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title: murderous — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «murderous» in the school dictionary: Murderous means wanting to kill, or meant to kill: a murderous look. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# murderous

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**Who acts:** Murderous, He, man, dogs, murderous robber · **What happens:** mean, want, kill, seize, plan, protect · **To what, where:** murderous look, old man, us, forest · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«murderous» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [murderous in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/murderous.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Murderous means wanting to kill, or meant to kill: a murderous look.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:murderous:m1:1
# text = Murderous means wanting to kill, or meant to kill: a murderous look.
1	Murderous	murderous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wanting	want	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	ccomp	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	murderous	murderous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	look	look	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Murderous |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **want** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **mean** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | a murderous look |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Murderous can mean very dangerous or cruel, as in «murderous attacks».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:murderous:m2:1
# text = Murderous can mean very dangerous or cruel, as in «murderous attacks».
1	Murderous	murderous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	murderous	murderous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	attacks	attack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | Murderous |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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He seized the old man because of his murderous plans.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:murderous:x1:1
# text = He seized the old man because of his murderous plans.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	seized	seize	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	10	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	murderous	murderous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	plans	plan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	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 | **seize** | past | He | the old man |  |  |  | because man's murderous plans | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme |
| 2 | **plan** |  | man |  |  |  |  |  | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The dogs protected us from the murderous attacks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:murderous:x2:1
# text = The dogs protected us from the murderous attacks.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	protected	protect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	murderous	murderous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	attacks	attack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | past | the dogs |  | us |  |  | from the murderous attacks | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary from attack=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A murderous robber hid in the forest.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:murderous:x3:1
# text = A murderous robber hid in the forest.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	murderous	murderous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | a murderous robber |  |  | the forest |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in forest=Location |

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