behest

Who acts: command, he, She, They, you · What happens: mean, order, come, build, obey, reward · To what, where: behest, tower, you · Speech: someone speaks here

«behest» 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: behest in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A command or order, often from someone in charge: «at his behest» means as he ordered.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 command	det
2	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 means	nsubj
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 order	cc
4	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 command	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 someone	punct
6	often	often	ADV	_	8 someone	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 someone	case
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 command	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 charge	case
10	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 someone	nmod
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 behest	punct
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 behest	punct
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 behest	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 behest	nmod:poss
15	behest	behest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 command	appos
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 behest	punct
17	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	as	as	SCONJ	_	20 ordered	mark
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 ordered	nsubj
20	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 means	ccomp
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	a command or order						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	order	past	he						vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: 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.

Example 1

She came at the king's behest.

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 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	7 behest	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 behest	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 king	case
7	behest	behest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	She			the king's behest			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at behest=Location

Example 2

They built the tower at his behest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 built	nsubj
2	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tower	det
4	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 built	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 behest	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 behest	nmod:poss
7	behest	behest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 built	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 built	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	They	the tower		his behest			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tower=Product

Example 3

Obey my behest and you will be rewarded.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Obey	obey	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 behest	nmod:poss
3	behest	behest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Obey	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 rewarded	cc
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 rewarded	nsubj:pass
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 rewarded	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 rewarded	aux:pass
8	rewarded	reward	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Obey	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Obey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obey	imperative	you not said here	my behest					vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent behest=Theme
2	reward	future · passive		you					vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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