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title: dethrone — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «dethrone» in the school dictionary: To dethrone a king or ruler is to remove him from the throne so that he no longer rules. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# dethrone

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**Who acts:** rebels, wicked uncle, people · **What happens:** dethrone, be, plan · **To what, where:** king, throne, old king, rightful heir, cruel queen

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To dethrone a king or ruler is to remove him from the throne so that he no longer rules.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dethrone:m1:1
# text = To dethrone a king or ruler is to remove him from the throne so that he no longer rules.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	dethrone	dethrone	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	remove	remove	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	19	case	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	fixed	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
17	no	no	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	19	advmod	_	_
19	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dethrone** | to-infinitive |  | a king or ruler |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  | the throne |  | so rules; remove *property* | 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 rebels planned to dethrone the old king.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dethrone:x1:1
# text = The rebels planned to dethrone the old king.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rebels	rebel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	planned	plan	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	dethrone	dethrone	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	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 | **plan** | past | the rebels |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **dethrone** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the rebels *not said here* | the old king |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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His wicked uncle dethroned the rightful heir.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dethrone:x2:1
# text = His wicked uncle dethroned the rightful heir.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dethroned	dethrone	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rightful	rightful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	heir	heir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dethrone** | past | His wicked uncle | the rightful heir |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The people dethroned the cruel queen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dethrone:x3:1
# text = The people dethroned the cruel queen.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dethroned	dethrone	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dethrone** | past | the people | the cruel queen |  |  |  |  | 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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