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title: assassination — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «assassination» in the school dictionary: An assassination is the murder of an important or famous person, such as a leader, usually for political reasons. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# assassination

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**Who acts:** assassination, assassination attempt, spy story, country, Historians, Guards · **What happens:** be, help, start, assassinate, mourn, study · **To what, where:** murder, great war, archduke, assassination

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An assassination is the murder of an important or famous person, such as a leader, usually for political reasons.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assassination:m1:1
# text = An assassination is the murder of an important or famous person, such as a leader, usually for political reasons.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	assassination	assassination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	murder	murder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	16	case	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	political	political	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a assassination | the murder and political reasons |  |  |  | of a important person such a leader | tree rules |

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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 assassination of the archduke helped start a great war.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assassination:x1:1
# text = The assassination of the archduke helped start a great war.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	assassination	assassination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	archduke	archduke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past | the assassination of the archduke |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **start** | infinitive | the assassination of the archduke *not said here* | a great war |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Eventuality |
| 3 | **assassinate** |  |  | the archduke |  |  |  |  | nom assassination «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
There was an assassination attempt on the president.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assassination:x2:1
# text = There was an assassination attempt on the president.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	assassination	assassination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	attempt	attempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | a assassination attempt on the president |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The spy story is about an assassination plot.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assassination:x3:1
# text = The spy story is about an assassination plot.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	spy	spy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	assassination	assassination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	plot	plot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the spy story |  |  |  |  | about a assassination plot | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The country mourned after the assassination.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assassination:x4:1
# text = The country mourned after the assassination.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	mourned	mourn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	assassination	assassination	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 | **mourn** | past | the country |  |  |  | after the assassination |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Historians study why the assassination happened.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assassination:x5:1
# text = Historians study why the assassination happened.
1	Historians	historian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	study	study	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	assassination	assassination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** | present | Historians |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **happen** | past | the assassination |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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Guards stopped the assassination just in time.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assassination:x6:1
# text = Guards stopped the assassination just in time.
1	Guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	assassination	assassination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past | Guards | the assassination |  |  | time |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality assassination=Eventuality |

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