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title: wheedling — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «wheedling» in the school dictionary: Wheedling describes a soft, coaxing voice meant to get what you want. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# wheedling

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**Who acts:** you, he, She, wheedling way, cat · **What happens:** wheedle, describe, coax, mean, get, want · **To what, where:** soft coaxing voice, wheedling tone, wheedling way, wheedling mew

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Wheedling describes a soft, coaxing voice meant to get what you want.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wheedling:m1:1
# text = Wheedling describes a soft, coaxing voice meant to get what you want.
1	Wheedling	wheedle	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	coaxing	coax	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	obj	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wheedle** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | a soft coaxing voice |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent voice=Theme |
| 3 | **coax** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **mean** | participle |  | a soft coaxing voice *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 6 | **want** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

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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 -->
With bows and smiles, he asked in a wheedling tone.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wheedling:x1:1
# text = With bows and smiles, he asked in a wheedling tone.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	bows	bow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	smiles	smile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	wheedling	wheedling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	tone	tone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | he |  |  | a wheedling tone |  | with bows and smiles | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She had a wheedling way of asking for sweets.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wheedling:x2:1
# text = She had a wheedling way of asking for sweets.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wheedling	wheedling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She | a wheedling way |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | a wheedling way *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for sweets | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The cat gave a wheedling mew.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wheedling:x3:1
# text = The cat gave a wheedling mew.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wheedling	wheedling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	mew	mew	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 | **give** | past | the cat | a wheedling mew |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mew=Theme |

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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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