coaxing

Who acts: someone, lot, kitten, She, Rat, It · What happens: persuade, do, be, coax, get, work · To what, where: someone, something, coaxing voice, fire, sofa, Mole · Speech: someone speaks here

«coaxing» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: coaxing in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Gently persuading someone to do something by being kind, patient and pleasant.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gently	gently	ADV	_	2 persuading	advmod
2	persuading	persuade	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 persuading	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 do	mark
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 persuading	xcomp
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 do	obj
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	9 kind	mark
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 kind	cop
9	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 do	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 patient	punct
11	patient	patient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 kind	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 pleasant	cc
13	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 kind	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 persuading	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	persuade	gerund		someone	gently property	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent someone=Patient clause=Result
2	do	to-infinitive	someone not said here	something		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
3	is	gerund	someone not said here		kind property	tree rules
4	be		someone not said here			tree rules
5	be		someone not said here			tree rules

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: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

Gentle and persuading: «a coaxing voice».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 persuading	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 persuading	cc
3	persuading	persuade	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 persuading	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 voice	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 voice	det
7	coaxing	coax	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 voice	amod
8	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 persuading	obl
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 voice	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 persuading	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	persuade	gerund		a coaxing voice					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	coax in a quote	gerund							vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Meaning 3

Getting something to work or move by careful, gentle handling: «coaxing a fire to light».

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
2	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Getting	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 work	mark
4	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 something	acl
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 move	cc
6	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 work	conj
7	by	by	ADP	_	11 handling	case
8	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 handling	amod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 careful	punct
10	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 handling	amod
11	handling	handling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 move	obl
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Getting	punct
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 coaxing	punct
14	coaxing	coax	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Getting	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 fire	det
16	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 coaxing	obj
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 light	case
18	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 coaxing	obl
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 coaxing	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Getting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get	gerund	something		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus
2	work	to-infinitive	something not said here		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	move	infinitive		by careful gentle handling	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by handling=Trajectory
4	coax in a quote	gerund	a fire	to light result	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent fire=Patient to light=Result

Example 1

After a lot of coaxing, the kitten came out from under the sofa.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 lot	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lot	det
3	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 came	obl
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 coaxing	mark
5	coaxing	coax	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 lot	acl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 lot	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kitten	det
8	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 came	nsubj
9	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	out	out	ADV	_	9 came	advmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	14 sofa	case
12	under	under	ADP	_	14 sofa	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sofa	det
14	sofa	sofa	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 came	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	coax	gerund	a lot not said here						vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	come out	past	the kitten			the sofa	after a lot	out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

Example 2

She spoke in a coaxing voice.

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 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 voice	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 voice	det
5	coaxing	coax	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 voice	amod
6	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spoke	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	She			a coaxing voice			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	coax	gerund							vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The Rat was coaxing the Mole to tell his trouble.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 coaxing	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 coaxing	aux
4	coaxing	coax	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Mole	det
6	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 coaxing	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 tell	mark
8	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 coaxing	advcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 trouble	nmod:poss
10	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 coaxing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	coax	past · progressive	the Rat	the Mole	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Patient
2	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	the Rat not said here	Rat's trouble	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent trouble=Recipient
3	trouble		Rat		nom trouble «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

It took some coaxing to get my brother into the cold sea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 coaxing	nsubj
4	coaxing	coax	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 took	xcomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 get	mark
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 coaxing	xcomp
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 brother	nmod:poss
8	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obj
9	into	into	ADP	_	12 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sea	det
11	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sea	amod
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	take	past	It			vn require-103 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
2	coax	gerund	some			tree rules
3	get	to-infinitive	some not said here	my brother	the cold sea	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus

Example 5

Dad was coaxing the old car to start.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 coaxing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 coaxing	aux
3	coaxing	coax	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 car	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 car	amod
6	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 coaxing	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 start	mark
8	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 coaxing	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 coaxing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	coax	past · progressive	Dad	the old car					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Patient
2	start	to-infinitive	Dad not said here						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Example 6

With gentle coaxing, the shy pupil read her poem aloud.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	3 coaxing	case
2	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 coaxing	amod
3	coaxing	coaxing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 read	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 coaxing	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pupil	det
6	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pupil	amod
7	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 read	nsubj
8	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 poem	nmod:poss
10	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 read	obj
11	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	8 read	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	past	the shy pupil	pupil's poem				with gentle coaxing; aloud property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Topic

Example 7

The Mouse did not need much coaxing, for he was very anxious to see the world and everything in it.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mouse	det
2	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 need	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 need	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 need	advmod
5	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	much	much	ADV	_	7 coaxing	advmod
7	coaxing	coax	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 need	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 anxious	punct
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	13 anxious	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 anxious	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 anxious	cop
12	very	very	ADV	_	13 anxious	advmod
13	anxious	anxious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 need	parataxis
14	to	to	PART	_	15 see	mark
15	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 anxious	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 world	det
17	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 see	obj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 everything	cc
19	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	17 world	conj
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 it	case
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 everything	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not need	past · do-support	the Mouse			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	coax not said to happen	gerund	the Mouse not said here			vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	Mouse		anxious property	tree rules
4	see	to-infinitive	Mouse not said here	the world		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer world=Stimulus

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coaxing/