defeat Who acts: defeat, problem, we, last question, team, It · What happens: defeat, mean, win, vote, be, stop · To what, where: loss, something, it, problem, defeat, visiting team · Speech: someone speaks here
«defeat» in the school dictionary: its 5 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: defeat in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To defeat means to win against someone in a game, fight, war or vote.
The tree, 14 words mark csubj mark xcomp case obl case det nmod punct conj punct conj cc conj punct root To PART defeat VERB means VERB to PART win VERB against ADP someone PRON in ADP a DET game NOUN , PUNCT fight NOUN , PUNCT war NOUN or CCONJ vote VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 defeat mark 2 defeat defeat VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means csubj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 win mark 5 win win VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means xcomp 6 against against ADP _ 7 someone case 7 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 5 win obl 8 in in ADP _ 10 game case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 game det 10 game game NOUN Number=Sing 7 someone nmod 11 , , PUNCT _ 12 fight punct 12 fight fight NOUN Number=Sing 7 someone conj 13 , , PUNCT _ 14 war punct 14 war war NOUN Number=Sing 7 someone conj 15 or or CCONJ _ 16 vote cc 16 vote vote VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 win conj 17 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
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1 defeat to-infinitive tree rules 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 win not said to happen to-infinitive against someone vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 vote infinitive vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
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.
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:
"we defeated the visiting team".
punct nsubj det compound obj punct punct root " PUNCT we PRON defeated VERB the DET visiting NOUN team NOUN " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 3 defeated punct 2 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 defeated nsubj 3 defeated defeat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 team det 5 visiting visiting NOUN Number=Sing 6 team compound 6 team team NOUN Number=Sing 3 defeated obj 7 " " PUNCT _ 3 defeated punct 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 defeated punct
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1 defeat in a quote past we the visiting team tree rules
Meaning 2 Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.
A defeat is a loss, the failure to win.
det nsubj cop det punct det appos mark acl punct root A DET defeat NOUN is AUX a DET loss NOUN , PUNCT the DET failure NOUN to PART win VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 defeat det 2 defeat defeat NOUN Number=Sing 5 loss nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 loss cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 loss det 5 loss loss NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 failure punct 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 failure det 8 failure failure NOUN Number=Sing 5 loss appos 9 to to PART _ 10 win mark 10 win win VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 failure acl 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 loss punct
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1 is a present a defeat a loss tree rules 2 win to-infinitive a defeat not said here vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:
"a 3–0 defeat".
punct det nummod case nmod punct punct root " PUNCT a DET 3 NUM – SYM 0 NUM defeat NOUN " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 6 defeat punct 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 defeat det 3 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 defeat nummod 4 – – SYM ExtPos=ADP 5 0 case 5 0 0 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 3 nmod 6 defeat defeat NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 " " PUNCT _ 6 defeat punct 8 . . PUNCT _ 6 defeat punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 3 To defeat something can mean to stop it from working or succeeding.
mark csubj obj aux mark xcomp obj mark advcl cc conj punct root To PART defeat VERB something PRON can AUX mean VERB to PART stop VERB it PRON from SCONJ working VERB or CCONJ succeeding VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 defeat mark 2 defeat defeat VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 mean csubj 3 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 defeat obj 4 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 mean aux 5 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 to to PART _ 7 stop mark 7 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 mean xcomp 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 stop obj 9 from from SCONJ _ 10 working mark 10 working work VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 stop advcl 11 or or CCONJ _ 12 succeeding cc 12 succeeding succeed VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 10 working conj 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 mean punct
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1 defeat to-infinitive something tree rules 2 mean can vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 stop not said to happen to-infinitive it vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality 4 work gerund vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 5 succeed gerund vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:
"defeating the purpose".
punct det obj punct punct root " PUNCT defeating VERB the DET purpose NOUN " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 2 defeating punct 2 defeating defeat VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 purpose det 4 purpose purpose NOUN Number=Sing 2 defeating obj 5 " " PUNCT _ 2 defeating punct 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 defeating punct
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1 defeat in a quote gerund the purpose tree rules
Meaning 4 To be defeated by a problem means to fail to solve it.
mark aux:pass advcl case det obl mark xcomp mark xcomp obj punct root To PART be AUX defeated VERB by ADP a DET problem NOUN means VERB to PART fail VERB to PART solve VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 3 defeated mark 2 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 3 defeated aux:pass 3 defeated defeat VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 means advcl 4 by by ADP _ 6 problem case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 problem det 6 problem problem NOUN Number=Sing 3 defeated obl 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 to to PART _ 9 fail mark 9 fail fail VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 means xcomp 10 to to PART _ 11 solve mark 11 solve solve VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 fail xcomp 12 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 solve obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 7 means punct
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1 defeat to-infinitive · passive a problem tree rules 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 fail not said to happen to-infinitive vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 4 solve not said to happen to-infinitive problem vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:
"the last question defeated me".
punct det amod nsubj obj punct punct root " PUNCT the DET last ADJ question NOUN defeated VERB me PRON " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 5 defeated punct 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 question det 3 last last ADJ Degree=Pos 4 question amod 4 question question NOUN Number=Sing 5 defeated nsubj 5 defeated defeat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 defeated obj 7 " " PUNCT _ 5 defeated punct 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 defeated punct
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1 defeat in a quote past the last question me tree rules
Meaning 5 To admit defeat means to give up.
