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reinforce

Who acts: builders, Doing, you, Praise, More firefighters, photo · What happens: make, add, feel, send, repeat, reward · To what, where: something, material, idea, more soldiers, group, it

«reinforce» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: reinforce in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To make something stronger, especially by adding material or support.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 make	obj
4	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 make	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 adding	punct
6	especially	especially	ADV	_	8 adding	advmod
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 adding	mark
8	adding	add	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 make	advcl
9	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 adding	obj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 support	cc
11	support	support	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 material	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		something				strong property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product
2	add speech: assert	gerund		material or support				especially property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent material=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 make an idea, feeling or habit stronger.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 idea	det
4	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 feeling	punct
6	feeling	feel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 make	advcl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 habit	cc
8	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feeling	conj
9	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 feeling	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		a idea					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset idea=Product
2	feel	gerund						strong property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Meaning 3

To send more soldiers, police or helpers to make a group stronger.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 send	mark
2	send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 soldiers	amod
4	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 send	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 police	punct
6	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 soldiers	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 helpers	cc
8	helpers	helper	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 soldiers	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 make	mark
10	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 send	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 group	det
12	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 make	obj
13	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 make	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 send	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	to-infinitive		more soldiers and police or helpers					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soldier=Theme
2	make	to-infinitive		a group				strong property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset group=Product

Meaning 4

Usage: learning — kept apart, not parsed.

To repeat or reward something so that it is learnt better.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 repeat	mark
2	repeat	repeat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 reward	cc
4	reward	reward	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 repeat	conj
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 reward	obj
6	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 learnt	mark
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 so	fixed
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 learnt	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 learnt	aux:pass
10	learnt	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reward	advcl
11	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 learnt	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 repeat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	to-infinitive							vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	reward	infinitive		something					vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent something=Recipient
3	learn	present · passive		it				well property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Example 1

The builders reinforced the wall with steel bars.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 builders	det
2	builders	builder	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reinforced	nsubj
3	reinforced	reinforce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wall	det
5	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reinforced	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 bars	case
7	steel	steel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bars	compound
8	bars	bar	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reinforced	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reinforced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reinforce	past	the builders	the wall				with steel bars	vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent wall=Theme with bar=Instrument

Example 2

Doing practice questions reinforces what you learnt.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 reinforces	csubj
2	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 questions	compound
3	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Doing	obj
4	reinforces	reinforce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 learnt	obj
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 learnt	nsubj
7	learnt	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reinforces	ccomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 reinforces	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	gerund		practice questions					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality
2	reinforce	present	Doing						tree rules
3	learn	past	you						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

Example 3

Fold the card to reinforce the bridge.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fold	fold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 card	det
3	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fold	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 reinforce	mark
5	reinforce	reinforce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Fold	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bridge	det
7	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reinforce	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Fold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fold	imperative	you not said here	the card					vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent card=Patient
2	reinforce	to-infinitive	you not said here	the bridge					vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bridge=Theme

Example 4

Praise reinforces kind behaviour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reinforces	nsubj
2	reinforces	reinforce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 behaviour	amod
4	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reinforces	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reinforces	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reinforce	present	Praise	kind behaviour					vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot behaviour=Theme

Example 5

More firefighters arrived to reinforce the team.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	More	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 firefighters	amod
2	firefighters	firefighter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 arrived	nsubj
3	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 reinforce	mark
5	reinforce	reinforce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 arrived	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 team	det
7	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reinforce	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 arrived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	past	More firefighters						tree rules
2	reinforce	to-infinitive	More firefighters not said here	the team					vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot team=Theme

Example 6

The photo reinforced the idea that the castle was haunted.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 photo	det
2	photo	photo	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reinforced	nsubj
3	reinforced	reinforce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 idea	det
5	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reinforced	obj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 haunted	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 castle	det
8	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 haunted	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 haunted	aux:pass
10	haunted	haunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reinforced	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reinforced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reinforce	past	the photo	the idea					vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot idea=Theme
2	haunt	past · passive		the castle					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Example 7

Reinforced glass is hard to break.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reinforced	reinforce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 glass	amod
2	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hard	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hard	cop
4	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 break	mark
6	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hard	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reinforce	participle							vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	Reinforced glass					hard property	tree rules
3	break	to-infinitive	Reinforced glass not said here						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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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