befool
Who acts: you, they, clever fox, anyone, He · What happens: fool, trick, look, befool, not let, walk out · To what, where: someone, wolf, anyone, you, guards
«befool» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: befool in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To fool or trick someone, so that they look foolish.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 fool | mark |
| 2 | fool | fool | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 trick | advcl |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 trick | cc |
| 4 | trick | trick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 trick | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 look | punct |
| 7 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 10 look | mark |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 so | fixed |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 look | nsubj |
| 10 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 trick | conj |
| 11 | foolish | foolish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 look | xcomp |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 trick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fool | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | trick | imperative | you not said here | someone | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient | ||||
| 3 | look | present | they | foolish property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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
The clever fox befooled the wolf.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fox | det |
| 2 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fox | amod |
| 3 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 befooled | nsubj |
| 4 | befooled | befool | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 wolf | det |
| 6 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 befooled | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 befooled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | befool | past | the clever fox | the wolf | tree rules |
Example 2
Do not let anyone befool you.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 let | aux |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 let | advmod |
| 3 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 let | obj |
| 5 | befool | befool | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 let | xcomp |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 befool | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 let | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not let | imperative · do-support | you not said here | anyone | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | befool | infinitive | anyone not said here | you | tree rules |
Example 3
He befooled the guards and walked out.
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 befooled | nsubj |
| 2 | befooled | befool | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 guards | det |
| 4 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 befooled | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 walked | cc |
| 6 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 befooled | conj |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 walked | compound:prt |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 befooled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | befool | past | He | the guards | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | walk out | past | He not said here | vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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