mark csubj obj mark xcomp compound:prt punct root To PART admit VERB defeat NOUN means VERB to PART give VERB up ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 admit mark 2 admit admit VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 means csubj 3 defeat defeat NOUN Number=Sing 2 admit obj 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 to to PART _ 6 give mark 6 give give VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 means xcomp 7 up up ADP _ 6 give compound:prt 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 means punct
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1 admit speech: other to-infinitive defeat vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent defeat=Theme 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 give up not said to happen to-infinitive vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1 Our team defeated the champions 2–1.
nmod:poss nsubj det obj flat case nmod punct root Our PRON team NOUN defeated VERB the DET champions NOUN 2 NUM – SYM 1 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 team nmod:poss 2 team team NOUN Number=Sing 3 defeated nsubj 3 defeated defeat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 champions det 5 champions champion NOUN Number=Plur 3 defeated obj 6 2 2 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 champions flat 7 – – SYM ExtPos=ADP 8 1 case 8 1 1 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 2 nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 defeated punct
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1 defeat past Our team the champions tree rules
Example 2 It was their first defeat of the season.
nsubj cop nmod:poss amod case det nmod punct root It PRON was AUX their PRON first ADJ defeat NOUN of ADP the DET season NOUN . PUNCT 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 defeat nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 defeat cop 3 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 defeat nmod:poss 4 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 5 defeat amod 5 defeat defeat NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 8 season case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 season det 8 season season NOUN Number=Sing 5 defeat nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 defeat punct
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1 is a past It their first defeat season tree rules
Example 3 The knight defeated the dragon.
det nsubj det obj punct root The DET knight NOUN defeated VERB the DET dragon NOUN . PUNCT 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 defeated nsubj 3 defeated defeat 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 defeated obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 defeated punct
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1 defeat past the knight the dragon tree rules
Example 4 Won 8, drawn 2, defeats 3: the team played 13 games.
The tree, 11 words obj punct advcl obj punct conj obj punct det nsubj conj nummod obj punct root Won VERB 8 NUM , PUNCT drawn VERB 2 NUM , PUNCT defeats VERB 3 NUM : PUNCT the DET team NOUN played VERB 13 NUM games NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Won win VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 2 8 8 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 1 Won obj 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 drawn punct 4 drawn draw VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Won advcl 5 2 2 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 drawn obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 defeats punct 7 defeats defeat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Won conj 8 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 defeats obj 9 : : PUNCT _ 12 played punct 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 team det 11 team team NOUN Number=Sing 12 played nsubj 12 played play VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Won conj 13 13 13 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 14 games nummod 14 games game NOUN Number=Plur 12 played obj 15 . . PUNCT _ 1 Won punct
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1 win past 8 vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 8=Eventuality 2 draw participle 2 vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2=Theme 3 defeat present 3 tree rules 4 play past the team 13 games vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme
Example 5 The last puzzle defeated everyone in the class.
det amod nsubj obj case det obl punct root The DET last ADJ puzzle NOUN defeated VERB everyone PRON in ADP the DET class NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 puzzle det 2 last last ADJ Degree=Pos 3 puzzle amod 3 puzzle puzzle NOUN Number=Sing 4 defeated nsubj 4 defeated defeat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 4 defeated obj 6 in in ADP _ 8 class case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 class det 8 class class NOUN Number=Sing 4 defeated obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 defeated punct
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1 defeat past the last puzzle everyone the class tree rules
Example 6 I couldn't open the jar, so I admitted defeat.
nsubj aux advmod det obj punct advmod nsubj parataxis obj punct root I PRON could AUX n't PART open VERB the DET jar NOUN , PUNCT so ADV I PRON admitted VERB defeat NOUN . PUNCT 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 open nsubj 2 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 open aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 open advmod 4 open open VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 jar det 6 jar jar NOUN Number=Sing 4 open obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 admitted punct 8 so so ADV _ 10 admitted advmod 9 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 10 admitted nsubj 10 admitted admit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 open parataxis 11 defeat defeat NOUN Number=Sing 10 admitted obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 open punct
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1 not open could I the jar vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location jar=Theme 2 admit speech: other past I defeat vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent defeat=Theme
Example 7 Leaving the fridge open defeats the purpose of having one.
csubj det obj xcomp det obj mark acl obj punct root Leaving VERB the DET fridge NOUN open ADJ defeats VERB the DET purpose NOUN of SCONJ having VERB one NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Leaving leave VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 defeats csubj 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 fridge det 3 fridge fridge NOUN Number=Sing 1 Leaving obj 4 open open ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Leaving xcomp 5 defeats defeat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 purpose det 7 purpose purpose NOUN Number=Sing 5 defeats obj 8 of of SCONJ _ 9 having mark 9 having have VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 purpose acl 10 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 9 having obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 defeats punct
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1 leave gerund the fridge open property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fridge=Theme 2 defeat present Leaving the purpose tree rules 3 have gerund the purpose not said here one vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient
Example 8 He made war with all his neighbours, and defeated them.
nsubj obj case det:predet nmod:poss obl punct cc conj obj punct root He PRON made VERB war NOUN with ADP all DET his PRON neighbours NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ defeated VERB them PRON . PUNCT 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 made nsubj 2 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 war war NOUN Number=Sing 2 made obj 4 with with ADP _ 7 neighbours case 5 all all DET PronType=Tot 7 neighbours det:predet 6 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 neighbours nmod:poss 7 neighbours neighbour NOUN Number=Plur 2 made obl 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 defeated punct 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 defeated cc 10 defeated defeat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 made conj 11 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 defeated obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 made punct
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1 make past He war with his neighbours vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Product 2 defeat past He not said here neighbours = neighbour tree rules
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