wheedle

Who acts: you, wife, he, She · What happens: wheedle, be, do, want, agree, not wheedle · To what, where: secret, him, treat, me

«wheedle» 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: wheedle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To wheedle is to coax someone, with soft words or flattery, into doing what you want.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 wheedle	mark
2	wheedle	wheedle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 coax	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 coax	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 coax	mark
5	coax	coax	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 coax	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 words	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 words	case
9	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 words	amod
10	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 someone	appos
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 flattery	cc
12	flattery	flattery	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 words	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 doing	punct
14	into	into	SCONJ	_	15 doing	mark
15	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 coax	advcl
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 want	obj
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 want	nsubj
18	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 doing	ccomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 coax	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	wheedle	to-infinitive			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		coax property	tree rules
3	do	gerund			tree rules
4	want	present	you		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=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

To wheedle a secret out of someone is to get it from them by sweet talk.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 wheedle	mark
2	wheedle	wheedle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 secret	det
4	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wheedle	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	10 get	mark
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 someone	case
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 get	obl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 get	cop
9	to	to	PART	_	10 get	mark
10	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wheedle	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 get	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 them	case
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 get	obl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 talk	case
15	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 talk	amod
16	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 get	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wheedle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wheedle	to-infinitive		a secret					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Patient
2	is	present						of someone; from them = they; by sweet talk; get property	tree rules

Example 1

His wife wheedled him until he agreed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 wife	nmod:poss
2	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wheedled	nsubj
3	wheedled	wheedle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wheedled	obj
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 agreed	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 agreed	nsubj
7	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wheedled	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wheedled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wheedle	past	His wife	him = he					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	agree speech: agree	past	he						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

She wheedled a treat out of her dad.

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 wheedled	nsubj
2	wheedled	wheedle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 treat	det
4	treat	treat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wheedled	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 dad	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 dad	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 dad	nmod:poss
8	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wheedled	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wheedled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wheedle	past	She	a treat				out her dad	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treat=Patient

Example 3

Don't wheedle; just ask me nicely.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 wheedle	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 wheedle	advmod
3	wheedle	wheedle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 ask	punct
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 ask	advmod
6	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 wheedle	conj
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 ask	iobj
8	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	6 ask	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wheedle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not wheedle	imperative · do-support	you not said here						vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here		me			nicely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient

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