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title: vie — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «vie» in the school dictionary: To vie is to try hard to be better than someone else; to compete. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# vie

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**Who acts:** two girls, pony, Many runners · **What happens:** vie, be, compete, win · **To what, where:** stables, medal

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To vie is to try hard to be better than someone else; to compete.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vie:m1:1
# text = To vie is to try hard to be better than someone else; to compete.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	vie	vie	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	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obl	_	_
12	else	else	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	compete	compete	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vie** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | try *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | than someone; good *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **compete** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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The two girls vied for first place in the race.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vie:x1:1
# text = The two girls vied for first place in the race.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	vied	vie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vie** | past | the two girls |  |  |  |  | for first place in the race | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yet the pony could vie with any horse in the stables.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vie:x2:1
# text = Yet the pony could vie with any horse in the stables.
1	Yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pony	pony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	vie	vie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	stables	stable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vie** | could | the pony |  |  | the stables |  | with any horse | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with horse=Co-Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Many runners vied to win the medal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vie:x3:1
# text = Many runners vied to win the medal.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	runners	runner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	vied	vie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	medal	medal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vie** | past | Many runners |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **win** | to-infinitive | Many runners *not said here* | the medal |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medal=Eventuality |

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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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