endeavor

Who acts: endeavor, someone, I, He, You · What happens: be, do, try, endeavor, find, give · To what, where: something, hard task, her, slap, himself, fly

«endeavor» 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: endeavor in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To endeavor is to try hard to do something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 endeavor	mark
2	endeavor	endeavor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 try	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 try	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 try	mark
5	try	try	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 try	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 do	mark
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 try	xcomp
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 do	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 try	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						hard, try property	tree rules
2	do not said to happen	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

An endeavor is a hard task or effort that someone tries to do.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 endeavor	det
2	endeavor	endeavor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 task	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 task	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 task	det
5	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 task	amod
6	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 effort	cc
8	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 task	conj
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 tries	mark
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 tries	nsubj
11	tries	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 task	advcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 do	mark
13	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 tries	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 task	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a endeavor	a hard task or effort	tree rules
2	try	present	someone		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	someone not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

I will endeavor to find her.

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	3 endeavor	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 endeavor	aux
3	endeavor	endeavor	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 find	mark
5	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 endeavor	xcomp
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 find	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 endeavor	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	endeavor	future	I						tree rules
2	find	to-infinitive	I not said here	her = she					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic

Example 2

He gave himself a slap, endeavoring to destroy the fly.

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 gave	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 slap	det
5	slap	slap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 endeavoring	punct
7	endeavoring	endeavor	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 gave	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 destroy	mark
9	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 endeavoring	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fly	det
11	fly	fly	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 destroy	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	give	past	He	a slap	himself = he	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient slap=Theme
2	endeavor	gerund	He not said here			tree rules
3	destroy	to-infinitive	He not said here	the fly		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Patient

Example 3

You must endeavor to find your way home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 endeavor	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 endeavor	aux
3	endeavor	endeavor	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 find	mark
5	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 endeavor	xcomp
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 way	nmod:poss
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	obj
8	home	home	ADV	_	5 find	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 endeavor	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	endeavor	must	You						tree rules
2	find	to-infinitive	You not said here	your way				home property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic

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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