incite

Who acts: people, crime, Posting, villain, Words, He · What happens: stir up, encourage, do, feel, urge, commit · To what, where: people, something, someone, crime, man, riot

«incite» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: incite in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To stir up or encourage people to do something bad or violent, or to feel angry.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 stir	mark
2	stir	stir	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 feel	advcl
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 stir	compound:prt
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 encourage	cc
5	encourage	encourage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stir	conj
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 encourage	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 do	mark
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 encourage	xcomp
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 do	obj
10	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 something	amod
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 violent	cc
12	violent	violent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bad	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 feel	punct
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 feel	cc
15	to	to	PART	_	16 feel	mark
16	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 feel	xcomp
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stir up	to-infinitive				vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition
2	encourage	infinitive		people		vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic
3	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	people not said here	something		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
4	feel	to-infinitive			angry property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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: law — kept apart, not parsed.

To urge someone to commit a crime, which can itself be a crime.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 urge	mark
2	urge	urge	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 urge	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 commit	mark
5	commit	commit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 urge	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 crime	det
7	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 commit	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 crime	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 crime	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 crime	aux
11	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	14 crime	nsubj
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 crime	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 crime	det
14	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 crime	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 urge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	urge	to-infinitive		someone	vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient clause=Topic
2	commit not said to happen	to-infinitive		a crime and a crime	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crime=Theme
3	is a	can	a crime and a crime	a crime	tree rules

Example 1

The man was arrested for inciting a riot.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 arrested	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 arrested	aux:pass
4	arrested	arrest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 inciting	mark
6	inciting	incite	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 arrested	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 riot	det
8	riot	riot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 inciting	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 arrested	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrest	past · passive		the man					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	incite	gerund		a riot					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition riot=Patient

Example 2

Posting hateful messages can incite violence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Posting	post	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 incite	csubj
2	hateful	hateful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 messages	amod
3	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Posting	obj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 incite	aux
5	incite	incite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	violence	violence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 incite	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 incite	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post	gerund		hateful messages					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme
2	incite	can	Posting	violence					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition violence=Patient

Example 3

The villain incited the crowd to storm the castle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 villain	det
2	villain	villain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 incited	nsubj
3	incited	incite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crowd	det
5	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 incited	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 storm	mark
7	storm	storm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 incited	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 castle	det
9	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 storm	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 incited	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	incite	past	the villain	the crowd					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition crowd=Patient
2	storm	to-infinitive	the villain not said here	the castle					tree rules

Example 4

Words can incite hatred, so choose them with care.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 incite	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 incite	aux
3	incite	incite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	hatred	hatred	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 incite	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 choose	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 choose	advmod
7	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 incite	conj
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 choose	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 care	case
10	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 choose	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 incite	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	incite	can	Words	hatred					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition hatred=Patient
2	choose	infinitive	Words not said here	Words = word				with care	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Example 5

He incited his friends to break the rules.

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 incited	nsubj
2	incited	incite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 friends	nmod:poss
4	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 incited	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 break	mark
6	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 incited	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rules	det
8	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 break	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 incited	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	incite	past	He	his friends					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition friend=Patient
2	break	to-infinitive	He not said here	the rules					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient

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