confront

Who acts: problem, you, She, knight, your, teacher · What happens: confront, be, argue, talk, avoid, have · To what, where: someone, problem, danger, you, brother, dragon · Speech: someone speaks here

«confront» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: confront in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To confront someone is to face them, often to argue or talk about a problem.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 confront	mark
2	confront	confront	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 face	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 confront	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 face	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 face	mark
6	face	face	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 face	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 argue	punct
9	often	often	ADV	_	11 argue	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 argue	mark
11	argue	argue	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 face	parataxis
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 talk	cc
13	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	11 argue	conj
14	about	about	ADP	_	16 problem	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 problem	det
16	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 talk	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 face	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	confront	to-infinitive	someone		vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
2	is	present		face property	tree rules
3	argue speech: disagree	to-infinitive		often property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	talk	infinitive		about a problem	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about problem=Topic

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 confront a problem or danger is to deal with it instead of avoiding it.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 confront	mark
2	confront	confront	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 deal	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 problem	det
4	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confront	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 danger	cc
6	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 problem	conj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 deal	cop
8	to	to	PART	_	9 deal	mark
9	deal	deal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 deal	obl
12	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	14 avoiding	mark
13	of	of	ADP	_	12 instead	fixed
14	avoiding	avoid	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 deal	advcl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 avoiding	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 deal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	confront	to-infinitive	a problem or danger		vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Theme
2	is	present		with danger; deal property	tree rules
3	avoid	gerund	danger		vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location

Meaning 3

If a problem confronts you, you have to face it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	4 confronts	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 problem	det
3	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confronts	nsubj
4	confronts	confront	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 have	advcl
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 confronts	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 confronts	punct
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 have	nsubj
8	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 face	mark
10	face	face	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 have	xcomp
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 face	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	confront a condition, not said to happen	present	a problem	you	vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
2	have	present	you		tree rules
3	face	to-infinitive	you not said here	problem	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination

Example 1

She confronted her brother about the missing chocolate.

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 confronted	nsubj
2	confronted	confront	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 brother	nmod:poss
4	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confronted	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	8 chocolate	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chocolate	det
7	missing	missing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 chocolate	amod
8	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confronted	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 confronted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confront	past	She	her brother				about the missing chocolate	vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme

Example 2

The knight confronted the dragon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 knight	det
2	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confronted	nsubj
3	confronted	confront	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dragon	det
5	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confronted	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 confronted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confront	past	the knight	the dragon					vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Theme

Example 3

You have to confront your fears to beat them.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 confront	mark
4	confront	confront	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 have	xcomp
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 fears	nmod:poss
6	fears	fear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 confront	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 beat	mark
8	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 confront	advcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 beat	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	present	You		tree rules
2	confront	to-infinitive	You not said here	your fears	vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Theme
3	beat	to-infinitive	You not said here	fears = fear	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme
4	fear		your		nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

We were confronted with a huge pile of homework.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 confronted	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 confronted	aux:pass
3	confronted	confront	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 pile	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pile	det
6	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pile	amod
7	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confronted	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 homework	case
9	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pile	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 confronted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confront	past · passive		We				with a huge pile of homework	vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Theme with pile=Instrument

Example 5

The teacher confronted the problem of bullying.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confronted	nsubj
3	confronted	confront	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 problem	det
5	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confronted	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 bullying	case
7	bullying	bullying	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 problem	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 confronted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confront	past	the teacher	the problem of bullying					vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Theme

Example 6

Don't confront a burglar — call the police.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 confront	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 confront	advmod
3	confront	confront	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 burglar	det
5	burglar	burglar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confront	obj
6	—	-	PUNCT	_	7 call	punct
7	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 confront	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 police	det
9	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 call	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 confront	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not confront	imperative · do-support	you not said here	a burglar					vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burglar=Theme
2	call	infinitive	you not said here	the police					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent police=Recipient

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