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dissuade

Who acts: I, Nothing, warning signs, Mum, teacher, Rain · What happens: persuade, not do, talk, try, dissuade, jump · To what, where: someone, something, plan, brother, cold lake, her

«dissuade» 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: dissuade in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To persuade someone not to do something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 persuade	mark
2	persuade	persuade	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 do	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 persuade	obj
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 do	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 do	mark
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 do	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	persuade	to-infinitive		someone					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient
2	not do	to-infinitive		something					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality

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 talk someone out of a plan or idea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 talk	mark
2	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 talk	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	7 plan	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 plan	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 plan	det
7	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 talk	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 idea	cc
9	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 plan	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 talk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	to-infinitive		someone		a plan or idea			vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent someone=Patient

Example 1

I tried to dissuade my brother from jumping into the cold lake.

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	2 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 dissuade	mark
4	dissuade	dissuade	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tried	xcomp
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 brother	nmod:poss
6	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dissuade	obj
7	from	from	SCONJ	_	8 jumping	mark
8	jumping	jump	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 dissuade	advcl
9	into	into	ADP	_	12 lake	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lake	det
11	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 lake	amod
12	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 jumping	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	I						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	dissuade not said to happen	to-infinitive	I not said here		my brother				vn discourage-64.5 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: agent=Causer brother=Beneficiary
3	jump	gerund	I not said here					into the cold lake result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into lake=Result

Example 2

Nothing could dissuade her from entering the race.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 dissuade	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 dissuade	aux
3	dissuade	dissuade	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 dissuade	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 entering	mark
6	entering	enter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 dissuade	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 race	det
8	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 entering	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dissuade	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissuade	could	Nothing		her = she				vn discourage-64.5 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: agent=Causer she=Beneficiary
2	enter	gerund	Nothing not said here	the race					vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme race=Destination

Example 3

The warning signs dissuade people from climbing the cliffs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 signs	det
2	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 signs	compound
3	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dissuade	nsubj
4	dissuade	dissuade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dissuade	obj
6	from	from	SCONJ	_	7 climbing	mark
7	climbing	climb	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 dissuade	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cliffs	det
9	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 climbing	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 dissuade	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissuade	present	the warning signs		people				vn discourage-64.5 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: agent=Causer people=Beneficiary
2	climb	gerund	the warning signs not said here	the cliffs					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location cliff=Theme

Example 4

Mum dissuaded me from cutting my own fringe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dissuaded	nsubj
2	dissuaded	dissuade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 dissuaded	obj
4	from	from	SCONJ	_	5 cutting	mark
5	cutting	cut	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 dissuaded	advcl
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 fringe	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fringe	amod
8	fringe	fringe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cutting	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dissuaded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissuade	past	Mum		me				vn discourage-64.5 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: agent=Causer i=Beneficiary
2	cut	gerund	Mum not said here	my own fringe					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fringe=Product

Example 5

The teacher dissuaded him from giving up.

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 dissuaded	nsubj
3	dissuaded	dissuade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 dissuaded	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 giving	mark
6	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 dissuaded	advcl
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 giving	compound:prt
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dissuaded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissuade	past	the teacher		him = he				vn discourage-64.5 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary
2	give up	gerund	the teacher not said here						vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 6

Rain did not dissuade the fans from coming.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dissuade	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dissuade	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 dissuade	advmod
4	dissuade	dissuade	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fans	det
6	fans	fan	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dissuade	obj
7	from	from	SCONJ	_	8 coming	mark
8	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 dissuade	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 dissuade	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not dissuade	past · do-support	Rain	the fans					vn discourage-64.5 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: agent=Causer fan=Beneficiary
2	come	gerund	Rain not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 7

My eldest brother and I did all we could to dissuade him, but it was of no use.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 brother	nmod:poss
2	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 brother	amod
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dissuade	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 I	cc
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 brother	conj
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 dissuade	aux
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 dissuade	nsubj:outer
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 could	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 dissuade	aux
10	to	to	PART	_	11 dissuade	mark
11	dissuade	dissuade	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 dissuade	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 use	punct
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	19 use	cc
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 use	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 use	cop
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 use	case
18	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	19 use	det
19	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dissuade	advcl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 dissuade	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissuade	could · past · do-support	My eldest brother		him = he				vn discourage-64.5 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary
2	is	past	it					of no use	tree rules

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