outdo

Who acts: you, clever fox, Sam · What happens: outdo, be, beat, run, try · To what, where: someone, them, something, me, wolf, sister

«outdo» 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: outdo in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To outdo someone is to do better than them, to beat them at something.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 outdo	mark
2	outdo	outdo	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 do	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 outdo	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 do	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 do	mark
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 do	advmod
8	than	than	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 better	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 beat	punct
11	to	to	PART	_	12 beat	mark
12	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 do	parataxis
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 beat	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 something	case
15	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 beat	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	outdo	to-infinitive	someone			vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot someone=Theme
2	is	present			do, well property	tree rules
3	beat	to-infinitive	them = they	something		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=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.

Example 1

Can you outdo me at running?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 outdo	aux
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 outdo	nsubj
3	outdo	outdo	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 outdo	obj
5	at	at	SCONJ	_	6 running	mark
6	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 outdo	advcl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 outdo	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	outdo	can	you	me					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot i=Theme
2	run	gerund	you not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The clever fox tried to outdo the wolf.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fox	det
2	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fox	amod
3	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tried	nsubj
4	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 outdo	mark
6	outdo	outdo	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tried	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wolf	det
8	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 outdo	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	the clever fox						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	outdo not said to happen	to-infinitive	the clever fox not said here	the wolf					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot wolf=Theme

Example 3

Sam tried to outdo his sister with a bigger cake.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 outdo	mark
4	outdo	outdo	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tried	xcomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sister	nmod:poss
6	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 outdo	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 cake	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cake	det
9	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 cake	amod
10	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 outdo	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	Sam						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	outdo not said to happen	to-infinitive	Sam not said here	Sam's sister				with a bigger cake	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sister=Theme

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