subdue Who acts: army, your, Romans, Police officers, man, She · What happens: subdue, be, hold back, excite, shout, try · To what, where: rebels, feeling, excitement, light, many tribes, Britain · Speech: someone speaks here
«subdue» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: subdue in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To subdue is to get control over a person, group or country, usually by force: «The army subdued the rebels».
The tree, 20 words mark csubj cop mark obj case det obl punct conj cc conj punct advmod case advcl punct punct det nsubj parataxis det obj punct punct root To PART subdue VERB is AUX to PART get VERB control NOUN over ADP a DET person NOUN , PUNCT group NOUN or CCONJ country NOUN , PUNCT usually ADV by ADP force NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT The DET army NOUN subdued VERB the DET rebels NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 subdue mark 2 subdue subdue VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 get csubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 get cop 4 to to PART _ 5 get mark 5 get get VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 control control NOUN Number=Sing 5 get obj 7 over over ADP _ 9 person case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 person det 9 person person NOUN Number=Sing 5 get obl 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 group punct 11 group group NOUN Number=Sing 9 person conj 12 or or CCONJ _ 13 country cc 13 country country NOUN Number=Sing 9 person conj 14 , , PUNCT _ 17 force punct 15 usually usually ADV _ 17 force advmod 16 by by ADP _ 17 force case 17 force force NOUN Number=Sing 5 get advcl 18 : : PUNCT _ 22 subdued punct 19 « « PUNCT _ 22 subdued punct 20 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 21 army det 21 army army NOUN Number=Sing 22 subdued nsubj 22 subdued subdue VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 get parataxis 23 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 24 rebels det 24 rebels rebel NOUN Number=Plur 22 subdued obj 25 » » PUNCT _ 22 subdued punct 26 . . PUNCT _ 5 get punct
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1 subdue to-infinitive vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 is present over a person and group or country; get property tree rules 3 subdue in a quote past the army the rebels vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rebel=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 subdue a feeling is to calm it or hold it back, like subduing your excitement or anger.
The tree, 18 words mark advcl det obj cop mark obj cc conj obj advmod punct mark advcl nmod:poss obj cc conj punct root To PART subdue VERB a DET feeling NOUN is AUX to PART calm VERB it PRON or CCONJ hold VERB it PRON back ADV , PUNCT like SCONJ subduing VERB your PRON excitement NOUN or CCONJ anger NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 subdue mark 2 subdue subdue VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 calm advcl 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 feeling det 4 feeling feeling NOUN Number=Sing 2 subdue obj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 calm cop 6 to to PART _ 7 calm mark 7 calm calm VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 calm obj 9 or or CCONJ _ 10 hold cc 10 hold hold VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 7 calm conj 11 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 hold obj 12 back back ADV _ 10 hold advmod 13 , , PUNCT _ 15 subduing punct 14 like like SCONJ _ 15 subduing mark 15 subduing subdue VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 10 hold advcl 16 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 17 excitement nmod:poss 17 excitement excitement NOUN Number=Sing 15 subduing obj 18 or or CCONJ _ 19 anger cc 19 anger anger NOUN Number=Sing 17 excitement conj 20 . . PUNCT _ 7 calm punct
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1 subdue to-infinitive a feeling vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient 2 is present calm property tree rules 3 hold back infinitive feeling vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme 4 subdue gerund your excitement or anger vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent excitement=Patient 5 excite your nom excitement «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
Meaning 3 To subdue light, colour or sound is to make it softer or quieter.
The tree, 13 words mark advcl obj punct conj cc conj cop mark obj xcomp cc conj punct root To PART subdue VERB light NOUN , PUNCT colour NOUN or CCONJ sound NOUN is AUX to PART make VERB it PRON softer ADJ or CCONJ quieter ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 subdue mark 2 subdue subdue VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 make advcl 3 light light NOUN Number=Sing 2 subdue obj 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 colour punct 5 colour colour NOUN Number=Sing 3 light conj 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 sound cc 7 sound sound NOUN Number=Sing 3 light conj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 make cop 9 to to PART _ 10 make mark 10 make make VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 11 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 make obj 12 softer soft ADJ Degree=Cmp 10 make xcomp 13 or or CCONJ _ 14 quieter cc 14 quieter quiet ADJ Degree=Cmp 12 softer conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 10 make punct
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1 subdue to-infinitive light and colour or sound vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Patient 2 is present make, soft property tree rules
Example 1 The Romans subdued many tribes in Britain.
det nsubj amod obj case obl punct root The DET Romans PROPN subdued VERB many ADJ tribes NOUN in ADP Britain PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Romans det 2 Romans Roman PROPN Number=Plur 3 subdued nsubj 3 subdued subdue VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 5 tribes amod 5 tribes tribe NOUN Number=Plur 3 subdued obj 6 in in ADP _ 7 Britain case 7 Britain Britain PROPN Number=Sing 3 subdued obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 subdued punct
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1 subdue past the Romans many tribes Britain vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tribe=Patient
Example 2 Police officers subdued the man who was shouting.
