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title: entice — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «entice» in the school dictionary: To entice someone is to get them to come or do something by offering them something nice or tempting. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# entice

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**Who acts:** fox, Sweets, She, singing · **What happens:** entice, be, come, do, offer, tempt · **To what, where:** someone, something, them, hen, children, shop

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«entice» 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: [entice in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/entice.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To entice someone is to get them to come or do something by offering them something nice or tempting.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:entice:m1:1
# text = To entice someone is to get them to come or do something by offering them something nice or tempting.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	entice	entice	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	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
12	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obj	_	_
13	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	offering	offer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	14	obj	_	_
17	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	tempting	tempt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entice** | to-infinitive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | get *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **come** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **do** | infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |
| 5 | **offer** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent they=Goal something=Theme |
| 6 | **tempt** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 fox enticed the hen with a bag of corn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:entice:x1:1
# text = The fox enticed the hen with a bag of corn.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	enticed	entice	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	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entice** | past | the fox | the hen |  |  |  | with a bag of corn | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hen=Experiencer |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sweets can entice children into the shop.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:entice:x2:1
# text = Sweets can entice children into the shop.
1	Sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	entice	entice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entice** | can | Sweets | children |  |  |  | into the shop *result* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent child=Patient into shop=Result |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She tried to entice the cat with a saucer of milk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:entice:x3:1
# text = She tried to entice the cat with a saucer of milk.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	entice	entice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	saucer	saucer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **entice** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the cat |  |  |  | with a saucer of milk | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cat=Experiencer |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The singing enticed the sailors into the sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:entice:x4:1
# text = The singing enticed the sailors into the sea.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	singing	singing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	enticed	entice	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	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	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 | **entice** | past | the singing | the sailors |  |  |  | into the sea *result* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sailor=Patient into sea=Result |

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