cajole

Who acts: them, She, you, He · What happens: cajole, be, persuade, do, share, not let · To what, where: someone, them, something, brother, sweets, you

«cajole» 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: cajole in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To cajole someone is to coax or persuade them to do something, often with soft words or flattery.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cajole	mark
2	cajole	cajole	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 coax	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 cajole	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 coax	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 coax	mark
6	coax	coax	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 persuade	cc
8	persuade	persuade	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 coax	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 persuade	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 do	mark
11	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 persuade	xcomp
12	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 do	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 words	punct
14	often	often	ADV	_	17 words	advmod
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 words	case
16	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 words	amod
17	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 do	obl
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 flattery	cc
19	flattery	flattery	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 words	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 coax	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cajole	to-infinitive		someone		vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient
2	is	present			coax property	tree rules
3	persuade	infinitive		them = they		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Patient clause=Result
4	do	to-infinitive	them = they not said here	something	with soft words or flattery	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=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.

Example 1

She cajoled her brother into sharing his sweets.

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 cajoled	nsubj
2	cajoled	cajole	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 brother	nmod:poss
4	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cajoled	obj
5	into	into	SCONJ	_	6 sharing	mark
6	sharing	share	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 cajoled	advcl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sweets	nmod:poss
8	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sharing	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cajoled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cajole	past	She	her brother					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient
2	share	gerund	She not said here	his sweets					tree rules

Example 2

Don't let them cajole you into staying up late.

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	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 let	advmod
3	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 let	obj
5	cajole	cajole	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 let	xcomp
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 cajole	obj
7	into	into	SCONJ	_	8 staying	mark
8	staying	stay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 cajole	advcl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 staying	compound:prt
10	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 staying	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not let	imperative · do-support	you not said here	them = they		tree rules
2	cajole	infinitive	them = they not said here	you		vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient
3	stay up	gerund	them = they not said here		late property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

He cajoled the guard with kind words.

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 cajoled	nsubj
2	cajoled	cajole	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 guard	det
4	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cajoled	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 words	case
6	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 words	amod
7	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cajoled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cajoled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cajole	past	He	the guard				with kind words	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient

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