outwit

Who acts: they, clever little hero, I, you, little dwarf · What happens: outwit, be, not see · To what, where: someone, giant, me, great useless creatures, fish

«outwit» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: outwit in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To outwit someone is to beat them by being cleverer than they are, often by a trick.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 outwit	mark
2	outwit	outwit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 beat	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 outwit	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	than	than	SCONJ	_	13 are	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 are	nsubj
13	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 cleverer	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 trick	punct
15	often	often	ADV	_	18 trick	advmod
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 trick	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 trick	det
18	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 beat	parataxis
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 beat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	outwit	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	does	present	they			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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

Usage: in tales — kept apart, not parsed.

A clever little hero outwits a giant or a fox.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hero	det
2	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hero	amod
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hero	amod
4	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 outwits	nsubj
5	outwits	outwit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 giant	det
7	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 outwits	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 fox	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fox	det
10	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 giant	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 outwits	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	outwit	present	a clever little hero	a giant or a fox					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot giant=Theme

Example 1

I did not see that you were outwitting me.

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	4 see	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 see	advmod
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 outwitting	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 outwitting	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 outwitting	aux
8	outwitting	outwit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 see	advcl
9	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 outwitting	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	past · do-support	I						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	outwit	past · progressive	you	me					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot i=Theme

Example 2

The little dwarf outwitted the great useless creatures.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dwarf	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dwarf	amod
3	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 outwitted	nsubj
4	outwitted	outwit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 creatures	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 creatures	amod
7	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 creatures	amod
8	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 outwitted	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 outwitted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	outwit	past	the little dwarf	the great useless creatures					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot creature=Theme

Example 3

I must outwit these fish somehow.

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	3 outwit	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 outwit	aux
3	outwit	outwit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 fish	det
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 outwit	obj
6	somehow	somehow	ADV	_	3 outwit	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 outwit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	outwit	must	I	this fish				somehow property	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fish=Theme

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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