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nastiness

Who acts: need, nastiness, We, us, he, Kindness · What happens: be, say, upset, talk, stand up, make · To what, where: her, class, us, noses, nastiness · Speech: someone speaks here

«nastiness» in the English dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: nastiness in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Unkind, mean or spiteful behaviour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct
3	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Unkind	conj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 behaviour	cc
5	spiteful	spiteful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 behaviour	amod
6	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Unkind	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Unkind	punct

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

Everyday, meaning 2

Being very unpleasant, as in the nastiness of a smell or an illness.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 unpleasant	cop
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 unpleasant	advmod
3	unpleasant	unpleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 nastiness	punct
5	as	as	ADP	_	8 nastiness	case
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 nastiness	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 nastiness	det
8	nastiness	nastiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unpleasant	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 smell	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 smell	det
11	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 nastiness	nmod
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 illness	cc
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 illness	det
14	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 smell	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 unpleasant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						the nastiness of a smell or a illness conj; unpleasant property	tree rules

Example 1

There was no need for that nastiness; say sorry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 need	det
4	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 nastiness	case
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 nastiness	det
7	nastiness	nastiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 need	nmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 say	punct
9	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 was	parataxis
10	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 say	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	no need for that nastiness			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: apologize	infinitive						sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The nastiness of the comments online upset her.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 nastiness	det
2	nastiness	nastiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 upset	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 comments	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 comments	det
5	comments	comment	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 nastiness	nmod
6	online	online	ADV	_	5 comments	advmod
7	upset	upset	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 upset	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 upset	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	upset	past	the nastiness of the comments	her = she					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer

Example 3

We talked in class about how to stand up to nastiness.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 talked	nsubj
2	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 class	case
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 talked	obl
5	about	about	SCONJ	_	8 stand	mark
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 stand	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 stand	mark
8	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 talked	advcl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 stand	compound:prt
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 nastiness	case
11	nastiness	nastiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stand	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 talked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	past	We			class			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stand up	to-infinitive	We not said here					to nastiness	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

The nastiness of the smell made us hold our noses.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 nastiness	det
2	nastiness	nastiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 smell	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 smell	det
5	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nastiness	nmod
6	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 made	obj
8	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 made	xcomp
9	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 noses	nmod:poss
10	noses	nose	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hold	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the nastiness of the smell	us					tree rules
2	hold	infinitive	us not said here	our noses					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Theme

Example 5

Despite the nastiness of the bug, he was better in a week.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Despite	despite	ADP	_	3 nastiness	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nastiness	det
3	nastiness	nastiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 better	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 bug	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bug	det
6	bug	bug	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nastiness	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 nastiness	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 better	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 better	cop
10	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 week	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 week	det
13	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 better	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 better	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he				week	despite the nastiness of the bug; good property	tree rules

Example 6

The villain's nastiness grew worse with every chapter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 villain	det
2	villain	villain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nastiness	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 villain	case
4	nastiness	nastiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grew	nsubj
5	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 grew	xcomp
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 chapter	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 chapter	det
9	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grew	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	the villain's nastiness					with every chapter; bad property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 7

Kindness can beat nastiness.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beat	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 beat	aux
3	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	nastiness	nastiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beat	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 beat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	can	Kindness	nastiness					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location nastiness=Theme

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.

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