tried Who acts: I, it, you, clothes, She, box · What happens: make, do, try, lift, test, taste · To what, where: effort, something, box, clothes, shoes, person
«tried» in the school dictionary: its 5 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: tried in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Past of «try»: made an effort to do something (I tried to lift the box).
The tree, 15 words case case punct obl punct punct det obj mark acl obj punct nsubj conj mark xcomp det obj punct punct root Past ADP of ADP « PUNCT try NOUN » PUNCT : PUNCT made VERB an DET effort NOUN to PART do VERB something PRON ( PUNCT I PRON tried VERB to PART lift VERB the DET box NOUN ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Past past ADP _ 4 try case 2 of of ADP _ 4 try case 3 « « PUNCT _ 4 try punct 4 try try NOUN Number=Sing 7 made obl 5 » » PUNCT _ 4 try punct 6 : : PUNCT _ 7 made punct 7 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 effort det 9 effort effort NOUN Number=Sing 7 made obj 10 to to PART _ 11 do mark 11 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 effort acl 12 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 11 do obj 13 ( ( PUNCT _ 15 tried punct 14 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 15 tried nsubj 15 tried try VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 made conj 16 to to PART _ 17 lift mark 17 lift lift VERB VerbForm=Inf 15 tried xcomp 18 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 19 box det 19 box box NOUN Number=Sing 17 lift obj 20 ) ) PUNCT _ 15 tried punct 21 . . PUNCT _ 7 made punct
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1 make past a effort past try vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset effort=Product 2 do to-infinitive something vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality 3 try past I vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 4 lift not said to happen to-infinitive I not said here the box vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme
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 Tested or tasted something to see what it is like (I tried sushi).
The tree, 13 words amod cc conj mark acl obj nsubj cop mark punct nsubj acl:relcl obj punct punct root Tested VERB or CCONJ tasted VERB something PRON to PART see VERB what PRON it PRON is AUX like SCONJ ( PUNCT I PRON tried VERB sushi NOUN ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tested test VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 something amod 2 or or CCONJ _ 3 tasted cc 3 tasted taste VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Tested conj 4 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind root root 5 to to PART _ 6 see mark 6 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 something acl 7 what what PRON PronType=Int 6 see obj 8 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 tried nsubj 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 tried cop 10 like like SCONJ _ 13 tried mark 11 ( ( PUNCT _ 13 tried punct 12 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 13 tried nsubj 13 tried try VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 what acl:relcl 14 sushi sushi NOUN Number=Sing 13 tried obj 15 ) ) PUNCT _ 7 what punct 16 . . PUNCT _ 4 something punct
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1 test participle vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 taste participle vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus 3 see to-infinitive vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus 4 is present it try property tree rules
Meaning 3 Put on clothes to see if they fit (She tried on the shoes).
The tree, 13 words case obl mark advcl mark nsubj ccomp punct nsubj ccomp case det obl punct punct root Put VERB on ADP clothes NOUN to PART see VERB if SCONJ they PRON fit VERB ( PUNCT She PRON tried VERB on ADP the DET shoes NOUN ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Put put VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 on on ADP _ 3 clothes case 3 clothes clothes NOUN Number=Ptan 1 Put obl 4 to to PART _ 5 see mark 5 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Put advcl 6 if if SCONJ _ 8 fit mark 7 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 fit nsubj 8 fit fit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 see ccomp 9 ( ( PUNCT _ 11 tried punct 10 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 tried nsubj 11 tried try VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 fit ccomp 12 on on ADP _ 14 shoes case 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 shoes det 14 shoes shoe NOUN Number=Plur 11 tried obl 15 ) ) PUNCT _ 11 tried punct 16 . . PUNCT _ 1 Put punct
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1 put imperative you not said here clothes vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on clothes=Destination 2 see to-infinitive you not said here vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 3 fit a condition, not said to happen present clothes tree rules 4 try past She the shoes vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
Meaning 4 Judged a person in a law court (He was tried for theft).
The tree, 12 words det obj case det compound obl punct nsubj aux:pass acl:relcl case obl punct punct root Judged VERB a DET person NOUN in ADP a DET law NOUN court NOUN ( PUNCT He PRON was AUX tried VERB for ADP theft NOUN ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Judged judge VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 person det 3 person person NOUN Number=Sing 1 Judged obj 4 in in ADP _ 7 court case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 court det 6 law law NOUN Number=Sing 7 court compound 7 court court NOUN Number=Sing 1 Judged obl 8 ( ( PUNCT _ 11 tried punct 9 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 tried nsubj 10 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 tried aux:pass 11 tried try VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 court acl:relcl 12 for for ADP _ 13 theft case 13 theft theft NOUN Number=Sing 11 tried obl 14 ) ) PUNCT _ 11 tried punct 15 . . PUNCT _ 1 Judged punct
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1 judge past a person a law court vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent person=Value 2 try past · passive person for theft vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for theft=Attribute
Meaning 5 Tried and tested / tried and true: proven to work well.
advcl cc conj punct cc conj punct conj mark xcomp advmod punct root Tried VERB and CCONJ tested VERB / PUNCT tried VERB and CCONJ true ADJ : PUNCT proven VERB to PART work VERB well ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tried try VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 tried advcl 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 tested cc 3 tested test VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Tried conj 4 / / PUNCT _ 3 tested punct 5 tried try VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 true cc 7 true true ADJ Degree=Pos 5 tried conj 8 : : PUNCT _ 9 proven punct 9 proven prove VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 tried conj 10 to to PART _ 11 work mark 11 work work VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 proven xcomp 12 well well ADV Degree=Pos 11 work advmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 tried punct
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1 try participle vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer 2 test participle vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3 try past vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer 4 prove participle vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 5 work to-infinitive well property vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1 I tried to lift the box, but it was too heavy.
