outsmart Who acts: little mouse, She, squirrel, Scammers, detective, Brer · What happens: outsmart, be, try, not share · To what, where: someone, fox, me, chess, bird feeder, people
«outsmart» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: outsmart in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To outsmart someone is to beat them by being cleverer or trickier.
mark advcl obj cop mark obj case cop xcomp cc conj punct root To PART outsmart VERB someone PRON is AUX to PART beat VERB them PRON by ADP being AUX cleverer ADJ or CCONJ trickier ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 outsmart mark 2 outsmart outsmart VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 beat advcl 3 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 outsmart obj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 beat cop 5 to to PART _ 6 beat mark 6 beat beat VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 7 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 beat obj 8 by by ADP _ 10 cleverer case 9 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 10 cleverer cop 10 cleverer clever ADJ Degree=Cmp 6 beat xcomp 11 or or CCONJ _ 12 trickier cc 12 trickier tricky ADJ Degree=Cmp 10 cleverer conj 13 . . PUNCT _ 6 beat punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 outsmart to-infinitive someone vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot someone=Theme 2 is present beat property tree rules 3 is gerund clever property tree rules 4 be tree rules
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 little mouse outsmarted the fox in the deep dark wood.
det amod nsubj det obj case det amod amod obl punct root The DET little ADJ mouse NOUN outsmarted VERB the DET fox NOUN in ADP the DET deep ADJ dark ADJ wood NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 mouse det 2 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 3 mouse amod 3 mouse mouse NOUN Number=Sing 4 outsmarted nsubj 4 outsmarted outsmart VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 fox det 6 fox fox NOUN Number=Sing 4 outsmarted obj 7 in in ADP _ 11 wood case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 wood det 9 deep deep ADJ Degree=Pos 11 wood amod 10 dark dark ADJ Degree=Pos 11 wood amod 11 wood wood NOUN Number=Sing 4 outsmarted obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 outsmarted punct
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1 outsmart past the little mouse the fox in the deep dark wood vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot fox=Theme in wood=Attribute
Example 2 She outsmarted me at chess with a clever move.
nsubj obj case obl case det amod obl punct root She PRON outsmarted VERB me PRON at ADP chess NOUN with ADP a DET clever ADJ move NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 outsmarted nsubj 2 outsmarted outsmart VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 outsmarted obj 4 at at ADP _ 5 chess case 5 chess chess NOUN Number=Sing 2 outsmarted obl 6 with with ADP _ 9 move case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 move det 8 clever clever ADJ Degree=Pos 9 move amod 9 move move NOUN Number=Sing 2 outsmarted obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 outsmarted punct
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1 outsmart past She me chess with a clever move vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot i=Theme
Example 3 The squirrel outsmarted our bird feeder.
det nsubj nmod:poss compound obj punct root The DET squirrel NOUN outsmarted VERB our PRON bird NOUN feeder NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 squirrel det 2 squirrel squirrel NOUN Number=Sing 3 outsmarted nsubj 3 outsmarted outsmart VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 feeder nmod:poss 5 bird bird NOUN Number=Sing 6 feeder compound 6 feeder feeder NOUN Number=Sing 3 outsmarted obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 outsmarted punct
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1 outsmart past the squirrel our bird feeder vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot feeder=Theme
Example 4 Scammers try to outsmart people, so never share your password.
nsubj mark xcomp obj punct advmod advmod conj nmod:poss obj punct root Scammers NOUN try VERB to PART outsmart VERB people NOUN , PUNCT so ADV never ADV share VERB your PRON password NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Scammers scammer NOUN Number=Plur 2 try nsubj 2 try try VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 outsmart mark 4 outsmart outsmart VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 try xcomp 5 people people NOUN Number=Plur 4 outsmart obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 share punct 7 so so ADV _ 9 share advmod 8 never never ADV PronType=Neg 9 share advmod 9 share share VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 try conj 10 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 password nmod:poss 11 password password NOUN Number=Sing 9 share obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 try punct
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1 try present Scammers vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 2 outsmart not said to happen to-infinitive Scammers not said here people vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot people=Theme 3 not share infinitive Scammers not said here your password tree rules
Example 5 The detective outsmarted the thief.
det nsubj det obj punct root The DET detective NOUN outsmarted VERB the DET thief NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 detective det 2 detective detective NOUN Number=Sing 3 outsmarted nsubj 3 outsmarted outsmart VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 thief det 5 thief thief NOUN Number=Sing 3 outsmarted obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 outsmarted punct
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1 outsmart past the detective the thief vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot thief=Theme
Example 6 Brer Rabbit outsmarted Brer Fox again.
nsubj flat compound obj advmod punct root Brer PROPN Rabbit PROPN outsmarted VERB Brer PROPN Fox PROPN again ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Brer Brer PROPN Number=Sing 3 outsmarted nsubj 2 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN Number=Sing 1 Brer flat 3 outsmarted outsmart VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 Brer Brer PROPN Number=Sing 5 Fox compound 5 Fox Fox PROPN Number=Sing 3 outsmarted obj 6 again again ADV _ 3 outsmarted advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 outsmarted punct
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1 outsmart past Brer Brer Fox again vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fox=Theme
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