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entreaty

Who acts: entreaty, He, queen, She, sad eyes · What happens: be, answer, hear, make, leave · To what, where: strong urgent request, entreaties, entreaty, one last entreaty

«entreaty» 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: entreaty in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An entreaty is a strong, urgent request, a begging for something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 entreaty	det
2	entreaty	entreaty	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 request	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 request	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 request	det
5	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 request	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 strong	punct
7	urgent	urgent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 request	amod
8	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 begging	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 begging	det
11	begging	begging	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 request	nmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 something	case
13	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 begging	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 request	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a entreaty	a strong urgent request				a begging for something nmod	tree rules

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

He answered her entreaties with a shake of his head.

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 answered	nsubj
2	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 entreaties	nmod:poss
4	entreaties	entreaty	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 answered	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 shake	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 shake	det
7	shake	shake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 answered	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 head	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 head	nmod:poss
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shake	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 answered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	He	her entreaties				with a shake of his head	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent entreaty=Eventuality

Example 2

Her entreaty was heard by the queen.

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 entreaty	nmod:poss
2	entreaty	entreaty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heard	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 heard	aux:pass
4	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 queen	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 queen	det
7	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heard	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past · passive	the queen	Her entreaty					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus

Example 3

She made one last entreaty before leaving.

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 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 entreaty	nummod
4	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 entreaty	amod
5	entreaty	entreaty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 leaving	mark
7	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 made	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	She	one last entreaty					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent entreaty=Product
2	leave	gerund	She not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 4

The dog's sad eyes were an entreaty for food.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eyes	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 dog	case
4	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 eyes	amod
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 entreaty	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 entreaty	cop
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 entreaty	det
8	entreaty	entreaty	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 food	case
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 entreaty	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 entreaty	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the dog's sad eyes	a entreaty				for food	tree rules

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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