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title: acquitted — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «acquitted» in the school dictionary: Performed or behaved in a certain way, as in acquitted themselves well. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# acquitted

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**Who acts:** They, judge · **What happens:** perform, behave, acquit, judge, go · **To what, where:** certain way, themselves, him, Ares, trial

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«acquitted» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [acquitted in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/acquitted.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Performed or behaved in a certain way, as in acquitted themselves well.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:acquitted:m1:1
# text = Performed or behaved in a certain way, as in acquitted themselves well.
1	Performed	perform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	behaved	behave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	acquitted	acquit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
12	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	11	obj	_	_
13	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **behave** | participle |  |  |  | a certain way |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **acquit** | participle |  | themselves *= they* |  |  |  | well *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer themselves=Source |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Judged not guilty in a court of law.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:acquitted:m2:1
# text = Judged not guilty in a court of law.
1	Judged	judge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	guilty	guilty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **judge** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | guilty *property* | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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They acquitted themselves like brave sons.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:acquitted:x1:1
# text = They acquitted themselves like brave sons.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	acquitted	acquit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquit** | past | They | themselves *= they* |  |  |  | like brave sons | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer themselves=Source |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The judge acquitted him, so he went free.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:acquitted:x2:1
# text = The judge acquitted him, so he went free.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	acquitted	acquit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquit** | past | the judge | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer he=Source |
| 2 | **go** | past | judge |  |  |  |  | free *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ares was acquitted at the trial.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:acquitted:x3:1
# text = Ares was acquitted at the trial.
1	Ares	ar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	acquitted	acquit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	trial	trial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquit** | past · passive |  | Ares |  | the trial |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source |

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