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title: oppression — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «oppression» in the school dictionary: Oppression is cruel and unfair treatment of people, keeping them down and taking away their freedom. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# oppression

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**Who acts:** Oppression, people, hero, Freedom · **What happens:** be, keep down, take away, treat, suffer, oppress · **To what, where:** people, freedom, oppression, cruel king, opposite

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Oppression is cruel and unfair treatment of people, keeping them down and taking away their freedom.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oppression:m1:1
# text = Oppression is cruel and unfair treatment of people, keeping them down and taking away their freedom.
1	Oppression	oppression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	down	down	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	freedom	freedom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Oppression |  |  |  |  | cruel *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep down** | gerund |  | people |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 3 | **take away** | gerund |  | people's freedom |  |  |  | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent freedom=Theme |
| 4 | **treat** |  |  | people |  |  |  |  | nom treatment «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 people suffered under the oppression of the cruel king.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oppression:x1:1
# text = The people suffered under the oppression of the cruel king.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	suffered	suffer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	oppression	oppression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suffer** | past | the people |  |  | the oppression of the cruel king |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **oppress** |  |  | the cruel king |  |  |  |  | nom oppression «act transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hero ended the oppression.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oppression:x2:1
# text = The hero ended the oppression.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	oppression	oppression	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 | **end** | past | the hero | the oppression |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality oppression=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Freedom is the opposite of oppression.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oppression:x3:1
# text = Freedom is the opposite of oppression.
1	Freedom	freedom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	opposite	opposite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	oppression	oppression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Freedom | the opposite |  |  |  | of oppression | 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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