crafty

Who acts: Crafty, you, crafty fox, He, Toad, crafty weasels · What happens: mean, get, want, like, make, trick · To what, where: crafts, crow, crafty smile, crafty plan, Toad Hall, crafty way · Speech: someone speaks here

«crafty» in the English dictionary: its 2 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: crafty in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Crafty means clever at getting what you want by tricks and secret plans; sly.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crafty	crafty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	at	at	SCONJ	_	5 getting	mark
5	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 clever	advcl
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 want	obj
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 want	nsubj
8	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 getting	ccomp
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 tricks	case
10	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 want	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 plans	cc
12	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 plans	amod
13	plans	plan	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 tricks	conj
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 sly	punct
15	sly	sly	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Crafty	clever, sly property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	get	gerund	Crafty not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	want	present	you	by tricks and secret plans; what obj	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

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.

Crafty can mean liking or good at making crafts by hand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crafty	Crafty	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mean	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	liking	like	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 mean	xcomp
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 good	cc
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 liking	conj
7	at	at	SCONJ	_	8 making	mark
8	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 liking	advcl
9	crafts	craft	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 making	obj
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 hand	case
11	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 making	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	can	Crafty			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	like not said to happen	gerund	Crafty not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	make	gerund	Crafty not said here	crafts	by hand	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset craft=Product

Example 1

The crafty fox tricked the crow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fox	det
2	crafty	crafty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fox	amod
3	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tricked	nsubj
4	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crow	det
6	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tricked	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tricked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past	the crafty fox	the crow					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crow=Patient

Example 2

He gave a crafty smile.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 smile	det
4	crafty	crafty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 smile	amod
5	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	He	a crafty smile					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smile=Theme

Example 3

Toad made a crafty plan to escape.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 plan	det
4	crafty	crafty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 plan	amod
5	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 escape	mark
7	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 plan	acl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	Toad	a crafty plan					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Product
2	escape	to-infinitive	Toad not said here	a crafty plan not said here					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 4

The crafty weasels took over Toad Hall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 weasels	det
2	crafty	crafty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 weasels	amod
3	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 took	nsubj
4	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 Hall	case
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Hall	compound
7	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 took	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	the crafty weasels			Toad Hall			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 5

That was a crafty way to win the game!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 way	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	crafty	crafty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 win	mark
7	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 game	det
9	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 win	obj
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	That	a crafty way					tree rules
2	win	to-infinitive		the game					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality

Example 6

Gran is very crafty — she knits and sews everything.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 crafty	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 crafty	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 crafty	advmod
4	crafty	crafty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	—	-	PUNCT	_	7 knits	punct
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 knits	nsubj
7	knits	knit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 crafty	parataxis
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sews	cc
9	sews	sew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 knits	conj
10	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 sews	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 crafty	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Gran		crafty property	tree rules
2	knit	present	Gran			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	sew	present	Gran not said here	everything		vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Product

Example 7

So, with a crafty and evil smile upon his face, he spoke as follows:

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	14 spoke	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 So	punct
3	with	with	ADP	_	8 smile	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 smile	det
5	crafty	crafty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 smile	amod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 evil	cc
7	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 crafty	conj
8	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 spoke	obl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 face	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 face	nmod:poss
11	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 smile	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 smile	punct
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 spoke	nsubj
14	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 follows	mark
16	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 spoke	advcl
17	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 spoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	he					with a crafty smile upon his face	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with smile=Co-Agent
2	follow	present	he not said here						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 8

Cannot my taste discern crafty devices? (Writings JOB.6.30, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Cannot my taste discern crafty devices?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 discern	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 discern	advmod
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 taste	nmod:poss
4	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 discern	nsubj
5	discern	discern	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	crafty	crafty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 devices	amod
7	devices	device	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 discern	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 discern	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not discern	can	my taste	crafty devices					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer device=Stimulus
2	taste		my						nom taste «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Sentence 2: (Writings JOB.6.30, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	JOB.6.30	JOB.6.30	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 JOB.6.30	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 JOB.6.30	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 9

For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. (Writings JOB.15.5, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	3 iniquity	case
2	thine	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	3 iniquity	nmod:poss
3	iniquity	iniquity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 teacheth	obl
4	teacheth	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	6 mouth	nmod:poss
6	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 teacheth	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 choosest	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 choosest	cc
9	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	10 choosest	nsubj
10	choosest	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 teacheth	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tongue	det
12	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 choosest	obj
13	of	of	SCONJ	_	15 crafty	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 crafty	det
15	crafty	crafty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tongue	acl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 teacheth	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	present		thy mouth				for thine iniquity	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mouth=Recipient
2	choose	present	thou	the tongue					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme

Sentence 2: (Writings JOB.15.5, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	JOB.15.5	JOB.15.5	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 JOB.15.5	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 JOB.15.5	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 10

They hold crafty converse against Thy people, and take counsel against Thy treasured ones. (Writings PSA.83.4, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: They hold crafty converse against Thy people, and take counsel against Thy treasured ones.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hold	nsubj
2	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	crafty	crafty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 converse	amod
4	converse	converse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hold	xcomp
5	against	against	ADP	_	7 people	case
6	Thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	7 people	nmod:poss
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hold	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 take	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 take	cc
10	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hold	conj
11	counsel	counsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 take	obj
12	against	against	ADP	_	15 ones	case
13	Thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	15 ones	nmod:poss
14	treasured	treasure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 ones	amod
15	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 take	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hold	present	They		against Thy people; converse property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against people=Location
2	take	infinitive	They not said here	counsel	against Thy treasured ones	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme against one=Destination
3	treasure	participle				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Sentence 2: (Writings PSA.83.4, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	PSA.83.4	PSA.83.4	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PSA.83.4	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PSA.83.4	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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📖 crafty

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

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