Who acts: con, Cons, That, free phone offer, con artist, artist · What happens: be, cheat, get, con, believe, give · To what, where: trick, someone, money, con, something, you · Speech: someone speaks here
«con» in the English dictionary: its 5 meanings for a pupil and its 10 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: con in the English dictionary.
Everyday, meaning 1
Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.
A con is a trick to cheat someone, usually to get their money: it was all a con.
The tree, 18 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Source
3
get
to-infinitive
trick's money
usually property
vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=Stimulus
4
is a
past
con
all con
tree rules
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.
Everyday, meaning 2
Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.
To con someone is to trick them into believing something false or giving you something.
The tree, 15 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn cheat-10.6.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Source
2
do
gerund
He not said here
his chores
vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chore=Eventuality
Example 8
The Twenty-first Path is the Intelligence of Con- ciliation, and is so called because it receives the divine influence which flows into it from its benediction upon all and each existence. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)
Sentence 1: The Twenty-first Path is the Intelligence of Con- ciliation, and is so called because it receives the divine influence which flows into it from its benediction upon all and each existence.
The tree, 32 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent influence=Theme
4
flow
present
the divine influence
Path
from Path's benediction upon all each existence
vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 2: (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
2 Sefer
punct
2
Sefer
Sefer
PROPN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
Yetzirah
Yetzirah
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Sefer
flat
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 Westcott
punct
5
Westcott
Westcott
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Sefer
conj
6
1893
1893
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
5 Westcott
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Sefer
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 9
witli that of "double letters"' and "simple letters", which con- trast admirably witii eacli otlier. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
Sentence 1: witli that of "double letters"' and "simple letters", which con- trast admirably witii eacli otlier.
The tree, 15 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
witli
witli
X
Foreign=Yes
root
root
2
that
that
PRON
Number=Sing PronType=Dem
1 witli
obj
3
of
of
ADP
_
6 letters
case
4
"
"
PUNCT
_
6 letters
punct
5
double
double
ADJ
Degree=Pos
6 letters
amod
6
letters
letter
NOUN
Number=Plur
2 that
nmod
7
"
"
PUNCT
_
8 '
punct
8
'
'
PUNCT
_
6 letters
punct
9
and
and
CCONJ
_
12 letters
cc
10
"
"
PUNCT
_
12 letters
punct
11
simple
simple
ADJ
Degree=Pos
12 letters
amod
12
letters
letter
NOUN
Number=Plur
6 letters
conj
13
"
"
PUNCT
_
12 letters
punct
14
,
,
PUNCT
_
18 trast
punct
15
which
which
PRON
PronType=Rel
18 trast
nsubj
16
con
con
NOUN
Number=Sing
18 trast
compound
17
-
-
PUNCT
_
16 con
punct
18
trast
trast
NOUN
Number=Sing
12 letters
conj
19
admirably
admirably
ADV
_
18 trast
advmod
20
witii
witii
X
Foreign=Yes
18 trast
conj
21
eacli
eacli
X
Foreign=Yes
20 witii
flat:foreign
22
otlier
otly
ADJ
Degree=Cmp
20 witii
xcomp
23
.
.
PUNCT
_
1 witli
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
trast
simple letters and con trast
admirably property
tree rules
Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
The tree, 12 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
2 Mordell
punct
2
Mordell
Mordell
PROPN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 Origin
punct
4
The
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
5 Origin
det
5
Origin
Origin
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Mordell
appos
6
of
of
ADP
_
7 Letters
case
7
Letters
letter
NOUN
Number=Plur
5 Origin
nmod
8
and
and
CCONJ
_
9 Numerals
cc
9
Numerals
numeral
NOUN
Number=Plur
7 Letters
conj
10
according
accord
VERB
ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part
12 Sefer
case
11
to
to
ADP
_
10 according
fixed
12
Sefer
Sefer
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Mordell
nmod
13
Yetzirah
Yetzirah
PROPN
Number=Sing
12 Sefer
flat
14
(
(
PUNCT
_
15 1914
punct
15
1914
1914
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
2 Mordell
list
16
))
))
PUNCT
_
2 Mordell
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
accord
gerund
vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
Example 10
The attri- bution of the work to Rabbi Akiba umbjubtedly rests on a con- fusion of titles. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
Sentence 1: The attri- bution of the work to Rabbi Akiba umbjubtedly rests on a con- fusion of titles.
The tree, 17 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on fusion=Location
2
fuse
titles
nom fusion «event intransitive»: of=agent
Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
The tree, 12 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
2 Mordell
punct
2
Mordell
Mordell
PROPN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 Origin
punct
4
The
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
5 Origin
det
5
Origin
Origin
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Mordell
appos
6
of
of
ADP
_
7 Letters
case
7
Letters
letter
NOUN
Number=Plur
5 Origin
nmod
8
and
and
CCONJ
_
9 Numerals
cc
9
Numerals
numeral
NOUN
Number=Plur
7 Letters
conj
10
according
accord
VERB
ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part
12 Sefer
case
11
to
to
ADP
_
10 according
fixed
12
Sefer
Sefer
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Mordell
nmod
13
Yetzirah
Yetzirah
PROPN
Number=Sing
12 Sefer
flat
14
(
(
PUNCT
_
15 1914
punct
15
1914
1914
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
2 Mordell
list
16
))
))
PUNCT
_
2 Mordell
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
accord
gerund
vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
Text: the English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader, each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.