beckon Who acts: bright lights, She, waves, He · What happens: beckon, be, call, come, mean, attract · To what, where: someone, you, me, children, beach, town · Speech: someone speaks here
«beckon» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: beckon in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To beckon is to move the hand or head to call someone to come closer.
The tree, 15 words mark csubj cop mark det obj cc conj mark advcl obj mark advcl advmod punct root To PART beckon VERB is AUX to PART move VERB the DET hand NOUN or CCONJ head NOUN to PART call VERB someone PRON to PART come VERB closer ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 beckon mark 2 beckon beckon VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 move csubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 move cop 4 to to PART _ 5 move mark 5 move move VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 hand det 7 hand hand NOUN Number=Sing 5 move obj 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 head cc 9 head head NOUN Number=Sing 7 hand conj 10 to to PART _ 11 call mark 11 call call VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 move advcl 12 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 11 call obj 13 to to PART _ 14 come mark 14 come come VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 call advcl 15 closer close ADV Degree=Cmp 14 come advmod 16 . . PUNCT _ 5 move punct
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1 beckon to-infinitive vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is present move property tree rules 3 call to-infinitive someone vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient 4 come to-infinitive close property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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.
Meaning 2 To beckon can also mean to attract or tempt, as bright lights seem to call you.
The tree, 16 words mark csubj aux advmod mark xcomp cc conj punct mark amod nsubj conj mark xcomp obj punct root To PART beckon VERB can AUX also ADV mean VERB to PART attract VERB or CCONJ tempt VERB , PUNCT as SCONJ bright ADJ lights NOUN seem VERB to PART call VERB you PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 beckon mark 2 beckon beckon VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 mean csubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 mean aux 4 also also ADV _ 5 mean advmod 5 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 to to PART _ 7 attract mark 7 attract attract VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 mean xcomp 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 tempt cc 9 tempt tempt VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 attract conj 10 , , PUNCT _ 14 seem punct 11 as as SCONJ _ 14 seem mark 12 bright bright ADJ Degree=Pos 13 lights amod 13 lights light NOUN Number=Plur 14 seem nsubj 14 seem seem VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 mean conj 15 to to PART _ 16 call mark 16 call call VERB VerbForm=Inf 14 seem xcomp 17 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 16 call obj 18 . . PUNCT _ 5 mean punct
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1 beckon to-infinitive vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 mean can vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 attract not said to happen to-infinitive vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 4 tempt infinitive vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer 5 seem present bright lights vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute 6 call to-infinitive bright lights not said here you vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
Example 1 She beckoned to me with her hand.
nsubj case obl case nmod:poss obl punct root She PRON beckoned VERB to ADP me PRON with ADP her PRON hand NOUN . PUNCT 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 beckoned nsubj 2 beckoned beckon VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to ADP _ 4 me case 4 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 beckoned obl 5 with with ADP _ 7 hand case 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 hand nmod:poss 7 hand hand NOUN Number=Sing 2 beckoned obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 beckoned punct
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1 beckon past She me with her hand vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to i=Recipient
Example 2 The waves beckoned the children to the beach.
det nsubj det obj case det obl punct root The DET waves NOUN beckoned VERB the DET children NOUN to ADP the DET beach NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 waves det 2 waves wave NOUN Number=Plur 3 beckoned nsubj 3 beckoned beckon VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 children det 5 children child NOUN Number=Plur 3 beckoned obj 6 to to ADP _ 8 beach case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 beach det 8 beach beach NOUN Number=Sing 3 beckoned obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 beckoned punct
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1 beckon past the waves the children the beach vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Theme to beach=Recipient
Example 3 The lights of the town beckoned to us.
det case det nmod acl case obl punct root The DET lights NOUN of ADP the DET town NOUN beckoned VERB to ADP us PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 lights det 2 lights light NOUN Number=Plur root root 3 of of ADP _ 5 town case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 town det 5 town town NOUN Number=Sing 2 lights nmod 6 beckoned beckon VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 town acl 7 to to ADP _ 8 us case 8 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 beckoned obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 lights punct
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1 beckon participle the town not said here us vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to we=Recipient 2 light the town nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient
Example 4 He nodded and beckoned us in.
nsubj cc conj obj advmod punct root He PRON nodded VERB and CCONJ beckoned VERB us PRON in ADV . PUNCT 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 nodded nsubj 2 nodded nod VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 beckoned cc 4 beckoned beckon VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 nodded conj 5 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 beckoned obj 6 in in ADV _ 4 beckoned advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 nodded punct
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1 nod past He vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 beckon past He not said here us vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Patient
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