compound nsubj det obj nsubj aux acl:relcl punct root Police NOUN officers NOUN subdued VERB the DET man NOUN who PRON was AUX shouting VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Police police NOUN Number=Plur 2 officers compound 2 officers officer NOUN Number=Plur 3 subdued nsubj 3 subdued subdue VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 man det 5 man man NOUN Number=Sing 3 subdued obj 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 8 shouting nsubj 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 shouting aux 8 shouting shout VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 man acl:relcl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 subdued punct
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1 subdue past Police officers the man vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient 2 shout speech: express past · progressive the man vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 3 She tried to subdue her giggles in assembly.
nsubj mark xcomp nmod:poss obj case obl punct root She PRON tried VERB to PART subdue VERB her PRON giggles NOUN in ADP assembly NOUN . PUNCT 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 subdue mark 4 subdue subdue VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 tried xcomp 5 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 giggles nmod:poss 6 giggles giggle NOUN Number=Plur 4 subdue obj 7 in in ADP _ 8 assembly case 8 assembly assembly NOUN Number=Sing 4 subdue obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 tried punct
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1 try past She vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 2 subdue not said to happen to-infinitive She not said here her giggles assembly vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giggle=Patient 3 giggle her = she nom giggle «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 4 Firefighters worked all night to subdue the flames.
nsubj det obl:unmarked mark advcl det obj punct root Firefighters NOUN worked VERB all DET night NOUN to PART subdue VERB the DET flames NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Firefighters firefighter NOUN Number=Plur 2 worked nsubj 2 worked work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 all all DET PronType=Tot 4 night det 4 night night NOUN Number=Sing 2 worked obl:unmarked 5 to to PART _ 6 subdue mark 6 subdue subdue VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 worked advcl 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 flames det 8 flames flame NOUN Number=Plur 6 subdue obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 worked punct
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1 work past Firefighters night vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 subdue to-infinitive Firefighters not said here the flames vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flame=Patient
Example 5 The knight subdued the dragon in the end.
det nsubj det obj case det obl punct root The DET knight NOUN subdued VERB the DET dragon NOUN in ADP the DET end NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 knight det 2 knight knight NOUN Number=Sing 3 subdued nsubj 3 subdued subdue VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 dragon det 5 dragon dragon NOUN Number=Sing 3 subdued obj 6 in in ADP _ 8 end case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 end det 8 end end NOUN Number=Sing 3 subdued obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 subdued punct
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1 subdue past the knight the dragon in the end vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Patient
Example 6 Dimmer lights subdued the bright room.
compound nsubj det amod obj punct root Dimmer NOUN lights NOUN subdued VERB the DET bright ADJ room NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dimmer dimmer NOUN Number=Sing 2 lights compound 2 lights light NOUN Number=Plur 3 subdued nsubj 3 subdued subdue VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 room det 5 bright bright ADJ Degree=Pos 6 room amod 6 room room NOUN Number=Sing 3 subdued obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 subdued punct
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1 subdue past Dimmer lights the bright room vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Patient
Example 7 It took the vet two helpers to subdue the frightened horse.
nsubj det obj nummod obj mark advcl det amod obj punct root It PRON took VERB the DET vet NOUN two NUM helpers NOUN to PART subdue VERB the DET frightened ADJ horse NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 took nsubj 2 took take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 vet det 4 vet vet NOUN Number=Sing 2 took obj 5 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 helpers nummod 6 helpers helper NOUN Number=Plur 2 took obj 7 to to PART _ 8 subdue mark 8 subdue subdue VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 took advcl 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 horse det 10 frightened frightened ADJ Degree=Pos 11 horse amod 11 horse horse NOUN Number=Sing 8 subdue obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 took punct
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1 take past It the vet vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument vet=Theme helper=Destination 2 subdue to-infinitive the frightened horse vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient
Example 8 When we are not at peace amongst ourselves it is no easy thing to subdue an enemy.
The tree, 17 words mark nsubj cop advmod case nsubj case nmod nsubj cop det amod mark acl det obj punct root When SCONJ we PRON are AUX not PART at ADP peace NOUN amongst ADP ourselves PRON it PRON is AUX no DET easy ADJ thing NOUN to PART subdue VERB an DET enemy NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 When when SCONJ _ 6 peace mark 2 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 peace nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 peace cop 4 not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 peace advmod 5 at at ADP _ 6 peace case 6 peace peace NOUN Number=Sing 13 thing nsubj 7 amongst amongst ADP _ 8 ourselves case 8 ourselves ourselves PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 6 peace nmod 9 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 thing nsubj 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 thing cop 11 no no DET PronType=Neg 13 thing det 12 easy easy ADJ Degree=Pos 13 thing amod 13 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing root root 14 to to PART _ 15 subdue mark 15 subdue subdue VERB VerbForm=Inf 13 thing acl 16 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 17 enemy det 17 enemy enemy NOUN Number=Sing 15 subdue obj 18 . . PUNCT _ 13 thing punct
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1 not is present we peace amongst ourselves tree rules 2 is a present peace no easy thing tree rules 3 subdue to-infinitive a enemy vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Patient
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