vie
Who acts: two girls, pony, Many runners · What happens: vie, be, compete, win · To what, where: stables, medal
«vie» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: vie in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To vie is to try hard to be better than someone else; to compete.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 vie | mark |
| 2 | vie | vie | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 try | csubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 try | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 try | mark |
| 5 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 better | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 better | mark |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 better | cop |
| 9 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 try | xcomp |
| 10 | than | than | ADP | _ | 11 someone | case |
| 11 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 better | obl |
| 12 | else | else | ADV | _ | 11 someone | advmod |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 compete | punct |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 compete | mark |
| 15 | compete | compete | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 try | parataxis |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 try | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vie | to-infinitive | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | try property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | is not said to happen | to-infinitive | than someone; good property | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | compete | to-infinitive | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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.
Example 1
The two girls vied for first place in the race.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 girls | det |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 girls | nummod |
| 3 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 vied | nsubj |
| 4 | vied | vie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 place | case |
| 6 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 place | amod |
| 7 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 vied | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 race | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 race | det |
| 10 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 place | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 vied | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vie | past | the two girls | for first place in the race | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
Yet the pony could vie with any horse in the stables.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 5 vie | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pony | det |
| 3 | pony | pony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 vie | nsubj |
| 4 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 vie | aux |
| 5 | vie | vie | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 horse | case |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 horse | det |
| 8 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 vie | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 stables | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 stables | det |
| 11 | stables | stable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 vie | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 vie | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vie | could | the pony | the stables | with any horse | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with horse=Co-Agent |
Example 3
Many runners vied to win the medal.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 runners | amod |
| 2 | runners | runner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 vied | nsubj |
| 3 | vied | vie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 win | mark |
| 5 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 vied | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 medal | det |
| 7 | medal | medal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 win | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 vied | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vie | past | Many runners | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | win | to-infinitive | Many runners not said here | the medal | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medal=Eventuality |
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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