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title: tyrannical — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tyrannical» in the school dictionary: Tyrannical means cruel and unfair, using power over others in a harsh way, as a tyrant does. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tyrannical

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**Who acts:** Tyrannical, tyrant, tyrannical king, He, good king · **What happens:** mean, use, do, tax, be, not be · **To what, where:** power, others, poor

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Tyrannical means cruel and unfair, using power over others in a harsh way, as a tyrant does.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tyrannical:m1:1
# text = Tyrannical means cruel and unfair, using power over others in a harsh way, as a tyrant does.
1	Tyrannical	Tyrannical	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	harsh	harsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	tyrant	tyrant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Tyrannical |  |  |  |  | cruel *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **use** | gerund | Tyrannical *not said here* | power |  | others |  | in a harsh way | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient |
| 3 | **do** | present | a tyrant |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The tyrannical king taxed the poor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tyrannical:x1:1
# text = The tyrannical king taxed the poor.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tyrannical	tyrannical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	taxed	tax	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **tax** | past | the tyrannical king | the poor |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent poor=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He was neither cruel nor tyrannical.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tyrannical:x2:1
# text = He was neither cruel nor tyrannical.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	4	cc:preconj	_	_
4	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	6	cc	_	_
6	tyrannical	tyrannical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	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** | past | He |  |  |  |  | cruel *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A good king is never tyrannical.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tyrannical:x3:1
# text = A good king is never tyrannical.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	tyrannical	tyrannical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | a good king |  |  |  |  | tyrannical *property* | 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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