instill

Who acts: idea, someone, Grandad, Good teachers, Parents, Practice · What happens: put, feel, stay, instil, mind, love · To what, where: idea, mind, good manners, liquid, drop, love

«instill» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: instill in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To slowly put an idea, feeling or habit into someone's mind so it stays: instil good manners.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	3 put	mark
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 put	advmod
3	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 idea	det
5	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 put	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 feeling	punct
7	feeling	feel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 put	advcl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 habit	cc
9	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feeling	conj
10	into	into	ADP	_	13 mind	case
11	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 mind	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 someone	case
13	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feeling	obl
14	so	so	SCONJ	_	16 stays	mark
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 stays	nsubj
16	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 feeling	advcl
17	:	:	PUNCT	_	18 instil	punct
18	instil	instil	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 stays	xcomp
19	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 manners	amod
20	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	18 instil	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	put	to-infinitive		a idea		slowly property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent idea=Goal
2	feel	gerund			someone's mind		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	stay	present	idea				tree rules
4	instil	infinitive	idea not said here	good manners			tree rules
5	mind		someone				nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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: medicine, rare — kept apart, not parsed.

To put liquid in drop by drop, like eye drops.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 put	mark
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 drop	case
5	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 drop	case
7	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 drops	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 drops	case
10	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 drops	compound
11	drops	drop	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 put	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	to-infinitive		liquid		drop		by drop	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent liquid=Theme in drop=Destination

Example 1

Our coach instilled confidence in the whole team.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 coach	nmod:poss
2	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confidence	nsubj
3	instilled	instil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 confidence	amod
4	confidence	confidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 team	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 team	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 team	amod
8	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confidence	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 confidence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	instil	participle							tree rules

Example 2

Grandad instilled a love of fishing in me.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 instilled	nsubj
2	instilled	instil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 love	det
4	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 instilled	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 fishing	case
6	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 love	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 me	case
8	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 instilled	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 instilled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	instil	past	Grandad	a love of fishing				in me	tree rules
2	love			fishing					nom love «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Example 3

Good teachers instill curiosity.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 teachers	amod
2	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 instill	nsubj
3	instill	instill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	curiosity	curiosity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 instill	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 instill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	instill	present	Good teachers	curiosity					tree rules

Example 4

The scary film instilled fear in my little brother.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 film	det
2	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 film	amod
3	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fear	nsubj
4	instilled	instil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 fear	amod
5	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 brother	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 brother	nmod:poss
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 brother	amod
9	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fear	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 fear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	instil	participle							tree rules

Example 5

Parents try to instill good manners in their children.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 try	nsubj
2	try	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 instill	mark
4	instill	instill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 try	xcomp
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 manners	amod
6	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 instill	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 children	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 children	nmod:poss
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 instill	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 try	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	present	Parents						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	instill not said to happen	to-infinitive	Parents not said here	good manners				in Parents's children	tree rules

Example 6

Practice instils good habits.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 instils	nsubj
2	instils	instil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 habits	amod
4	habits	habit	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 instils	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 instils	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	instil	present	Practice	good habits					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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