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title: usurper — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «usurper» in the school dictionary: A usurper is a person who takes a throne or power by force, without the right to it. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# usurper

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**Who acts:** usurper, person, rage, Their, his, people · **What happens:** be, take, rage, incriminate, hate, seize · **To what, where:** person, throne, usurper

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«usurper» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [usurper in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/usurper.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A usurper is a person who takes a throne or power by force, without the right to it.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:usurper:m1:1
# text = A usurper is a person who takes a throne or power by force, without the right to it.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	usurper	usurper	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	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	without	without	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 usurper | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | present | a person | a throne or power |  |  |  | by force; without the right to usurper | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throne=Theme |

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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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Their rage with the usurper was great, however, in proportion to his crime.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:usurper:x1:1
# text = Their rage with the usurper was great, however, in proportion to his crime.
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	rage	rage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	usurper	usurper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	however	however	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	proportion	proportion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	crime	crime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Their rage with the usurper |  |  |  |  | great, however *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **rage** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  | with the usurper | nom rage «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent with=obl |
| 3 | **incriminate** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom crime «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The people hated the usurper who had seized the throne.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:usurper:x2:1
# text = The people hated the usurper who had seized the throne.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hated	hate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	usurper	usurper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	seized	seize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	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 | **hate** | past | the people | the usurper |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer usurper=Stimulus |
| 2 | **seize** | past · perfect | the usurper | the throne |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throne=Theme |

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