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title: protester — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «protester» in the school dictionary: A protester is a person who shows in public that they strongly disagree with something, for example by marching, holding signs or shouting. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# protester

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**Who acts:** protester, person, they, Protesters, Suffragettes, Police · **What happens:** be, show, disagree, march, hold, shout · **To what, where:** person, public, signs, city, cleaner air, protesters

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«protester» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: [protester in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/protester.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A protester is a person who shows in public that they strongly disagree with something, for example by marching, holding signs or shouting.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:protester:m1:1
# text = A protester is a person who shows in public that they strongly disagree with something, for example by marching, holding signs or shouting.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	protester	protester	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	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	public	public	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	strongly	strongly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	disagree	disagree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
19	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
20	marching	march	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	conj	_	_
23	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obj	_	_
24	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	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 protester | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | present | a person |  |  | public |  | for example | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **disagree** | present | they |  |  |  |  | with something; strongly *property* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with something=Co-Agent |
| 4 | **march** | gerund | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **hold** | gerund | a person *not said here* | signs |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme |
| 6 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Protesters marched through the city with banners.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:protester:x1:1
# text = Protesters marched through the city with banners.
1	Protesters	protester	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	marched	march	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	banners	banner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **march** | past | Protesters |  |  | the city |  | with banners | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through city=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The protesters wanted cleaner air.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:protester:x2:1
# text = The protesters wanted cleaner air.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	protesters	protester	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	cleaner	clean	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	air	air	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 | **want** | past | the protesters | cleaner air |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot air=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Suffragettes were protesters for women's right to vote.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:protester:x3:1
# text = Suffragettes were protesters for women's right to vote.
1	Suffragettes	suffragette	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	protesters	protester	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Suffragettes | protesters |  |  |  | for women's right | tree rules |
| 2 | **vote** | to-infinitive | Suffragettes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Police kept the protesters away from the road.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:protester:x4:1
# text = Police kept the protesters away from the road.
1	Police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	protesters	protester	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | Police | the protesters |  |  |  | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent protester=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some protesters chained themselves to trees.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:protester:x5:1
# text = Some protesters chained themselves to trees.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	protesters	protester	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chained	chain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chain** | past | some protesters | protesters *= protester* |  |  |  | to trees | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient to tree=Co-Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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Thousands of protesters gathered peacefully.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:protester:x6:1
# text = Thousands of protesters gathered peacefully.
1	Thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	protesters	protester	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	peacefully	peacefully	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | past | Thousands of protesters |  |  |  |  | peacefully *property* | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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