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title: despoiled — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «despoiled» in the school dictionary: To despoil is to rob a place or person of its valuable things, often by force, leaving them with nothing. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# despoiled

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**Who acts:** raiders, brave knight, They · **What happens:** despoil, be, leave · **To what, where:** place, village, castle, ship, sailors

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To despoil is to rob a place or person of its valuable things, often by force, leaving them with nothing.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:despoiled:m1:1
# text = To despoil is to rob a place or person of its valuable things, often by force, leaving them with nothing.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	despoil	despoil	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	rob	rob	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	valuable	valuable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	often	often	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
20	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **despoil** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | rob *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **leave** | gerund |  | place |  |  |  | with nothing | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Recipient with nothing=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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The raiders despoiled the village of its food and gold.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:despoiled:x1:1
# text = The raiders despoiled the village of its food and gold.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	raiders	raider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	despoiled	despoil	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **despoil** | past | the raiders | the village of village's food and gold |  |  |  |  | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent village=Source |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The giant's castle was despoiled by the brave knight.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:despoiled:x2:1
# text = The giant's castle was despoiled by the brave knight.
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	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	despoiled	despoil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **despoil** | past · passive | the brave knight | the giant's castle |  |  |  |  | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Source |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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They despoiled the ship and left the sailors with nothing.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:despoiled:x3:1
# text = They despoiled the ship and left the sailors with nothing.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	despoiled	despoil	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	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **despoil** | past | They | the ship |  |  |  |  | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Source |
| 2 | **leave** | past | They *not said here* | the sailors |  |  |  | with nothing | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent sailor=Recipient with nothing=Theme |

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