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title: quelled — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «quelled» in the school dictionary: Quelled is the past form of quell: put down by force, or calmed. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# quelled

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**Who acts:** Quelled past form, Oisin, king, worry, I, My · **What happens:** quell, be, put down, calm, see, worry · **To what, where:** Quelled past form, Art Og, fight, rebellion, Dad, last

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«quelled» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [quelled in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/quelled.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Quelled is the past form of quell: put down by force, or calmed.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:quelled:m1:1
# text = Quelled is the past form of quell: put down by force, or calmed.
1	Quelled	quell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	quell	quell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
9	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
10	down	down	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	calmed	calm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **quell** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the Quelled past form |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **quell** | infinitive | the Quelled past form |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **put down** | infinitive | the Quelled past form *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by force | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by force=Destination |
| 5 | **calm** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 -->
Oisin quelled Art Og in the fight.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:quelled:x1:1
# text = Oisin quelled Art Og in the fight.
1	Oisin	Oisin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	quelled	quell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Art	Art	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Og	Og	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **quell** | past | Oisin | Art Og |  | the fight |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent og=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The rebellion was quelled by the king.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:quelled:x2:1
# text = The rebellion was quelled by the king.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rebellion	rebellion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	quelled	quell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	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 | **quell** | past · passive | the king | the rebellion |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My worry quelled when I saw Dad.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:quelled:x3:1
# text = My worry quelled when I saw Dad.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	quelled	quell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **quell** | past | My worry |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | past | I | Dad |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dad=Stimulus |
| 3 | **worry** |  | My |  |  |  |  |  | nom worry «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The noise quelled at last.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:quelled:x4:1
# text = The noise quelled at last.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	quelled	quell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **quell** | past | the noise |  |  | last |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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