impel

Who acts: they, Fear, Hunger, Something · What happens: impel, be, drive, do, not stop, run · To what, where: someone, them, something, themselves, him, wolf

«impel» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: impel in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To impel someone is to push or drive them to do something, as if they cannot stop themselves.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 impel	mark
2	impel	impel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 push	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 impel	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 push	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 push	mark
6	push	push	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 drive	cc
8	drive	drive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 push	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 drive	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 do	mark
11	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 drive	xcomp
12	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 do	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 stop	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 stop	mark
15	if	if	SCONJ	_	19 stop	mark
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 stop	nsubj
17	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 stop	aux
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 stop	advmod
19	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 push	conj
20	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	19 stop	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 push	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	impel	to-infinitive		someone		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient
2	is	present			push property	tree rules
3	drive	infinitive		them = they		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Patient clause=Result
4	do	to-infinitive		something		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
5	not stop a condition, not said to happen	can	they	themselves = they		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality themselves=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.

Example 1

Fear impelled him to run.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 impelled	nsubj
2	impelled	impel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 impelled	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 run	mark
5	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 impelled	xcomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 impelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impel	past	Fear	him = he					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Patient clause=Result
2	run	to-infinitive	Fear not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Hunger impelled the wolf to leave the forest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 impelled	nsubj
2	impelled	impel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wolf	det
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 impelled	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 leave	mark
6	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 impelled	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 forest	det
8	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leave	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 impelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impel	past	Hunger	the wolf					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Patient
2	leave	to-infinitive	Hunger not said here	the forest					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forest=Theme

Example 3

Something impels the vampire to leave its grave.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 impels	nsubj
2	impels	impel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 vampire	det
4	vampire	vampire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 impels	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 leave	mark
6	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 impels	advcl
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 grave	nmod:poss
8	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leave	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 impels	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impel	present	Something	the vampire					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vampire=Patient
2	leave	to-infinitive	Something not said here	vampire's grave					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grave=Theme

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