acquaint

Who acts: you, He, me · What happens: make, know, inform, come, acquaint, hurry off · To what, where: someone, fact, me, master, you

«acquaint» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: acquaint in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To make someone know a fact or news; to inform.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 know	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 make	obj
4	know	know	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fact	det
6	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 know	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 news	cc
8	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fact	conj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 inform	punct
10	to	to	PART	_	11 inform	mark
11	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 know	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	someone	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset someone=Product
2	know	imperative	you not said here	a fact or news	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer fact=Stimulus
3	inform speech: other	to-infinitive	you not said here		vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent

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: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

To come to know someone or something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 come	mark
2	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 know	mark
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 come	xcomp
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 know	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 something	cc
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 someone	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	to-infinitive							tree rules
2	know	to-infinitive		someone					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus

Example 1

Please acquaint me with the news.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	2 acquaint	discourse
2	acquaint	acquaint	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 acquaint	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 news	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 news	det
6	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acquaint	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 acquaint	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquaint speech: other	imperative	you not said here		me			with the news	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient

Example 2

He hurried off to acquaint his master.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hurried	nsubj
2	hurried	hurry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 hurried	compound:prt
4	to	to	PART	_	5 acquaint	mark
5	acquaint	acquaint	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hurried	xcomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 master	nmod:poss
7	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 acquaint	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hurried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurry off	past	He						tree rules
2	acquaint speech: other	to-infinitive	He not said here	his master					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent master=Recipient

Example 3

Let me acquaint you with my friend.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	acquaint	acquaint	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 acquaint	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 friend	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 friend	nmod:poss
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acquaint	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	me					tree rules
2	acquaint speech: other	infinitive	me not said here		you			with my friend	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

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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