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obey

Who acts: person, Dogs, We, you, lifeguard, Drivers · What happens: do, tell, learn, obey, sit, whistle · To what, where: you, commands, school rules, whistle, speed limit, orders · Speech: someone speaks here

«obey» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 8 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: obey in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To do what a person, rule or law tells you to do.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 do	mark
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 tells	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tells	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 rule	punct
7	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 law	cc
9	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
10	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 do	ccomp
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 tells	iobj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 do	mark
13	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 tells	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	to-infinitive							tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	present	a person and rule or law		you				tree rules
3	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	a person and rule or law not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

Example 1

Dogs can learn to obey commands like «sit».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 learn	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 learn	aux
3	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 obey	mark
5	obey	obey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 learn	xcomp
6	commands	command	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 obey	obj
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 sit	case
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 sit	punct
9	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 commands	appos
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 sit	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 learn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	can	Dogs						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	obey	to-infinitive	Dogs not said here	commands					vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Theme
3	sit in a quote	infinitive							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

We must obey the school rules.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 obey	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 obey	aux
3	obey	obey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rules	det
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rules	compound
6	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 obey	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 obey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obey	must	We	the school rules					vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme

Example 3

Always obey the lifeguard's whistle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	2 obey	advmod
2	obey	obey	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lifeguard	det
4	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 whistle	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 lifeguard	case
6	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obey	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 obey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obey	imperative	you not said here	the lifeguard's whistle				always property	vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whistle=Theme
2	whistle		the lifeguard						nom whistle «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

Drivers must obey the speed limit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 obey	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 obey	aux
3	obey	obey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 limit	det
5	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 limit	compound
6	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 obey	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 obey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obey	must	Drivers	the speed limit					vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent limit=Theme

Example 5

The soldiers obeyed the general's orders.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soldiers	det
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 obeyed	nsubj
3	obeyed	obey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 general	det
5	general	general	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 orders	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 general	case
7	orders	order	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 obeyed	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 obeyed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obey	past	the soldiers	the general's orders					vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme
2	order		the general						nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

If a stranger tells you to keep a secret, do not obey — tell an adult.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	4 tells	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stranger	det
3	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tells	nsubj
4	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 obey	advcl
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tells	iobj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 keep	mark
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tells	xcomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 secret	det
9	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keep	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tells	punct
11	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 obey	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 obey	advmod
13	obey	obey	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	—	-	PUNCT	_	15 tell	punct
15	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 obey	conj
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 adult	det
17	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tell	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 obey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	a stranger		you				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
2	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	a stranger not said here	a secret					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme
3	not obey	imperative · do-support	you not said here						vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		a adult				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Example 7

Everything on Earth obeys the law of gravity.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 obeys	nsubj
2	on	on	ADP	_	3 Earth	case
3	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Everything	nmod
4	obeys	obey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 law	det
6	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 obeys	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 gravity	case
8	gravity	gravity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 law	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 obeys	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obey	present	Everything	the law of gravity					vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Theme

Example 8

"Master, I obey," said the genie.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Master	punct
2	Master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	ccomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 obey	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 obey	nsubj
5	obey	obey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 Master	parataxis
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 obey	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Master	punct
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 genie	det
10	genie	genie	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obey in a quote	present	the genie = genie						vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	the genie						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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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