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title: elude — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «elude» in the school dictionary: To escape from someone or something by being clever or fast, so they cannot catch or find you. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# elude

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**Who acts:** they, quail, thief, Thetis, answer · **What happens:** escape, be, not catch, find, elude, change · **To what, where:** someone, you, falcon, police, shape, Peleus

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«elude» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [elude in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/elude.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To escape from someone or something by being clever or fast, so they cannot catch or find you.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:elude:m1:1
# text = To escape from someone or something by being clever or fast, so they cannot catch or find you.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	escape	escape	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obl	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	conj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
9	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nmod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	conj	_	_
20	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | someone |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from someone=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **catch** | can | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **find** | infinitive | they *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The quail always eluded the falcon.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:elude:x1:1
# text = The quail always eluded the falcon.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	quail	quail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	eluded	elude	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	falcon	falcon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **elude** | past | the quail | the falcon |  |  |  | always *property* | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent falcon=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The thief eluded the police for a week.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:elude:x2:1
# text = The thief eluded the police for a week.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	eluded	elude	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **elude** | past | the thief | the police |  |  | week |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent police=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Thetis changed her shape to elude Peleus.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:elude:x3:1
# text = Thetis changed her shape to elude Peleus.
1	Thetis	Thetis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	elude	elude	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	Peleus	Peleus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | past | Thetis | Thetis's shape |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient |
| 2 | **elude** | to-infinitive | Thetis *not said here* | Peleus |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent peleus=Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The answer eluded me.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:elude:x4:1
# text = The answer eluded me.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	eluded	elude	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **elude** | past | the answer | me |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent i=Location |

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**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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