pressurise

Who acts: someone, you, anyone, older kids, I · What happens: try, make, do, push, persuade, keep · To what, where: someone, something, them, air pressure, aeroplane, anyone

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

Meaning 1

Usage: UK, Ireland, Australia — kept apart, not parsed.

To try to make someone do something by pushing or persuading them hard; to pressure.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 try	mark
2	try	try	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 make	mark
4	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 try	xcomp
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 make	obj
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 make	xcomp
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 do	obj
8	by	by	SCONJ	_	9 pushing	mark
9	pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 do	advcl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 persuading	cc
11	persuading	persuade	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 pushing	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 persuading	obj
13	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 persuading	xcomp
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 pressure	punct
15	to	to	PART	_	16 pressure	mark
16	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 try	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	try	to-infinitive				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	make not said to happen	to-infinitive		someone	pressure obl	tree rules
3	do not said to happen	infinitive	someone not said here	something		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
4	push	gerund	someone not said here			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
5	persuade	gerund	someone not said here	them = they	hard property	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

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

To keep the air pressure inside an aeroplane, spacesuit or container at a set level, usually higher than outside.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pressure	det
4	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pressure	compound
5	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
6	inside	inside	ADP	_	8 aeroplane	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 aeroplane	det
8	aeroplane	aeroplane	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 spacesuit	punct
10	spacesuit	spacesuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 aeroplane	conj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 container	cc
12	container	container	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 aeroplane	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 level	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 level	det
15	set	set	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 level	amod
16	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 higher	punct
18	usually	usually	ADV	_	19 higher	advmod
19	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 keep	parataxis
20	than	than	ADP	_	21 outside	case
21	outside	outside	ADV	_	19 higher	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		the air pressure		a aeroplane and spacesuit or container		at a set level	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent pressure=Theme inside aeroplane=Location

Example 1

Don't let anyone pressurise you into doing something unsafe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 let	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 let	advmod
3	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 let	obj
5	pressurise	pressurise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 let	xcomp
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 pressurise	obj
7	into	into	SCONJ	_	8 doing	mark
8	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 pressurise	advcl
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 doing	obj
10	unsafe	unsafe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 something	amod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not let	imperative · do-support	you not said here	anyone	tree rules
2	pressurise	infinitive	anyone not said here	you	tree rules
3	do	gerund	anyone not said here	something	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality

Example 2

The older kids pressurised him to skip school.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 kids	det
2	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 kids	amod
3	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pressurised	nsubj
4	pressurised	pressuris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pressurised	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 skip	mark
7	skip	skip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 pressurised	advcl
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 skip	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 pressurised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pressuris	past	the older kids	him = he					tree rules
2	skip	to-infinitive	the older kids not said here	school					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Agent

Example 3

Aeroplane cabins are pressurised.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aeroplane	aeroplane	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cabins	compound
2	cabins	cabin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pressurised	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pressurised	aux:pass
4	pressurised	pressuris	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 pressurised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pressuris	present · passive		Aeroplane cabins					tree rules

Example 4

The can is pressurised, so never put it in a fire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pressurised	det
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 pressurised	aux
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pressurised	aux:pass
4	pressurised	pressuris	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 put	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 put	advmod
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 put	advmod
8	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 pressurised	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 put	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 fire	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fire	det
12	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 put	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 pressurised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pressuris	can · passive							tree rules
2	not put	infinitive		it		a fire			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in fire=Destination

Example 5

Astronauts' suits are pressurised.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 suits	nmod:poss
2	'	's	PART	_	1 Astronauts	case
3	suits	suit	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pressurised	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pressurised	aux:pass
5	pressurised	pressuris	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 pressurised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pressuris	present · passive		Astronauts's suits					tree rules

Example 6

I felt pressurised to agree with everyone.

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	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pressurised	pressuris	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 felt	xcomp
4	to	to	PART	_	5 agree	mark
5	agree	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 pressurised	xcomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 everyone	case
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 agree	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	feel	past	I		vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	pressuris	participle	I not said here		tree rules
3	agree speech: agree	to-infinitive	I not said here	with everyone	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with everyone=Co-Agent

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