The court said it was wrongful dismissal.
det nsubj nsubj cop amod ccomp punct root The DET court NOUN said VERB it PRON was AUX wrongful ADJ dismissal NOUN . PUNCT 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 3 said nsubj 3 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 dismissal nsubj 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 dismissal cop 6 wrongful wrongful ADJ Degree=Pos 7 dismissal amod 7 dismissal dismissal NOUN Number=Sing 3 said ccomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 said punct
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1 say speech: assert past the court vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2 is a past court wrongful dismissal tree rules
Example 3 The family won a wrongful death case.
det nsubj det amod compound obj punct root The DET family NOUN won VERB a DET wrongful ADJ death NOUN case NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 family det 2 family family NOUN Number=Sing 3 won nsubj 3 won win VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 case det 5 wrongful wrongful ADJ Degree=Pos 7 case amod 6 death death NOUN Number=Sing 7 case compound 7 case case NOUN Number=Sing 3 won obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 won punct
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1 win past the family a wrongful death case vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Eventuality
Example 4 The wrongful punishment upset the class.
det amod nsubj det obj punct root The DET wrongful ADJ punishment NOUN upset VERB the DET class NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 punishment det 2 wrongful wrongful ADJ Degree=Pos 3 punishment amod 3 punishment punishment NOUN Number=Sing 4 upset nsubj 4 upset upset VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 class det 6 class class NOUN Number=Sing 4 upset obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 upset punct
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1 upset past the wrongful punishment the class vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus class=Experiencer
Example 5 She fought her wrongful conviction.
nsubj nmod:poss amod obj punct root She PRON fought VERB her PRON wrongful ADJ conviction NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 fought nsubj 2 fought fight VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 conviction nmod:poss 4 wrongful wrongful ADJ Degree=Pos 5 conviction amod 5 conviction conviction NOUN Number=Sing 2 fought obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 fought punct
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1 fight past She her wrongful conviction vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conviction=Co-Agent
2 convict her = she nom conviction «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
Example 6 The judge corrected the wrongful decision.
det nsubj det amod obj punct root The DET judge NOUN corrected VERB the DET wrongful ADJ decision NOUN . PUNCT 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 corrected nsubj 3 corrected correct VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 decision det 5 wrongful wrongful ADJ Degree=Pos 6 decision amod 6 decision decision NOUN Number=Sing 3 corrected obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 corrected punct
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1 correct speech: disagree past the judge the wrongful decision vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent decision=Patient
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