nsubj mark xcomp det obj punct cc nsubj cop advmod advcl punct root I PRON tried VERB to PART lift VERB the DET box NOUN , PUNCT but CCONJ it PRON was AUX too ADV heavy ADJ . PUNCT 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 tried nsubj 2 tried try VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 lift mark 4 lift lift VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 tried xcomp 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 box det 6 box box NOUN Number=Sing 4 lift obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 12 heavy punct 8 but but CCONJ _ 12 heavy cc 9 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 heavy nsubj 10 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 heavy cop 11 too too ADV _ 12 heavy advmod 12 heavy heavy ADJ Degree=Pos 2 tried advcl 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 tried punct
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1 try past I vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 2 lift not said to happen to-infinitive I not said here the box vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme 3 is past box heavy property tree rules
Example 2 Have you tried the new ice cream flavour?
nsubj ccomp det amod compound compound obj punct root Have VERB you PRON tried VERB the DET new ADJ ice NOUN cream NOUN flavour NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 2 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 tried nsubj 3 tried try VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Have ccomp 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 flavour det 5 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 8 flavour amod 6 ice ice NOUN Number=Sing 7 cream compound 7 cream cream NOUN Number=Sing 8 flavour compound 8 flavour flavour NOUN Number=Sing 3 tried obj 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 Have punct
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1 have present tree rules 2 try past you the new cream flavour vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flavour=Eventuality
Example 3 She tried on three dresses before choosing.
nsubj case nummod obl mark advcl punct root She PRON tried VERB on ADP three NUM dresses NOUN before SCONJ choosing VERB . 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 on on ADP _ 5 dresses case 4 three three NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 dresses nummod 5 dresses dress NOUN Number=Plur 2 tried obl 6 before before SCONJ _ 7 choosing mark 7 choosing choose VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 tried advcl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 tried punct
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1 try past She three dresses vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer 2 choose gerund She not said here vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 4 We tried 4 × 6, but the answer was too small, so we tried 4 × 7.
The tree, 17 words nsubj obj case nmod punct cc det nsubj cop advmod parataxis punct advmod nsubj parataxis nummod obj flat punct root We PRON tried VERB 4 NUM × SYM 6 NUM , PUNCT but CCONJ the DET answer NOUN was AUX too ADV small ADJ , PUNCT so ADV we PRON tried VERB 4 NUM × SYM 7 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 tried nsubj 2 tried try VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 4 4 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 tried obj 4 × × SYM _ 5 6 case 5 6 6 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 4 nmod 6 , , PUNCT _ 12 small punct 7 but but CCONJ _ 12 small cc 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 answer det 9 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing 12 small nsubj 10 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 small cop 11 too too ADV _ 12 small advmod 12 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 2 tried parataxis 13 , , PUNCT _ 16 tried punct 14 so so ADV _ 16 tried advmod 15 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 16 tried nsubj 16 tried try VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 small parataxis 17 4 4 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 18 × nummod 18 × × SYM Number=Sing 16 tried obj 19 7 7 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 18 × flat 20 . . PUNCT _ 2 tried punct
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1 try past We 4 × 6 vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 4=Eventuality 2 is past the answer small property tree rules 3 try past we vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ×=Eventuality
Example 5 He tried his best, and that's what matters.
nsubj nmod:poss obj punct cc nsubj cop parataxis acl:relcl punct root He PRON tried VERB his PRON best ADJ , PUNCT and CCONJ that PRON 's AUX what PRON matters VERB . PUNCT 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 tried nsubj 2 tried try 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 best nmod:poss 4 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 2 tried obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 what punct 6 and and CCONJ _ 9 what cc 7 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 9 what nsubj 8 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 what cop 9 what what PRON PronType=Int 2 tried parataxis 10 matters matter VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 what acl:relcl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 tried punct
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1 try past He his best vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality 2 is a present that tree rules 3 matter present vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
Example 6 They tried out for the football team.
nsubj compound:prt case det compound obl punct root They PRON tried VERB out ADP for ADP the DET football NOUN team NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 tried nsubj 2 tried try VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 out out ADP _ 2 tried compound:prt 4 for for ADP _ 7 team case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 team det 6 football football NOUN Number=Sing 7 team compound 7 team team NOUN Number=Sing 2 tried obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 tried punct
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1 try out past They for the football team vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent for team=Attribute
Example 7 This is a tried and tested recipe.
nsubj cop det amod cc conj punct root This PRON is AUX a DET tried VERB and CCONJ tested VERB recipe NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 This this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 7 recipe nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 recipe cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 recipe det 4 tried try VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 recipe amod 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 tested cc 6 tested test VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 tried conj 7 recipe recipe NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 recipe punct
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1 try participle vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer 2 test participle vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3 is a present This a tried recipe tree rules
Example 8 Michael had tried on his spectacles.
nsubj aux case nmod:poss obl punct root Michael PROPN had AUX tried VERB on ADP his PRON spectacles NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Michael Michael PROPN Number=Sing 3 tried nsubj 2 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 tried aux 3 tried try VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 4 on on ADP _ 6 spectacles case 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 spectacles nmod:poss 6 spectacles spectacle NOUN Number=Plur 3 tried obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 tried punct
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1 try past · perfect Michael Michael's spectacles vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
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