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compel

Who acts: someone, law, Rain, He, one, storm · What happens: force, do, compel, cause, wear, cancel · To what, where: someone, something, strong pressure, strong feeling, attention, drivers · Speech: someone speaks here

«compel» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: compel in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To force someone to do something, by law, rules or strong pressure (be compelled to).

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 force	mark
2	force	force	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 force	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 do	mark
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 force	xcomp
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 do	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 law	punct
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 law	case
9	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 something	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 rules	punct
11	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 something	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 pressure	cc
13	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 pressure	amod
14	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rules	conj
15	(	(	PUNCT	_	17 compelled	punct
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 compelled	aux:pass
17	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 pressure	acl
18	to	to	ADP	_	17 compelled	obl
19	)	)	PUNCT	_	17 compelled	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 force	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	force	to-infinitive		someone					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient clause=Topic
2	do	to-infinitive	someone not said here	something				by law	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
3	compel	infinitive · passive		strong pressure not said here					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»

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

To cause a strong feeling or reaction (compel attention).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cause	mark
2	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 feeling	det
4	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feeling	amod
5	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cause	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 reaction	cc
7	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feeling	conj
8	(	(	PUNCT	_	9 compel	punct
9	compel	compel	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 cause	parataxis
10	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 compel	obj
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	9 compel	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cause	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	to-infinitive		a strong feeling or reaction					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition feeling=Patient
2	compel	infinitive		attention					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Patient

Example 1

The law compels drivers to wear seatbelts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 law	det
2	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 compels	nsubj
3	compels	compel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 compels	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 wear	mark
6	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 compels	xcomp
7	seatbelts	seatbelt	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wear	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 compels	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compel	present	the law	drivers					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent driver=Patient clause=Result
2	wear	to-infinitive	the law not said here	seatbelts					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent seatbelt=Source

Example 2

Rain compelled us to cancel the picnic.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 compelled	nsubj
2	compelled	compel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 compelled	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 cancel	mark
5	cancel	cancel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 compelled	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 picnic	det
7	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cancel	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 compelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compel	past	Rain	us					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Patient
2	cancel	to-infinitive	Rain not said here	the picnic					tree rules

Example 3

He felt compelled to tell the truth.

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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 felt	xcomp
4	to	to	PART	_	5 tell	mark
5	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 compelled	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 truth	det
7	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tell	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	He						vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	compel	participle	He not said here						vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result
3	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	He not said here	the truth					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient

Example 4

No one can compel you to say something untrue.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 compel	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 compel	aux
4	compel	compel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 compel	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 say	mark
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 compel	advcl
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 say	obj
9	untrue	untrue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 something	amod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 compel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compel	can	no one	you					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	no one not said here	something					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic

Example 5

The storm compelled the ship to return.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 compelled	nsubj
3	compelled	compel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ship	det
5	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 compelled	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 return	mark
7	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 ship	acl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 compelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compel	past	the storm	the ship					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Patient
2	return	to-infinitive	the storm not said here	the ship not said here					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

It was a compelling book I couldn't put down.

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	5 book	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 book	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 book	det
4	compelling	compelling	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 book	amod
5	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 put	nsubj
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 put	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 put	advmod
9	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 book	acl:relcl
10	down	down	ADP	_	9 put	compound:prt
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 book	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a compelling book					tree rules
2	not put down	could	I	a compelling book not said here					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent book=Goal

Example 7

But it was no use; something stronger than himself compelled him to keep them there.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	5 use	cc
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 use	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 use	cop
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 use	det
5	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 stronger	punct
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 stronger	obl:unmarked
8	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 use	parataxis
9	than	than	SCONJ	_	11 compelled	mark
10	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 compelled	nsubj
11	compelled	compel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 stronger	advcl
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 compelled	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 keep	mark
14	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 compelled	advcl
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 keep	obj
16	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 keep	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	no use					tree rules
2	compel	past	himself = he	him = he					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	keep	to-infinitive	himself = he not said here	them = they		there			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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