intercede

Who acts: villagers, mother, king, gods · What happens: speak up, ask, forgive, help, intercede · To what, where: person, them, queen, him · Speech: someone speaks here

«intercede» 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: intercede in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To speak up for someone, asking a person in power to forgive them or to help them.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 speak	mark
2	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 speak	compound:prt
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 someone	case
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 speak	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 asking	punct
7	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 someone	acl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asking	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 power	case
11	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 person	nmod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 forgive	mark
13	forgive	forgive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 asking	ccomp
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 forgive	obj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 help	cc
16	to	to	PART	_	17 help	mark
17	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 forgive	conj
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 help	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 speak	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	speak up speech: other	to-infinitive			for someone	vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	ask speech: ask	gerund		a person		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent person=Recipient clause=Topic
3	forgive not said to happen	to-infinitive	them = they			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
4	help	to-infinitive	them = they			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary

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

The villagers asked the queen to intercede for the boy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 villagers	det
2	villagers	villager	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 asked	nsubj
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 queen	det
5	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 intercede	mark
7	intercede	intercede	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 asked	xcomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 boy	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boy	det
10	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 intercede	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the villagers		the queen				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent queen=Recipient clause=Topic
2	intercede not said to happen	to-infinitive	the villagers not said here					for the boy	tree rules

Example 2

Her mother interceded, and the king forgave him.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mother	nmod:poss
2	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 interceded	nsubj
3	interceded	intercede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 forgave	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 forgave	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 forgave	nsubj
8	forgave	forgive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 interceded	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 forgave	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 interceded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intercede	past	Her mother						tree rules
2	forgive	past	the king	him = he					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Example 3

The gods interceded for the brave hero.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gods	det
2	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 interceded	nsubj
3	interceded	intercede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 hero	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hero	det
6	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hero	amod
7	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 interceded	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 interceded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intercede	past	the gods					for the brave hero	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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