concoct

Who acts: witch, Iktomi, They, silly excuse · What happens: mix, make, invent, concoct, trick, be · To what, where: ingredients, drink, plan, potion, pot, clever plot

«concoct» 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: concoct in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To mix ingredients together to make a drink, potion or dish, often a strange one.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 mix	mark
2	mix	mix	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ingredients	ingredient	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 mix	obj
4	together	together	ADV	_	2 mix	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 mix	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 drink	det
8	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 potion	punct
10	potion	potion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drink	conj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 dish	cc
12	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drink	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 one	punct
14	often	often	ADV	_	17 one	advmod
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 one	det
16	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 one	amod
17	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drink	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 mix	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mix	to-infinitive		ingredients				together property	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ingredient=Patient
2	make	to-infinitive		a drink and potion or dish and a strange one					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset drink=Product

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 invent a plan, story or excuse, often a false one.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 invent	mark
2	invent	invent	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 plan	det
4	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 invent	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 story	punct
6	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plan	appos
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 excuse	cc
8	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plan	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 one	punct
10	often	often	ADV	_	13 one	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 one	det
12	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 one	amod
13	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plan	appos
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 invent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	to-infinitive		a plan or excuse					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Result

Example 1

The witch concocted a potion in her pot.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 witch	det
2	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 concocted	nsubj
3	concocted	concoct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 potion	det
5	potion	potion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 concocted	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 pot	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 pot	nmod:poss
8	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 concocted	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 concocted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concoct	past	the witch	a potion		witch's pot			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potion=Result

Example 2

Iktomi concocted a clever plot to trick the animals.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 concocted	nsubj
2	concocted	concoct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 plot	det
4	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 plot	amod
5	plot	plot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concocted	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 trick	mark
7	trick	trick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 plot	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 animals	det
9	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 trick	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 concocted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concoct	past	Iktomi	a clever plot					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plot=Result
2	trick	to-infinitive	Iktomi not said here	the animals					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient

Example 3

They concocted a silly excuse for being late.

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 concocted	nsubj
2	concocted	concoct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 excuse	det
4	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 excuse	amod
5	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concocted	obj
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 late	mark
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 late	cop
8	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 excuse	acl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 concocted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concoct	past	They	a silly excuse					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent excuse=Result
2	is	gerund	a silly excuse not said here					late property	tree rules

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