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title: vanquish — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «vanquish» in the school dictionary: To vanquish is to defeat someone completely in a fight or contest. It is a stronger word than beat. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# vanquish

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**Who acts:** contest, hero, Good · **What happens:** vanquish, be, flee · **To what, where:** fight, stronger word, dragon, vanquished giant, hills, evil

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To vanquish is to defeat someone completely in a fight or contest. It is a stronger word than beat.

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*Sentence 1:* To vanquish is to defeat someone completely in a fight or contest.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vanquish:m1:1
# text = To vanquish is to defeat someone completely in a fight or contest.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	vanquish	vanquish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	defeat	defeat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vanquish** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  | a fight or contest |  | completely, defeat *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* It is a stronger word than beat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vanquish:m1:2
# text = It is a stronger word than beat.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	beat	beat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | contest | a stronger word |  |  |  | than beat | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The hero vanquished the dragon.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vanquish:x1:1
# text = The hero vanquished the dragon.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	vanquished	vanquish	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	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vanquish** | past | the hero | the dragon |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The vanquished giant fled into the hills.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vanquish:x2:1
# text = The vanquished giant fled into the hills.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	vanquished	vanquish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	fled	flee	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	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 | **vanquish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **flee** | participle |  | the vanquished giant *not said here* |  | the hills |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into hill=Initial\_Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Good often vanquishes evil in the end.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vanquish:x3:1
# text = Good often vanquishes evil in the end.
1	Good	good	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	often	often	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	vanquishes	vanquish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	evil	evil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	end	end	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 | **vanquish** | present | Good | evil |  |  | in the end | often *property* | tree rules |

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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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