conceive

Who acts: I, cat, king, They · What happens: form, imagine, understand, begin, have, not conceive · To what, where: idea, feeling, roof, strong affection, great respect

«conceive» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: conceive in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To form an idea or plan in the mind; to imagine or understand.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 form	mark
2	form	form	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 imagine	advcl
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 idea	det
4	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 form	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 plan	cc
6	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 idea	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 mind	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mind	det
9	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plan	nmod
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 imagine	punct
11	to	to	PART	_	12 imagine	mark
12	imagine	imagine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 understand	cc
14	understand	understand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 imagine	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 imagine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	form	to-infinitive	a idea or plan in the mind	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location idea=Theme
2	imagine	to-infinitive		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	understand	infinitive		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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 begin to have a feeling, such as love or respect, for someone.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 begin	mark
2	begin	begin	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 have	mark
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 begin	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 feeling	det
6	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 love	punct
8	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	10 love	case
9	as	as	ADP	_	8 such	fixed
10	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feeling	appos
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 respect	cc
12	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 love	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 someone	punct
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 someone	case
15	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 have	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 begin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	to-infinitive							vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	have	to-infinitive		a feeling				for someone	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient

Example 1

I cannot conceive how the cat got on the roof.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 conceive	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 conceive	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 conceive	advmod
4	conceive	conceive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 got	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cat	det
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 got	nsubj
8	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 conceive	advcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 roof	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 roof	det
11	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 got	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 conceive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not conceive	can	I						vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	get	past	the cat			the roof			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on roof=Source

Example 2

The king conceived a strong affection for her.

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	3 conceived	nsubj
3	conceived	conceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 affection	det
5	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 affection	amod
6	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conceived	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 conceived	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 conceived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceive	past	the king	a strong affection				for her = she	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affection=Theme

Example 3

They conceived a great respect for her wisdom.

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 conceived	nsubj
2	conceived	conceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 respect	det
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 respect	amod
5	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceived	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 wisdom	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 wisdom	nmod:poss
8	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 respect	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 conceived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceive	past	They	a great respect				for her wisdom	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respect=Theme

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