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placate

Who acts: you, She, shop, Nothing, Ancient people, He · What happens: make, feel, give, say, try, placate · To what, where: someone, something, them, brother, free gift, angry customer · Speech: someone speaks here

«placate» 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: placate in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To make someone feel less angry or upset, often by giving them something or saying something kind.

The tree, 17 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 feel	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 make	obj
4	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 angry	advmod
6	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 feel	xcomp
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 upset	cc
8	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 angry	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 giving	punct
10	often	often	ADV	_	12 giving	advmod
11	by	by	SCONJ	_	12 giving	mark
12	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 feel	advcl
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 giving	iobj
14	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 giving	obj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 saying	cc
16	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 giving	conj
17	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	16 saying	obj
18	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 something	amod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	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	feel	imperative	you not said here					angry property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	give	gerund	you not said here	something	them = they			often property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient something=Theme
4	say speech: assert	gerund	you not said here	something					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=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.

Example 1

She tried to placate her brother with a biscuit.

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 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 placate	mark
4	placate	placate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tried	xcomp
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 brother	nmod:poss
6	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 placate	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 biscuit	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 biscuit	det
9	biscuit	biscuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 placate	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	She						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	placate not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	her brother				with a biscuit	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus brother=Experiencer

Example 2

The shop gave a free gift to placate the angry customer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shop	det
2	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 gift	det
5	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gift	amod
6	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 placate	mark
8	placate	placate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gave	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 customer	det
10	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 customer	amod
11	customer	customer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 placate	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the shop	a free gift					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme
2	placate	to-infinitive	the shop not said here	the angry customer					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus customer=Experiencer

Example 3

Nothing could placate the furious teacher.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 placate	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 placate	aux
3	placate	placate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
5	furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 teacher	amod
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 placate	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 placate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	placate	could	Nothing	the furious teacher					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus teacher=Experiencer

Example 4

Ancient people offered gifts to placate their gods.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 offered	nsubj
3	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 offered	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 placate	mark
6	placate	placate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 offered	advcl
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 gods	nmod:poss
8	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 placate	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 offered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	past	Ancient people	gifts					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent gift=Theme
2	placate	to-infinitive	Ancient people not said here	people's gods					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus god=Experiencer

Example 5

He apologised to placate his friend.

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 apologised	nsubj
2	apologised	apologise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 placate	mark
4	placate	placate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 apologised	xcomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 friend	nmod:poss
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 placate	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 apologised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apologise speech: apologize	past	He						tree rules
2	placate	to-infinitive	He not said here	his friend					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus friend=Experiencer

Example 6

The manager placated the fans with free tickets.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 manager	det
2	manager	manager	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 placated	nsubj
3	placated	placate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fans	det
5	fans	fan	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 placated	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 tickets	case
7	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tickets	amod
8	tickets	ticket	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fans	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 placated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	placate	past	the manager	the fans				with free tickets	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fan=Experiencer

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