intimidate

Who acts: them, you, older boys, anyone, growl, big dog · What happens: frighten, threaten, make, do, want, feel · To what, where: someone, them, him, lunch money, boys, anyone · Speech: someone speaks here

«intimidate» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: intimidate in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To frighten or threaten someone, especially to make them do what you want.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 frighten	mark
2	frighten	frighten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 make	advcl
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 threaten	cc
4	threaten	threaten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 frighten	conj
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 threaten	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 make	punct
7	especially	especially	ADV	_	9 make	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 make	mark
9	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 make	obj
11	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 make	xcomp
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 want	obj
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 want	nsubj
14	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 do	ccomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	frighten	to-infinitive				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	threaten	infinitive		someone		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer
3	make	to-infinitive		them = they	especially property	tree rules
4	do	infinitive	them = they not said here			tree rules
5	want	present	you			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

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

To make someone feel nervous, shy or less confident, even without meaning to.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 feel	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 make	obj
4	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 feel	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 shy	punct
7	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 nervous	conj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 confident	cc
9	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 confident	advmod
10	confident	confident	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 nervous	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 meaning	punct
12	even	even	ADV	_	14 meaning	advmod
13	without	without	SCONJ	_	14 meaning	mark
14	meaning	mean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 feel	advcl
15	to	to	PART	_	14 meaning	xcomp
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	someone		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset someone=Product
2	feel	imperative	you not said here		nervous property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	mean	gerund	you not said here			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The older boys tried to intimidate him into giving them his lunch money.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boys	det
2	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 boys	amod
3	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tried	nsubj
4	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 intimidate	mark
6	intimidate	intimidate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tried	xcomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 intimidate	obj
8	into	into	SCONJ	_	9 giving	mark
9	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 intimidate	advcl
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 giving	iobj
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 money	nmod:poss
12	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 money	compound
13	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 giving	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	try	past	the older boys			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	intimidate not said to happen	to-infinitive	the older boys not said here	him = he		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
3	give	gerund	the older boys not said here	his lunch money	boys = boy	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient money=Theme

Example 2

Don't let anyone intimidate you – tell a teacher.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 let	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 let	advmod
3	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 let	obj
5	intimidate	intimidate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 let	xcomp
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 intimidate	obj
7	–	-	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct
8	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 let	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 teacher	det
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	not let	imperative · do-support	you not said here	anyone		tree rules
2	intimidate	infinitive	anyone not said here	you		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		a teacher	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient

Example 3

The big dog's growl intimidated the postman.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dog	amod
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 growl	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 dog	case
5	growl	growl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 intimidated	nsubj
6	intimidated	intimidate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 postman	det
8	postman	postman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 intimidated	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 intimidated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intimidate	past	the big dog's growl	the postman					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus postman=Experiencer
2	growl		the big dog						nom growl «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

I felt intimidated on my first day at the new school.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	intimidated	intimidate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 felt	xcomp
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 day	case
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 day	nmod:poss
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 day	amod
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 intimidated	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 school	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 school	det
10	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 school	amod
11	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 day	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	I						vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	intimidate	participle	I not said here				day		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Example 5

The team's haka can intimidate their opponents.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 team	det
2	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 haka	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 team	case
4	haka	haka	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 intimidate	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 intimidate	aux
6	intimidate	intimidate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 opponents	nmod:poss
8	opponents	opponent	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 intimidate	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 intimidate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intimidate	can	the team's haka	their opponents					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus opponent=Experiencer

Example 6

The long maths test looked intimidating, but it was fine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 test	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 test	amod
3	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 test	compound
4	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 looked	nsubj
5	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	intimidating	intimidating	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 looked	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fine	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 fine	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fine	expl
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 fine	cop
11	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 looked	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the long maths test					intimidating property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	past	the long maths test not said here					fine property	tree rules

Example 7

Intimidating someone online is still bullying.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Intimidating	intimidate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 bullying	csubj
2	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Intimidating	obj
3	online	online	ADV	_	1 Intimidating	advmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bullying	cop
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 bullying	advmod
6	bullying	bully	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bullying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intimidate	gerund		someone				online property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer
2	is	present	Intimidating				still	bully property	tree rules

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