baffle

Who acts: someone, they, Medea, riddle, puzzle · What happens: baffle, be, not understand, work out, do, work · To what, where: puzzle, plan, measures, clever men, me

«baffle» 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: baffle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To baffle someone is to puzzle them so they cannot understand or work out what to do.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 baffle	mark
2	baffle	baffle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 puzzle	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 puzzle	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 puzzle	mark
6	puzzle	puzzle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 baffle	ccomp
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 puzzle	nmod
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 understand	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 understand	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 understand	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 understand	advmod
12	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 baffle	advcl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 work	cc
14	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 understand	conj
15	out	out	ADP	_	14 work	compound:prt
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 do	obj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 do	mark
18	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 work	ccomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 baffle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	baffle	to-infinitive				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	present	someone	puzzle	them = they nmod	tree rules
3	not understand	can	they			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	work out	infinitive	they not said here			vn discover-84 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	do	to-infinitive	they not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

To baffle a plan is to stop it working, to foil it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 baffle	mark
2	baffle	baffle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 stop	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 plan	det
4	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 baffle	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stop	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stop	mark
7	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stop	obj
9	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 stop	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 foil	punct
11	to	to	PART	_	12 foil	mark
12	foil	foil	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 stop	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 foil	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	baffle	to-infinitive	a plan		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus plan=Experiencer
2	is	present		stop property	tree rules
3	work	gerund			vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	foil	to-infinitive	plan		tree rules

Example 1

Medea at once took measures to baffle them.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Medea	medea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 took	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 once	case
3	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 took	obl
4	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	measures	measure	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 took	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 baffle	mark
7	baffle	baffle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 took	advcl
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 baffle	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	Medea	measures					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent measure=Theme at once=Asset
2	baffle	to-infinitive	Medea not said here	measures = measure					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer

Example 2

The riddle baffled all the clever men.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 riddle	det
2	riddle	riddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 baffled	nsubj
3	baffled	baffle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 men	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 men	det
6	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 men	amod
7	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 baffled	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 baffled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	baffle	past	the riddle	all clever men					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus man=Experiencer

Example 3

The puzzle baffled me for an hour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 puzzle	det
2	puzzle	puzzle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 baffled	nsubj
3	baffled	baffle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 baffled	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 hour	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hour	det
7	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 baffled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 baffled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	baffle	past	the puzzle	me			hour		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer

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