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elicit

Who acts: you, trick, clown, question, teacher, police · What happens: get, answer, ask, do, elicit, trick · To what, where: reaction, information, someone, questions, something, laughter · Speech: someone speaks here

«elicit» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: elicit in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To get a reaction, answer or information from someone, often by asking questions or doing something.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 get	mark
2	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 answer	csubj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 reaction	det
4	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 answer	punct
6	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 information	cc
8	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 answer	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 someone	case
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 answer	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 asking	punct
12	often	often	ADV	_	14 asking	advmod
13	by	by	SCONJ	_	14 asking	mark
14	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 answer	advcl
15	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 asking	obj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 doing	cc
17	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 asking	conj
18	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	17 doing	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	to-infinitive		a reaction					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reaction=Stimulus
2	answer speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	information		someone			vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent information=Eventuality
3	ask speech: ask	gerund	you not said here	questions				often property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient
4	do	gerund	you not said here	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.

Example 1

The clown's trick elicited laughter from the children.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 clown	det
2	clown	clown	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 trick	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 clown	case
4	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 elicited	nsubj
5	elicited	elicit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 elicited	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 children	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 children	det
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 elicited	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 elicited	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elicit	past	the clown's trick	laughter				from the children	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition laughter=Patient
2	trick		the clown						nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

The teacher's question elicited many good answers.

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	4 question	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 teacher	case
4	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 elicited	nsubj
5	elicited	elicit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 answers	amod
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 answers	amod
8	answers	answer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 elicited	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 elicited	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elicit	past	the teacher's question	many good answers					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition answer=Patient
2	question		the teacher						nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The police tried to elicit information from the witness.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 police	det
2	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tried	nsubj
3	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 elicit	mark
5	elicit	elicit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 tried	xcomp
6	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 elicit	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 witness	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 witness	det
9	witness	witness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 elicit	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	the police						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	elicit not said to happen	to-infinitive	the police not said here	information		the witness			vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition information=Patient

Example 4

His sad story elicited sympathy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 story	nmod:poss
2	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 story	amod
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	elicited	elicit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 sympathy	amod
5	sympathy	sympathy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 story	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 story	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elicit	participle							vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition

Example 5

A loud noise elicits a jump from most people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 noise	det
2	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 noise	amod
3	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 elicits	nsubj
4	elicits	elicit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 jump	det
6	jump	jump	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 elicits	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 people	case
8	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 people	amod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 jump	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 elicits	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elicit	present	a loud noise	a jump				from most people	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition jump=Patient

Example 6

Her joke failed to elicit even a smile.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 joke	nmod:poss
2	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 failed	nsubj
3	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 elicit	mark
5	elicit	elicit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 failed	xcomp
6	even	even	ADV	_	8 smile	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 smile	det
8	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 elicit	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 failed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fail	past	Her joke						vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	not elicit	to-infinitive	Her joke not said here	a smile					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition
3	joke		Her = she						nom joke «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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