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title: mutiny — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mutiny» in the school dictionary: A mutiny is a rebellion, when a group of sailors or soldiers refuse to obey their leader and fight against him. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mutiny

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**Who acts:** mutiny, group, sailors, crew · **What happens:** be, refuse, not obey, fight, ask, plan · **To what, where:** rebellion, leader, mutiny, Hook · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A mutiny is a rebellion, when a group of sailors or soldiers refuse to obey their leader and fight against him.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mutiny:m1:1
# text = A mutiny is a rebellion, when a group of sailors or soldiers refuse to obey their leader and fight against him.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mutiny	mutiny	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	rebellion	rebellion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
14	refuse	refuse	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	obey	obey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	conj	_	_
21	against	against	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	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 | **is a** | present | a mutiny | a rebellion |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **refuse** | present | a group of sailors or soldiers |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **obey** | to-infinitive | a group of sailors or soldiers *not said here* | soldiers's leader |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leader=Theme |
| 4 | **fight** | infinitive | a group of sailors or soldiers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | against group | vn battle-36.4-1 «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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To mutiny is to take part in such a rebellion.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mutiny:m2:1
# text = To mutiny is to take part in such a rebellion.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	mutiny	mutiny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
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	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	10	det:predet	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rebellion	rebellion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | such rebellion |  | take *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
“Is this mutiny?” asked Hook.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mutiny:x1:1
# text = “Is this mutiny?” asked Hook.
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	mutiny	mutiny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
7	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	Hook	hook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | this mutiny |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | this mutiny | Hook |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hook=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The sailors planned a mutiny.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mutiny:x2:1
# text = The sailors planned a mutiny.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	planned	plan	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mutiny	mutiny	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 | **plan** | past | the sailors | a mutiny |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mutiny=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The crew decided to mutiny at dawn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mutiny:x3:1
# text = The crew decided to mutiny at dawn.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	decided	decide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	mutiny	mutiny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | past | the crew | mutiny |  |  | at dawn |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent mutiny=Topic |

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