wheedling

Who acts: you, he, She, wheedling way, cat · What happens: wheedle, describe, coax, mean, get, want · To what, where: soft coaxing voice, wheedling tone, wheedling way, wheedling mew

«wheedling» 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: wheedling in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Wheedling describes a soft, coaxing voice meant to get what you want.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wheedling	wheedle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 describes	nsubj
2	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 voice	det
4	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 voice	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 soft	punct
6	coaxing	coax	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 voice	amod
7	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 describes	obj
8	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 voice	acl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 get	mark
10	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 meant	xcomp
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 want	obj
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 want	nsubj
13	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 get	ccomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wheedle	gerund			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	describe	present		a soft coaxing voice	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent voice=Theme
3	coax	gerund			vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	mean	participle		a soft coaxing voice not said here	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	get not said to happen	to-infinitive			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
6	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.

Example 1

With bows and smiles, he asked in a wheedling tone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	2 bows	case
2	bows	bow	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 asked	obl
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 smiles	cc
4	smiles	smile	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bows	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 bows	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 asked	nsubj
7	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 tone	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tone	det
10	wheedling	wheedling	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tone	compound
11	tone	tone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asked	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	he			a wheedling tone		with bows and smiles	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

She had a wheedling way of asking for sweets.

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	wheedling	wheedling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 way	compound
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 asking	mark
7	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 way	acl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 sweets	case
9	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 asking	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	a wheedling way					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	a wheedling way not said here					for sweets	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The cat gave a wheedling mew.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mew	det
5	wheedling	wheedling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mew	compound
6	mew	mew	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the cat	a wheedling mew					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mew=Theme

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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