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title: oppress — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «oppress» in the school dictionary: To oppress people is to treat them cruelly and unfairly, keeping them under hard control. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# oppress

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**Who acts:** wicked king, one, people, soldiers · **What happens:** oppress, be, keep, rise up · **To what, where:** people, hard control, poor villagers, person, soldiers

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To oppress people is to treat them cruelly and unfairly, keeping them under hard control.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oppress:m1:1
# text = To oppress people is to treat them cruelly and unfairly, keeping them under hard control.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	oppress	oppress	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	treat	treat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	cruelly	cruelly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	unfairly	unfairly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	under	under	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	control	control	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oppress** | to-infinitive |  | people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | cruelly, treat *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **keep** | gerund |  | people |  | hard control |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme under control=Location |

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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 wicked king oppressed the poor villagers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oppress:x1:1
# text = The wicked king oppressed the poor villagers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	oppressed	oppress	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	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	villagers	villager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **oppress** | past | the wicked king | the poor villagers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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No one should oppress another person.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oppress:x2:1
# text = No one should oppress another person.
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	oppress	oppress	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oppress** | should | no one | another person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The people rose up against the soldiers who oppressed them.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oppress:x3:1
# text = The people rose up against the soldiers who oppressed them.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	against	against	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	oppressed	oppress	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise up** | past | the people |  |  | the soldiers |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent against soldier=Location |
| 2 | **oppress** | past | the soldiers | people |  |  |  |  | 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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