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title: chastisement — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «chastisement» in the school dictionary: A chastisement is a punishment, given for doing wrong (old use). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# chastisement

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**Who acts:** chastisement, It, He, dervish, trouble · **What happens:** be, give, do, face, say · **To what, where:** punishment, chastisement, harsh chastisement · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A chastisement is a punishment, given for doing wrong (old use).

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chastisement:m1:1
# text = A chastisement is a punishment, given for doing wrong (old use).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chastisement	chastisement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	wrong	wrong	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 chastisement | a punishment |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  | a punishment *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **do** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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It was a just chastisement for his rudeness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chastisement:x1:1
# text = It was a just chastisement for his rudeness.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	chastisement	chastisement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a chastisement |  |  |  | for his rudeness | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He faced a harsh chastisement for stealing.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chastisement:x2:1
# text = He faced a harsh chastisement for stealing.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	faced	face	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	harsh	harsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	chastisement	chastisement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	stealing	stealing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **face** | past | He | a harsh chastisement |  |  |  | for stealing | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent chastisement=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The dervish said the trouble was a chastisement.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chastisement:x3:1
# text = The dervish said the trouble was a chastisement.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dervish	dervish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	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	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	chastisement	chastisement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the dervish |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the trouble | a chastisement |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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