abhorrence
Who acts: Abhorrence, She, His, Everyone · What happens: be, feel, make, abhor, show, hold · To what, where: deep feeling, abhorrence, him, lies, thief, faithful wife
«abhorrence» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: abhorrence in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Abhorrence is a deep feeling of hatred or disgust for something wrong or cruel.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abhorrence | abhorrence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 feeling | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 feeling | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 feeling | det |
| 4 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 feeling | amod |
| 5 | feeling | feeling | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 hatred | case |
| 7 | hatred | hatred | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 feeling | nmod |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 disgust | cc |
| 9 | disgust | disgust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 feeling | conj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 something | case |
| 11 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 disgust | nmod |
| 12 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 something | amod |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 cruel | cc |
| 14 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 wrong | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 feeling | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Abhorrence | a deep feeling or disgust for something | of hatred | 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.
Example 1
She felt abhorrence for the cruel steward.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 felt | nsubj |
| 2 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | abhorrence | abhorrence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 felt | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 steward | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 steward | det |
| 6 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 steward | amod |
| 7 | steward | steward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 felt | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 felt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | She | abhorrence | for the cruel steward | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent abhorrence=Location for steward=Theme |
Example 2
His abhorrence of lies made him honest.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 abhorrence | nmod:poss |
| 2 | abhorrence | abhorrence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 lies | case |
| 4 | lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 abhorrence | nmod |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 made | obj |
| 7 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 made | xcomp |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | His abhorrence of lies | him = he | honest property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | |||
| 2 | abhor | His = he | lies | nom abhorrence «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
Example 3
Everyone showed abhorrence at the thief.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 showed | nsubj |
| 2 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | abhorrence | abhorrence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 showed | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 thief | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 thief | det |
| 6 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 showed | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 showed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | Everyone | abhorrence | the thief | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent abhorrence=Recipient |
Example 4
The faithful wife held cheating in abhorrence.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 wife | det |
| 2 | faithful | faithful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 wife | amod |
| 3 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 wife | acl |
| 5 | cheating | cheat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 held | advcl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 abhorrence | case |
| 7 | abhorrence | abhorrence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cheating | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wife | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | participle | the faithful wife not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | cheat | gerund | abhorrence | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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