goad

Who acts: goad, farmer, oxen, you, he, his · What happens: be, use, drive, goad, prod, act · To what, where: pointed stick, animals, someone, them, goad, brother

«goad» 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: goad in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

A goad is a pointed stick used to drive animals on.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 goad	det
2	goad	goad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stick	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stick	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stick	det
5	pointed	pointed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stick	amod
6	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 stick	acl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 drive	mark
9	drive	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 used	advcl
10	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 drive	obj
11	on	on	ADV	_	9 drive	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 stick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a goad	a pointed stick	tree rules
2	use	participle		a pointed stick not said here	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	drive	to-infinitive		animals	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=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

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To goad is to push or prod someone to act, often by annoying or provoking them.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 goad	mark
2	goad	goad	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 push	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 push	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 push	mark
5	push	push	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 prod	cc
7	prod	prod	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 push	conj
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 prod	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 act	mark
10	act	act	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 someone	acl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 annoying	punct
12	often	often	ADV	_	14 annoying	advmod
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 annoying	case
14	annoying	annoying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 push	parataxis
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 provoking	cc
16	provoking	provoke	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 annoying	conj
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 provoking	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 push	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	goad	to-infinitive			vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		push property	tree rules
3	prod	infinitive	someone		vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Experiencer
4	act	to-infinitive	someone not said here		vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	provoke	gerund	them = they		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer

Example 1

The farmer used a goad to make the oxen move.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	nsubj
3	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 goad	det
5	goad	goad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 make	mark
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 used	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 oxen	det
9	oxen	ox	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 move	nsubj
10	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 make	ccomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	use	past	the farmer	a goad	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goad=Patient
2	make	to-infinitive	the farmer not said here		tree rules
3	move	present	the oxen		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Do not goad your brother; he will lose his temper.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 goad	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 goad	advmod
3	goad	goad	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 brother	nmod:poss
5	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goad	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 lose	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lose	nsubj
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 lose	aux
9	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 goad	conj
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 temper	nmod:poss
11	temper	temper	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lose	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 goad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not goad	imperative · do-support	you not said here	your brother	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient
2	lose	future	he	his temper	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temper=Eventuality
3	temper		his = he		nom temper «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

Children of the yoke and goad, pack and harness.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 yoke	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 yoke	det
4	yoke	yoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Children	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 goad	cc
6	goad	goad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 yoke	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pack	punct
8	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 yoke	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 harness	cc
10	harness	harness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pack	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Children	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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