tempt

Who acts: you, someone, smell, cookies, witch, strangers · What happens: make, want, do, have, try, get · To what, where: someone, something, me, kitchen, I, children · Speech: someone speaks here

«tempt» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: tempt in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To make someone want to do or have something, especially something they should not.

The tree, 14 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 want	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 make	obj
4	want	want	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 do	mark
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 want	xcomp
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 have	cc
8	have	have	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 want	conj
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 have	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 something	punct
11	especially	especially	ADV	_	12 something	advmod
12	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 something	appos
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 should	nsubj
14	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 something	acl:relcl
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 should	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	want	imperative	you not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	have	infinitive	you not said here	something	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=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 try to get someone to do something by offering something nice.

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 get	mark
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 try	xcomp
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 get	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 get	xcomp
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 do	obj
9	by	by	SCONJ	_	10 offering	mark
10	offering	offer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 do	advcl
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 offering	obj
12	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 something	amod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 try	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	try	to-infinitive			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	get not said to happen	to-infinitive		someone	tree rules
3	do	to-infinitive	someone not said here	something	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
4	offer	gerund	someone not said here	something	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent something=Theme

Example 1

The smell of cookies tempted me into the kitchen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 smell	det
2	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tempted	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 cookies	case
4	cookies	cookie	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 smell	nmod
5	tempted	tempt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 tempted	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 kitchen	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 kitchen	det
9	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tempted	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 tempted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tempt	past	the smell of cookies		me	the kitchen			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient
2	smell		cookies						nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Example 2

I was tempted to peek at my presents.

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	3 tempted	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tempted	aux:pass
3	tempted	tempt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 peek	mark
5	peek	peek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 tempted	xcomp
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 presents	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 presents	nmod:poss
8	presents	present	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 peek	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tempted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tempt	past · passive		I					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	peek	to-infinitive						at my presents	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at present=Theme

Example 3

The witch tempted the children with a house made of sweets.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 witch	det
2	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tempted	nsubj
3	tempted	tempt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 children	det
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tempted	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 house	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 house	det
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tempted	obl
9	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 house	acl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 sweets	case
11	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 made	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tempted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tempt	past	the witch		the children			with a house	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Recipient
2	make	participle		a house not said here				of sweets	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Example 4

Don't let strangers tempt you with gifts — say no and tell an adult.

The tree, 14 words

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	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 let	obj
5	tempt	tempt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 let	xcomp
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 tempt	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 gifts	case
8	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tempt	obl
9	—	-	PUNCT	_	10 say	punct
10	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 let	parataxis
11	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	10 say	discourse
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 tell	cc
13	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 say	conj
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 adult	det
15	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tell	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	not let	imperative · do-support	you not said here	strangers			tree rules
2	tempt	infinitive	strangers not said here		you	with gifts	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
3	say speech: assert	infinitive					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	tell speech: assert	infinitive			a adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Example 5

The cake looks so tempting!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cake	det
2	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looks	nsubj
3	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 tempting	advmod
5	tempting	tempting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looks	obl
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 looks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	the cake	tempting					vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Example 6

He was tempted to copy his friend's answers, but he didn't.

The tree, 13 words

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	3 tempted	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tempted	aux:pass
3	tempted	tempt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 copy	mark
5	copy	copy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 tempted	xcomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 friend	nmod:poss
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 answers	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 friend	case
9	answers	answer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 copy	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 did	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 did	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 did	nsubj
13	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tempted	conj
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 did	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tempted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	tempt	past · passive		He	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	copy	to-infinitive		his friend's answers	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme
3	not do	past	friend		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	answer		his friend		nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 7

Can I tempt you with some ice cream?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 tempt	aux
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 tempt	nsubj
3	tempt	tempt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 tempt	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 cream	case
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 cream	det
7	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cream	compound
8	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tempt	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 tempt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tempt	can	I		you			with some ice cream	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

Example 8

Don't tempt fate by saying we'll definitely win.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 tempt	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 tempt	advmod
3	tempt	tempt	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tempt	obj
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 saying	mark
6	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 tempt	advcl
7	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 win	nsubj
8	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 win	aux
9	definitely	definitely	ADV	_	10 win	advmod
10	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 saying	ccomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tempt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not tempt	imperative · do-support	you not said here	fate		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fate=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	gerund	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	win	future	we		definitely property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 9

Why did you let yourself be tempted?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 let	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 let	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 let	nsubj
4	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 let	obj
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 tempted	aux:pass
7	tempted	tempt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 let	xcomp
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	past · do-support	you	yourself					tree rules
2	tempt	infinitive · passive	yourself not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»

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