mislead

Who acts: you, advert, toy, sign, we, graph · What happens: make, believe, not be, tell, lead, do · To what, where: someone, something, wrong things, them, wrong direction, people · Speech: someone speaks here

«mislead» 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: mislead in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To make someone believe something that is not true, by telling them wrong or unclear things.

The tree, 16 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 believe	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 make	obj
4	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 believe	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 true	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 true	cop
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 true	advmod
9	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 something	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 telling	punct
11	by	by	SCONJ	_	12 telling	mark
12	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 believe	advcl
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 telling	iobj
14	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 things	amod
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 unclear	cc
16	unclear	unclear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 wrong	conj
17	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 telling	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 believe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to 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	believe	imperative	you not said here	something			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus
3	not is	present				true property	tree rules
4	tell speech: assert	gerund	you not said here	wrong things	them = they		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient thing=Topic

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 lead someone in the wrong direction or into doing something wrong.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 lead	mark
2	lead	lead	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 lead	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 direction	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 direction	det
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 direction	amod
7	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lead	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 doing	cc
9	into	into	SCONJ	_	10 doing	mark
10	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 direction	conj
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 doing	obj
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 something	amod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lead	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	to-infinitive		someone		the wrong direction			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent someone=Theme in direction=Destination
2	do	gerund		something					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality

Example 1

The advert misled people into thinking the toy could fly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 advert	det
2	advert	advert	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 misled	nsubj
3	misled	mislead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 misled	obj
5	into	into	SCONJ	_	6 thinking	mark
6	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 misled	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 toy	det
8	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fly	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 fly	aux
10	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 thinking	ccomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 misled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mislead	past	the advert	people	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient
2	think speech: other	gerund	the advert not said here		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	fly	could	the toy		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Don't mislead your friends with made-up stories.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 mislead	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 mislead	advmod
3	mislead	mislead	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 friends	nmod:poss
5	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 mislead	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	10 stories	case
7	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 stories	amod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 up	punct
9	up	up	ADP	_	7 made	compound:prt
10	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 mislead	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mislead	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mislead	imperative · do-support	you not said here	your friends				with made stories	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient
2	make up	participle							vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Example 3

The sign misled us, and we took the wrong road.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sign	det
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 misled	nsubj
3	misled	mislead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 misled	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 took	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 took	cc
7	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 took	nsubj
8	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 misled	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 road	det
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 road	amod
11	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 took	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 misled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mislead	past	the sign	us					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Patient
2	take	past	we	the wrong road					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme

Example 4

A graph that does not start at zero can mislead you.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 graph	det
2	graph	graph	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mislead	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 start	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 start	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 start	advmod
6	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 graph	acl:relcl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 zero	case
8	zero	zero	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 start	obl
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 mislead	aux
10	mislead	mislead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 mislead	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 mislead	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not start	present · do-support	a graph			zero			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	mislead	can	a graph	you					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient

Example 5

He misled the teacher about his homework.

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 misled	nsubj
2	misled	mislead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 teacher	det
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 misled	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 homework	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 homework	nmod:poss
7	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 misled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 misled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mislead	past	He	the teacher				about teacher's homework	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Patient

Example 6

Fake news is written to mislead people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 news	amod
2	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 written	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 written	aux:pass
4	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 mislead	mark
6	mislead	mislead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 written	xcomp
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 mislead	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 written	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present · passive		Fake news					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	mislead	to-infinitive		people					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient

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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