inducement Who acts: someone, Free pizza, shop, Offering, little inducement, Prizes · What happens: persuade, encourage, do, be, come, offer · To what, where: someone, something, inducement, meeting, discount, referee
«inducement» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: inducement in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.
Something that persuades or encourages someone to do something, such as a reward or a bribe.
The tree, 16 words nsubj acl:relcl cc conj obj mark xcomp obj punct case fixed det nmod cc det conj punct root Something PRON that PRON persuades VERB or CCONJ encourages VERB someone PRON to PART do VERB something PRON , PUNCT such ADJ as ADP a DET reward NOUN or CCONJ a DET bribe NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind root root 2 that that PRON PronType=Rel 3 persuades nsubj 3 persuades persuade VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Something acl:relcl 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 encourages cc 5 encourages encourage VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 persuades conj 6 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 5 encourages obj 7 to to PART _ 8 do mark 8 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 encourages xcomp 9 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 8 do obj 10 , , PUNCT _ 14 reward punct 11 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 14 reward case 12 as as ADP _ 11 such fixed 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 reward det 14 reward reward NOUN Number=Sing 9 something nmod 15 or or CCONJ _ 17 bribe cc 16 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 17 bribe det 17 bribe bribe NOUN Number=Sing 14 reward conj 18 . . PUNCT _ 1 Something punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 persuade present vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 encourage present someone vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient clause=Topic 3 do not said to happen to-infinitive someone not said here something such a reward or a bribe vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=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 Free pizza was an inducement to come to the meeting.
amod nsubj cop det mark acl case det obl punct root Free ADJ pizza NOUN was AUX an DET inducement NOUN to PART come VERB to ADP the DET meeting NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Free free ADJ Degree=Pos 2 pizza amod 2 pizza pizza NOUN Number=Sing 5 inducement nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 inducement cop 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 inducement det 5 inducement inducement NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 to to PART _ 7 come mark 7 come come VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 inducement acl 8 to to ADP _ 10 meeting case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 meeting det 10 meeting meeting NOUN Number=Sing 7 come obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 inducement punct
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1 is a past Free pizza a inducement tree rules 2 come to-infinitive the meeting vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to meeting=Initial_Location
Example 2 The shop offered a discount as an inducement to buy.
det nsubj det obj case det obl mark advcl punct root The DET shop NOUN offered VERB a DET discount NOUN as ADP an DET inducement NOUN to PART buy VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 shop det 2 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 3 offered nsubj 3 offered offer VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 discount det 5 discount discount NOUN Number=Sing 3 offered obj 6 as as ADP _ 8 inducement case 7 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 inducement det 8 inducement inducement NOUN Number=Sing 3 offered obl 9 to to PART _ 10 buy mark 10 buy buy VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 offered advcl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 offered punct
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1 offer past the shop a discount as a inducement vn volunteer-95.4 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent discount=Pivot as inducement=Attribute 2 buy to-infinitive the shop not said here vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
Example 3 Offering an inducement to a referee is against the rules.
csubj det obj case det obl cop case det punct root Offering VERB an DET inducement NOUN to ADP a DET referee NOUN is AUX against ADP the DET rules NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Offering offer VERB VerbForm=Ger 10 rules csubj 2 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 inducement det 3 inducement inducement NOUN Number=Sing 1 Offering obj 4 to to ADP _ 6 referee case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 referee det 6 referee referee NOUN Number=Sing 1 Offering obl 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 rules cop 8 against against ADP _ 10 rules case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 rules det 10 rules rule NOUN Number=Plur root root 11 . . PUNCT _ 10 rules punct
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1 offer gerund a inducement to a referee goal vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent inducement=Theme to referee=Goal 2 is present Offering against the rules tree rules
Example 4 There was little inducement to stay in the rain.
expl amod nsubj mark acl case det obl punct root There PRON was VERB little ADJ inducement NOUN to PART stay VERB in ADP the DET rain NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 was expl 2 was be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 4 inducement amod 4 inducement inducement NOUN Number=Sing 2 was nsubj 5 to to PART _ 6 stay mark 6 stay stay VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 inducement acl 7 in in ADP _ 9 rain case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 rain det 9 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 6 stay obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 was punct
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1 be past little inducement there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 stay to-infinitive little inducement not said here the rain vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in rain=Location
Example 5 Prizes are an inducement to read more books.
nsubj cop det mark acl amod obj punct root Prizes NOUN are AUX an DET inducement NOUN to PART read VERB more ADJ books NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Prizes prize NOUN Number=Plur 4 inducement nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 inducement cop 3 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 inducement det 4 inducement inducement NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 to to PART _ 6 read mark 6 read read VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 inducement acl 7 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 8 books amod 8 books book NOUN Number=Plur 6 read obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 inducement punct
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1 is a present Prizes a inducement tree rules 2 read to-infinitive more books vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic
Example 6 He refused all inducements to change his vote.
nsubj det obj mark advcl nmod:poss obj punct root He PRON refused VERB all DET inducements NOUN to PART change VERB his PRON vote NOUN . PUNCT 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 refused nsubj 2 refused refuse VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 all all DET PronType=Tot 4 inducements det 4 inducements inducement NOUN Number=Plur 2 refused obj 5 to to PART _ 6 change mark 6 change change VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 refused advcl 7 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 vote nmod:poss 8 vote vote NOUN Number=Sing 6 change obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 refused punct
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1 refuse past He all inducements vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inducement=Theme 2 change to-infinitive He not said here his vote vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Patient 3 vote his = he nom vote «act transitive»: poss=agent
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