stifle

Who acts: nobody, person, She, He, his, thick blanket · What happens: stifle, be, hear, stop, giggle · To what, where: sound, fire, breath, yawn, giggle, sleeve

«stifle» 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: stifle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To stifle a sound is to hold it back so that nobody hears it.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 stifle	mark
2	stifle	stifle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 hold	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sound	det
4	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stifle	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 hold	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 hold	mark
7	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hold	obj
9	back	back	ADV	_	7 hold	advmod
10	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	13 hears	mark
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 so	fixed
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 hears	nsubj
13	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 hold	advcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 hears	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stifle	to-infinitive		a sound		vn suffocate-40.7 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sound=Patient
2	is	present			hold property	tree rules
3	hear	present	nobody	sound		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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 stifle a fire or a person is to smother it or stop its breath or flame.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 stifle	mark
2	stifle	stifle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fire	det
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stifle	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 smother	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 smother	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 smother	cop
9	to	to	PART	_	10 smother	mark
10	smother	smother	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stifle	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 smother	obj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 stop	cc
13	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 smother	conj
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 breath	nmod:poss
15	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stop	obj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 flame	cc
17	flame	flame	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 breath	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stifle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stifle	to-infinitive		a fire		vn suffocate-40.7 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fire=Patient
2	is	present	a person		smother property	tree rules
3	stop	infinitive	a person not said here	person's breath or flame		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality breath=Eventuality

Example 1

She stifled a yawn.

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 stifled	nsubj
2	stifled	stifle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 yawn	det
4	yawn	yawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stifled	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stifled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stifle	past	She	a yawn					vn suffocate-40.7 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent yawn=Patient

Example 2

He stifled his giggle in his sleeve.

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 stifled	nsubj
2	stifled	stifle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 giggle	nmod:poss
4	giggle	giggle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stifled	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 sleeve	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 sleeve	nmod:poss
7	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stifled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stifled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stifle	past	He	his giggle		his sleeve			vn suffocate-40.7 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent giggle=Patient
2	giggle		his = he						nom giggle «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The thick blanket stifled the flames.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 blanket	det
2	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 blanket	amod
3	blanket	blanket	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stifled	nsubj
4	stifled	stifle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 flames	det
6	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stifled	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stifled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stifle	past	the thick blanket	the flames					vn suffocate-40.7 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent flame=Patient

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