cede

Who acts: you, country, China, king, team, landowner · What happens: give up, have, give away, cede, not cede · To what, where: land, someone, point, possession, Hong Island, Britain

«cede» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: cede in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To give up land, power or rights to someone else, often because you have to, for example after a war or a deal.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 give	mark
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 give	compound:prt
4	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 power	punct
6	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 land	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 rights	cc
8	rights	right	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 land	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 someone	case
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 give	obl
11	else	else	ADV	_	10 someone	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 have	punct
13	often	often	ADV	_	16 have	advmod
14	because	because	SCONJ	_	16 have	mark
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 have	nsubj
16	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 give	parataxis
17	to	to	PART	_	16 have	xcomp
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 example	punct
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 example	case
20	example	example	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obl
21	after	after	ADP	_	23 war	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 war	det
23	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obl
24	or	or	CCONJ	_	26 deal	cc
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 deal	det
26	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 war	conj
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give up	to-infinitive		land and power or rights	someone		after a war or a deal	for example	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent land=Theme to someone=Recipient
2	have	present	you					often property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: 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.

Meaning 2

Usage: formal, sport — kept apart, not parsed.

To give away a point or advantage, as in «cede possession».

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 give	mark
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 give	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 point	det
5	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 advantage	cc
7	advantage	advantage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 point	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cede	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 cede	mark
10	in	in	ADP	_	9 as	fixed
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 cede	punct
12	cede	cede	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 give	conj
13	possession	possession	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cede	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 cede	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give away	to-infinitive		a point or advantage				away property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent point=Theme
2	cede in a quote	infinitive		possession					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent possession=Theme

Example 1

The country had to cede land after the war.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 country	det
2	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 cede	mark
5	cede	cede	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 had	xcomp
6	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cede	obj
7	after	after	ADP	_	9 war	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 war	det
9	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cede	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the country						tree rules
2	cede	to-infinitive	the country not said here	land			after the war		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent land=Theme

Example 2

In 1842, China ceded Hong Kong Island to Britain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 1842	case
2	1842	1842	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 ceded	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 1842	punct
4	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 ceded	nsubj
5	ceded	cede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Hong	Hong	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Island	compound
7	Kong	Kong	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Hong	flat
8	Island	Island	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 ceded	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 Britain	case
10	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 ceded	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 ceded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cede	past	China	Hong Island	Britain	1842			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent island=Theme to britain=Goal

Example 3

The king would not cede any power to the nobles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cede	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 cede	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 cede	advmod
5	cede	cede	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 power	det
7	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cede	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 nobles	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 nobles	det
10	nobles	noble	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cede	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 cede	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not cede	would	the king	any power				to the nobles goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent power=Theme to noble=Goal

Example 4

The team ceded the ball too easily.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 team	det
2	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceded	nsubj
3	ceded	cede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ball	det
5	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceded	obj
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 easily	advmod
7	easily	easily	ADV	_	3 ceded	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ceded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cede	past	the team	the ball				easily property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent ball=Theme

Example 5

The landowner ceded part of his field for a road.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 landowner	det
2	landowner	landowner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceded	nsubj
3	ceded	cede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceded	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 field	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 field	nmod:poss
7	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 part	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 road	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 road	det
10	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceded	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ceded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cede	past	the landowner	part of landowner's field				for a road goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent part=Theme for road=Goal

Example 6

Spain ceded Florida to the United States in 1819.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ceded	nsubj
2	ceded	cede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Florida	Florida	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ceded	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 States	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 States	det
6	United	United	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 States	amod
7	States	State	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 ceded	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 1819	case
9	1819	1819	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 ceded	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ceded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cede	past	Spain	Florida	the United States	1819			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent florida=Theme to state=Goal

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