affinity

Who acts: natural liking, substances, She, I, affinity, Water · What happens: feel, understand, join, react, tend, have · To what, where: real affinity, affinity, book, Water

«affinity» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: affinity in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A natural liking for or feeling of understanding with someone or something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 liking	det
2	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 liking	amod
3	liking	liking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 feeling	mark
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 feeling	cc
6	feeling	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 liking	acl
7	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 understanding	mark
8	understanding	understand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 feeling	advcl
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 someone	case
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 understanding	obl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 something	cc
12	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 someone	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 liking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	gerund	a natural liking not said here						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	understand	gerund	a natural liking not said here					with someone	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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.

Meaning 2

A close likeness or connection between things.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 likeness	det
2	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 likeness	amod
3	likeness	likeness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 connection	cc
5	connection	connection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 likeness	conj
6	between	between	ADP	_	7 things	case
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 connection	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 likeness	punct

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

Meaning 3

Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

A tendency of substances to join or react with each other.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tendency	det
2	tendency	tendency	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 substances	case
4	substances	substance	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tendency	nmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 join	mark
6	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 substances	acl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 react	cc
8	react	react	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 join	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 each	case
10	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	8 react	obl
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 each	fixed
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tendency	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	join	to-infinitive			vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	react	infinitive		with each	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with each=Eventuality
3	tend		substances		nom tendency «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Example 1

She has a real affinity for horses.

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 affinity	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 affinity	amod
5	affinity	affinity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 horses	case
7	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 affinity	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	She	a real affinity				for horses	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affinity=Patient

Example 2

I felt an affinity with the lonely boy in the book.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 affinity	det
4	affinity	affinity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 boy	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boy	det
7	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 boy	amod
8	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 book	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 book	det
11	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	I	a affinity		the book		with the lonely boy	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent affinity=Theme in book=Location

Example 3

There is an affinity between the two languages.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 is	expl
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 affinity	det
4	affinity	affinity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 is	nsubj
5	between	between	ADP	_	8 languages	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 languages	det
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 languages	nummod
8	languages	language	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 affinity	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 is	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	a affinity between the two languages			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 4

Water has an affinity for salt, which dissolves in it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 affinity	det
4	affinity	affinity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 salt	case
6	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 affinity	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dissolves	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 dissolves	nsubj
9	dissolves	dissolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 salt	acl:relcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 dissolves	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Water	a affinity				for salt	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affinity=Patient
2	dissolve	present	salt			Water			vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 5

He had an affinity with numbers from a young age.

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 affinity	det
4	affinity	affinity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 numbers	case
6	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 affinity	nmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 age	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 age	det
9	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 age	amod
10	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 numbers	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	a affinity				with numbers from a young age	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affinity=Patient

Example 6

The two artists share an affinity of style.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 artists	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 artists	nummod
3	artists	artist	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 share	nsubj
4	share	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 affinity	det
6	affinity	affinity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 share	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 style	case
8	style	style	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 affinity	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 share	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	present	the two artists	a affinity of style					tree rules

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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