accede

Who acts: head teacher, our, daughter, king, company, workers · What happens: agree, not want, take up, become, accede, join · To what, where: important job, king, agreement, us, puppy, member

«accede» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: accede in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To agree to a request or demand, often after first not wanting to.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 agree	mark
2	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 request	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 request	det
5	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 agree	obl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 demand	cc
7	demand	demand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 request	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 wanting	punct
9	often	often	ADV	_	13 wanting	advmod
10	after	after	SCONJ	_	13 wanting	mark
11	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 wanting	advmod
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 wanting	advmod
13	wanting	want	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 agree	advcl
14	to	to	PART	_	13 wanting	xcomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 agree	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	to-infinitive						to a request or demand	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not want	gerund						first, often property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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.

Meaning 2

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To take up an important job or position, especially to become king or queen (accede to the throne).

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 take	mark
2	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 become	advcl
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 take	compound:prt
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 job	det
5	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 job	amod
6	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 take	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 position	cc
8	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 job	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 become	punct
10	especially	especially	ADV	_	12 become	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 become	mark
12	become	become	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 become	xcomp
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 queen	cc
15	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 king	conj
16	(	(	PUNCT	_	17 accede	punct
17	accede	accede	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 become	parataxis
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 throne	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 throne	det
20	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 accede	obl
21	)	)	PUNCT	_	17 accede	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 become	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	take up	to-infinitive	a important job or position		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Theme
2	become	to-infinitive	king or queen	especially property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	accede	infinitive		to the throne	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to throne=Theme

Meaning 3

Usage: formal, law — kept apart, not parsed.

For a country to join an agreement or an organisation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	3 country	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 country	det
3	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 join	obl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 join	mark
5	join	join	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 agreement	det
7	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 join	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 organisation	cc
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 organisation	det
10	organisation	organisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 agreement	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 join	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	to-infinitive		a agreement or a organisation				for a country	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent agreement=Patient

Example 1

The head teacher finally acceded to our request for a longer break.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
2	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teacher	compound
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 acceded	nsubj
4	finally	finally	ADV	_	5 acceded	advmod
5	acceded	accede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 request	case
7	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 request	nmod:poss
8	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 acceded	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 break	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 break	det
11	longer	long	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 break	amod
12	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 acceded	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 acceded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accede	past	the head teacher					to our request; for a longer break; finally property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to request=Theme
2	request		our						nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

The king's daughter acceded to the throne when he died.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 daughter	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 king	case
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 acceded	nsubj
5	acceded	accede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 throne	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 throne	det
8	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 acceded	obl
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 died	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 died	nsubj
11	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 acceded	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 acceded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accede	past	the king's daughter					to the throne	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to throne=Theme
2	die	past	king						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Example 3

The company would not accede to the workers' demands.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 company	det
2	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 accede	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 accede	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 accede	advmod
5	accede	accede	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 demands	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 workers	det
8	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 demands	nmod:poss
9	'	's	PART	_	8 workers	case
10	demands	demand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 accede	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 accede	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not accede	would	the company					to the workers's demands	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to demand=Theme
2	demand		the workers						nom demand «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

After much arguing, Dad acceded and let us keep the puppy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 arguing	case
2	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 arguing	amod
3	arguing	arguing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 acceded	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 arguing	punct
5	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 acceded	nsubj
6	acceded	accede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 let	cc
8	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 acceded	ccomp
9	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 let	obj
10	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 let	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 puppy	det
12	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 keep	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 acceded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	accede	past	Dad		after much arguing	tree rules
2	let	infinitive	Dad not said here	us		tree rules
3	keep	infinitive	us not said here	the puppy		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puppy=Theme

Example 5

The country acceded to the treaty and became a member.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 country	det
2	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acceded	nsubj
3	acceded	accede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 treaty	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 treaty	det
6	treaty	treaty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acceded	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 became	cc
8	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 acceded	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 member	det
10	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 became	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 acceded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accede	past	the country					to the treaty	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to treaty=Theme
2	become	past	the country not said here	a member					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Example 6

The council acceded to the parents' wish for a crossing guard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 council	det
2	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acceded	nsubj
3	acceded	accede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	8 wish	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 parents	det
6	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 wish	nmod:poss
7	'	's	PART	_	6 parents	case
8	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acceded	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 guard	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 guard	det
11	crossing	crossing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 guard	compound
12	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wish	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 acceded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accede	past	the council					to the parents's wish for a crossing guard	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to wish=Theme
2	wish		the parents					for a crossing guard	nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl

Example 7

She refused to accede to their threats.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 accede	mark
4	accede	accede	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refused	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 threats	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 threats	nmod:poss
7	threats	threat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 accede	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 refused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	She						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not accede	to-infinitive	She not said here					to their threats	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to threat=Theme

Example 8

Zeus swore by the Styx (which was to the gods an irrevocable oath) to accede to her request whatsoever it might be.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 swore	nsubj
2	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 Styx	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Styx	det
5	Styx	Styx	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 swore	obl
6	(	(	PUNCT	_	11 gods	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 gods	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 gods	cop
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 gods	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 gods	det
11	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Styx	appos
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 oath	det
13	irrevocable	irrevocable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 oath	amod
14	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gods	obj
15	)	)	PUNCT	_	11 gods	punct
16	to	to	PART	_	17 accede	mark
17	accede	accede	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 swore	advcl
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 request	case
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 request	nmod:poss
20	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 accede	obl
21	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	20 request	advmod
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 be	nsubj
23	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 be	aux
24	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 request	acl:relcl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 swore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	swear	past	Zeus	by the Styx	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the Styx	to the gods	tree rules
3	accede	to-infinitive	Zeus not said here	to Zeus's request	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to request=Theme
4	request		Zeus		nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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