acquiesce

Who acts: you, She, Dad, us, barons, brother · What happens: acquiesce, mean, agree, accept, argue, not be · To what, where: it, us, king, plan, bike, council · Speech: someone speaks here

«acquiesce» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: acquiesce in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To acquiesce means to agree to something quietly, or to accept it without arguing, even if you are not keen: «She acquiesced to the plan.».

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 acquiesce	mark
2	acquiesce	acquiesce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 means	csubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 agree	mark
5	agree	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 means	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 something	case
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 agree	obl
8	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	5 agree	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 accept	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 accept	cc
11	to	to	PART	_	12 accept	mark
12	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 agree	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 accept	obj
14	without	without	SCONJ	_	15 arguing	mark
15	arguing	argue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 accept	advcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 keen	punct
17	even	even	ADV	_	22 keen	advmod
18	if	if	SCONJ	_	22 keen	mark
19	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	22 keen	nsubj
20	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 keen	cop
21	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 keen	advmod
22	keen	keen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 arguing	conj
23	:	:	PUNCT	_	26 acquiesced	punct
24	«	«	PUNCT	_	26 acquiesced	punct
25	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 acquiesced	nsubj
26	acquiesced	acquiesce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	parataxis
27	to	to	ADP	_	29 plan	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 plan	det
29	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 acquiesced	obl
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	26 acquiesced	punct
31	»	»	PUNCT	_	26 acquiesced	punct
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	acquiesce	to-infinitive				vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	agree speech: agree not said to happen	to-infinitive			to something; quietly property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	accept	to-infinitive		it		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
5	argue speech: disagree	gerund				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	not is a condition, not said to happen	present	you		keen property	tree rules
7	acquiesce in a quote	past	She		to the plan	vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to plan=Theme

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

After a long argument, Dad acquiesced and let us stay up late.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	4 argument	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 argument	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 argument	amod
4	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 acquiesced	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 argument	punct
6	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 acquiesced	nsubj
7	acquiesced	acquiesce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 let	cc
9	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 acquiesced	ccomp
10	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 let	obj
11	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 let	xcomp
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 stay	compound:prt
13	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 stay	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 acquiesced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	acquiesce	past	Dad		after a long argument		vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	let	infinitive	Dad not said here	us			tree rules
3	stay up	infinitive	us not said here			late property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The king acquiesced to the barons' demands.

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	root	root
3	acquiesced	acquiesce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 king	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	8 demands	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 barons	det
6	barons	baron	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 demands	nmod:poss
7	'	's	PART	_	6 barons	case
8	demands	demand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 acquiesced	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 king	punct

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

Example 3

She acquiesced with a nod, though she didn't really agree.

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 acquiesced	nsubj
2	acquiesced	acquiesce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 nod	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 nod	det
5	nod	nod	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acquiesced	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 agree	punct
7	though	though	SCONJ	_	12 agree	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 agree	nsubj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 agree	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 agree	advmod
11	really	really	ADV	_	12 agree	advmod
12	agree	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 acquiesced	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 acquiesced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquiesce	past	She					with a nod	vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not agree speech: agree	past · do-support	she						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

My brother acquiesced in the plan to share the bike.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acquiesced	nsubj
3	acquiesced	acquiesce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 plan	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 plan	det
6	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acquiesced	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 share	mark
8	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 plan	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bike	det
10	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 share	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 acquiesced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquiesce	participle	My brother			the plan			vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	share	to-infinitive	My brother not said here	the bike					tree rules

Example 5

The council acquiesced to the parents' request for a crossing.

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	root	root
3	acquiesced	acquiesce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 council	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	8 request	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 parents	det
6	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 request	nmod:poss
7	'	's	PART	_	6 parents	case
8	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acquiesced	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 crossing	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 crossing	det
11	crossing	crossing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 request	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 council	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquiesce	participle		the council not said here				to the parents's request for a crossing	vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to request=Theme
2	request		the parents					for a crossing	nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent for=obl

Example 6

The cat acquiesced to being picked up — for once.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acquiesced	nsubj
3	acquiesced	acquiesce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	SCONJ	_	6 picked	mark
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 picked	aux:pass
6	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 acquiesced	advcl
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 picked	compound:prt
8	—	-	PUNCT	_	10 once	punct
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 once	case
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 acquiesced	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 acquiesced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquiesce	participle	the cat					once property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pick up	gerund · passive	the cat not said here						vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»

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