enforce

Who acts: people, something, police, referee, Lifeguards, court · What happens: make, obey, happen, enforce, be · To what, where: law, something, speed limit, schools, offside rule, phone rule

«enforce» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: enforce in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To make sure that people obey a law or rule.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 make	xcomp
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 obey	mark
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 obey	nsubj
6	obey	obey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sure	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 law	det
8	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obey	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 rule	cc
10	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 law	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive						sure property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	obey	present	people	a law or rule					vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Theme

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 make something happen by force or strong pressure: «enforced silence».

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 make	obj
4	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 make	xcomp
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 force	case
6	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 happen	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 pressure	cc
8	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 pressure	amod
9	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 force	conj
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 silence	punct
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 silence	punct
12	enforced	enforce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 silence	amod
13	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 force	appos
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 silence	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		something		tree rules
2	happen	infinitive	something not said here		by force or strong pressure	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by force=Location
3	enforce in a quote	participle				vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The police enforce the speed limit near schools.

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 enforce	nsubj
3	enforce	enforce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 limit	det
5	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 limit	compound
6	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 enforce	obj
7	near	near	ADP	_	8 schools	case
8	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 limit	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 enforce	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enforce	present	the police	the speed limit		schools			vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent limit=Theme

Example 2

The referee enforced the offside rule.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 referee	det
2	referee	referee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 enforced	nsubj
3	enforced	enforce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rule	det
5	offside	offside	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rule	amod
6	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 enforced	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 enforced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enforce	past	the referee	the offside rule					vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme

Example 3

The no-phone rule will be strictly enforced.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rule	det
2	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 phone	det
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 no	punct
4	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rule	compound
5	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 enforced	nsubj:pass
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 enforced	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 enforced	aux:pass
8	strictly	strictly	ADV	_	9 enforced	advmod
9	enforced	enforce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 enforced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enforce	future · passive		the phone rule				strictly property	vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 4

Lifeguards enforce the "no running" rule at the pool.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lifeguards	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 enforce	nsubj
2	enforce	enforce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rule	det
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 running	punct
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 running	det
6	running	running	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rule	compound
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 running	punct
8	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enforce	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 pool	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pool	det
11	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rule	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 enforce	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enforce	present	Lifeguards	the running rule		the pool			vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme

Example 5

The court enforced the payment.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enforce	past	the court	the payment					vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent payment=Theme

Example 6

A rule is useless if nobody enforces it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rule	det
2	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 useless	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 useless	cop
4	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 enforces	mark
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 enforces	nsubj
7	enforces	enforce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 useless	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 enforces	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 useless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a rule					useless property	tree rules
2	enforce a condition, not said to happen	present	nobody	rule					vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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