entice

Who acts: fox, Sweets, She, singing · What happens: entice, be, come, do, offer, tempt · To what, where: someone, something, them, hen, children, shop

«entice» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: entice in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To entice someone is to get them to come or do something by offering them something nice or tempting.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 entice	mark
2	entice	entice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 get	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 entice	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 get	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 get	mark
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 get	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 come	mark
9	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 get	xcomp
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 do	cc
11	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 come	conj
12	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 do	obj
13	by	by	SCONJ	_	14 offering	mark
14	offering	offer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 do	advcl
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 offering	obj
16	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 offering	obj
17	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 something	amod
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 tempting	cc
19	tempting	tempt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 nice	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	entice	to-infinitive	someone		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer
2	is	present		get property	tree rules
3	come	to-infinitive			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	do	infinitive	something		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
5	offer	gerund	them = they		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent they=Goal something=Theme
6	tempt	gerund			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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 fox enticed the hen with a bag of corn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 enticed	nsubj
3	enticed	entice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hen	det
5	hen	hen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 enticed	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 bag	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bag	det
8	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 enticed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 corn	case
10	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bag	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 enticed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entice	past	the fox	the hen				with a bag of corn	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hen=Experiencer

Example 2

Sweets can entice children into the shop.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 entice	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 entice	aux
3	entice	entice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 entice	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 shop	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shop	det
7	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 entice	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 entice	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entice	can	Sweets	children				into the shop result	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent child=Patient into shop=Result

Example 3

She tried to entice the cat with a saucer of milk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 entice	mark
4	entice	entice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tried	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 entice	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 saucer	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 saucer	det
9	saucer	saucer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 entice	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 milk	case
11	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 saucer	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	She						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	entice not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	the cat				with a saucer of milk	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cat=Experiencer

Example 4

The singing enticed the sailors into the sea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 singing	det
2	singing	singing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 enticed	nsubj
3	enticed	entice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sailors	det
5	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 enticed	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 enticed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 enticed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entice	past	the singing	the sailors				into the sea result	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sailor=Patient into sea=Result

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