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title: appease — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «appease» in the school dictionary: To appease someone is to calm them or stop them being angry by giving them what they want. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# appease

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**Who acts:** they, country, Mum, king, Britain, Giving · **What happens:** appease, be, stop, give, want, avoid · **To what, where:** someone, them, aggressive country, war, hunger, biscuit

<!-- .vabout -->
«appease» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [appease in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/appease.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To appease someone is to calm them or stop them being angry by giving them what they want.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:appease:m1:1
# text = To appease someone is to calm them or stop them being angry by giving them what they want.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	appease	appease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	calm	calm	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	cop	_	_
12	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
13	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	iobj	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	obj	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appease** | to-infinitive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **stop** | infinitive |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality they=Eventuality |
| 4 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | angry *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **give** | gerund |  |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **want** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

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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 {#m2}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: history — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To appease an aggressive country is to give in to its demands to avoid war.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:appease:m2:1
# text = To appease an aggressive country is to give in to its demands to avoid war.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	appease	appease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	aggressive	aggressive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	demands	demand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
15	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appease** | to-infinitive |  | a aggressive country |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus country=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to country's demands; give *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **avoid** | to-infinitive |  | war |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent war=Location |
| 4 | **demand** |  | country |  |  |  |  |  | nom demand «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To appease hunger or thirst is to satisfy it (formal).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:appease:m3:1
# text = To appease hunger or thirst is to satisfy it (formal).
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	appease	appease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
3	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	thirst	thirst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	satisfy	satisfy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appease** | to-infinitive |  | hunger or thirst |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hunger=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | satisfy *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum gave the toddler a biscuit to appease him.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:appease:x1:1
# text = Mum gave the toddler a biscuit to appease him.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	toddler	toddler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	biscuit	biscuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	appease	appease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | Mum | a biscuit | the toddler |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent toddler=Recipient biscuit=Theme |
| 2 | **appease** | to-infinitive | Mum *not said here* | toddler |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The king tried to appease the angry crowd with gifts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:appease:x2:1
# text = The king tried to appease the angry crowd with gifts.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	appease	appease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | the king |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **appease** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | the angry crowd |  |  |  | with gifts | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus crowd=Experiencer |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Britain and France tried to appease Hitler in 1938.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:appease:x3:1
# text = Britain and France tried to appease Hitler in 1938.
1	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	appease	appease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	Hitler	Hitler	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	1938	1938	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | Britain and France |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **appease** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Britain and France *not said here* | Hitler |  | 1938 |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hitler=Experiencer |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Giving in to a bully rarely appeases them for long.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:appease:x4:1
# text = Giving in to a bully rarely appeases them for long.
1	Giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bully	bully	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	rarely	rarely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	appeases	appease	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give in** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to a bully | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to bully=Theme |
| 2 | **appease** | present | Giving | them *= they* |  |  |  | rarely *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The dragon could not be appeased with gold.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:appease:x5:1
# text = The dragon could not be appeased with gold.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	appeased	appease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **appease** | could · passive |  | the dragon |  |  |  | with gold | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A sandwich appeased his hunger.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:appease:x6:1
# text = A sandwich appeased his hunger.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	appeased	appease	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appease** | past | a sandwich | his hunger |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hunger=Experiencer |
| 2 | **hunger** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom hunger «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His hunger finally appeased, he raised his head to thank his kind benefactress.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:appease:x7:1
# text = His hunger finally appeased, he raised his head to thank his kind benefactress.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	appeased	appease	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	raised	raise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	thank	thank	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	benefactress	benefactress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appease** | past | His hunger |  |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **raise** | past | hunger | hunger's head |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme |
| 3 | **thank** *speech: thank* | to-infinitive | hunger *not said here* | hunger's kind benefactress |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent benefactress=Theme |
| 4 | **hunger** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom hunger «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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