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title: chastise — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «chastise» in the school dictionary: To chastise someone is to punish them, often by scolding or beating them (old use). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# chastise

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**Who acts:** thy, master, fox · **What happens:** chastise, be, scold, beat, pride, grab · **To what, where:** someone, old use, them, God, boy, greedy wolf

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To chastise someone is to punish them, often by scolding or beating them (old use).

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chastise:m1:1
# text = To chastise someone is to punish them, often by scolding or beating them (old use).
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	chastise	chastise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	punish	punish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	often	often	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	scolding	scold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	beating	beat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	conj	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chastise** | to-infinitive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | punish *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **scold** | gerund |  | old use |  |  |  | often *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **beat** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme |

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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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God hath chastised thy pride.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chastise:x1:1
# text = God hath chastised thy pride.
1	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	chastised	chastise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chastise** | present · passive |  | God |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pride** |  | thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The master grabbed the boy and chastised him.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chastise:x2:1
# text = The master grabbed the boy and chastised him.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	chastised	chastise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | the master | the boy |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme |
| 2 | **chastise** | past | the master *not said here* | boy |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The fox chastised the greedy wolf for his lies.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chastise:x3:1
# text = The fox chastised the greedy wolf for his lies.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chastised	chastise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chastise** | past | the fox | the greedy wolf |  |  |  | for fox's lies | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme for lie=Attribute |
| 2 | **lie** |  | fox |  |  |  |  |  | nom lie «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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