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title: abduction — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «abduction» in the school dictionary: An abduction is the taking away of a person by force or trickery, against their will. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# abduction

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**Who acts:** abduction, giant, prince, wicked witch, police · **What happens:** take away, shock, abduct, set out, rescue, plan · **To what, where:** village, princess, her, abduction, baby

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«abduction» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [abduction in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/abduction.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An abduction is the taking away of a person by force or trickery, against their will.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:abduction:m1:1
# text = An abduction is the taking away of a person by force or trickery, against their will.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	abduction	abduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	trickery	trickery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	against	against	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take away** | present | a abduction |  |  |  |  | of a person; by force or trickery; away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent of person=Initial\_Location |

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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 {#x1}

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The giant's abduction of the princess shocked the village.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:abduction:x1:1
# text = The giant's abduction of the princess shocked the village.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	abduction	abduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	shocked	shock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shock** | past | the giant's abduction of the princess | the village |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus village=Experiencer |
| 2 | **abduct** |  | the giant | the princess |  |  |  |  | nom abduction «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
After the abduction, the prince set out to rescue her.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:abduction:x2:1
# text = After the abduction, the prince set out to rescue her.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	abduction	abduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	rescue	rescue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set out** | participle | the prince |  |  |  | after the abduction |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **rescue** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The wicked witch planned the abduction of the baby.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:abduction:x3:1
# text = The wicked witch planned the abduction of the baby.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	planned	plan	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	abduction	abduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | past | the wicked witch | the abduction of the baby |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent abduction=Topic |
| 2 | **abduct** |  |  | the baby |  |  |  |  | nom abduction «act transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The police searched for the missing child after the abduction.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:abduction:x4:1
# text = The police searched for the missing child after the abduction.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	searched	search	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	abduction	abduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search** | past | the police |  |  |  | after the abduction | for the missing child | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for child=Theme |

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