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title: enfeeble — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «enfeeble» in the school dictionary: To enfeeble someone is to make them weak, so they lose their strength. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# enfeeble

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**Who acts:** they, lion · **What happens:** enfeeble, be, lose, hunt · **To what, where:** someone, strength, Age, lion

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«enfeeble» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [enfeeble in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/enfeeble.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To enfeeble someone is to make them weak, so they lose their strength.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:enfeeble:m1:1
# text = To enfeeble someone is to make them weak, so they lose their strength.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	enfeeble	enfeeble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	csubj	_	_
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	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	lose	lose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enfeeble** | to-infinitive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | make, weak *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **lose** | present | they | their strength |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Eventuality |

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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}

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Age had enfeebled the old lion.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:enfeeble:x1:1
# text = Age had enfeebled the old lion.
1	Age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	enfeebled	enfeeble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enfeeble** | past · perfect · passive |  | Age |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The lion, enfeebled by age, could no longer hunt by force.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:enfeeble:x2:1
# text = The lion, enfeebled by age, could no longer hunt by force.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	enfeebled	enfeeble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	no	no	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
11	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enfeeble** | participle |  | the lion *not said here* |  |  | by age |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hunt** | could | the lion |  |  |  |  | by force; long *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent by force=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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