ambitious

Who acts: Ambitious, ambitious plan, ambitious tailor, Eteocles, ambitious prince, We · What happens: mean, want, succeed, be, gain, carry out · To what, where: power, one, prince, ambitious prince, throne, ambitious plan · Speech: someone speaks here

«ambitious» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: ambitious in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Ambitious means wanting very much to succeed, to be great, or to gain power.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ambitious	ambitious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wanting	want	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	ccomp
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 much	advmod
5	much	much	ADV	_	3 wanting	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 succeed	mark
7	succeed	succeed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanting	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 great	punct
9	to	to	PART	_	11 great	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 great	cop
11	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 succeed	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 gain	punct
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 gain	cc
14	to	to	PART	_	15 gain	mark
15	gain	gain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	11 great	parataxis
16	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 gain	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Ambitious			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	want	gerund				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	succeed	to-infinitive				vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	to-infinitive			great property	tree rules
5	gain	to-infinitive		power		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=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.

Meaning 2

An ambitious plan is one that is big and hard to carry out.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 plan	det
2	ambitious	ambitious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 plan	amod
3	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 one	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 one	cop
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 big	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 big	cop
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 one	acl:relcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hard	cc
10	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 big	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 carry	mark
12	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 hard	xcomp
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 carry	compound:prt
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 one	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a ambitious plan	one		tree rules
2	is	present			big property	tree rules
3	be					tree rules
4	carry out	to-infinitive				vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The ambitious tailor wanted to be a prince.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tailor	det
2	ambitious	ambitious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tailor	amod
3	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	8 prince	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 prince	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 prince	det
8	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	the ambitious tailor						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	is a not said to happen	to-infinitive	the ambitious tailor not said here	a prince					tree rules

Example 2

Eteocles was an ambitious prince who seized the throne.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eteocles	Eteocles	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 prince	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 prince	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 prince	det
4	ambitious	ambitious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 prince	amod
5	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 seized	nsubj
7	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 prince	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 throne	det
9	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seized	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 prince	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Eteocles	a ambitious prince					tree rules
2	seize	past	a ambitious prince	the throne					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throne=Theme

Example 3

We have an ambitious plan to build a model town.

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 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 plan	det
4	ambitious	ambitious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 plan	amod
5	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 build	mark
7	build	build	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 plan	acl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 town	det
9	model	model	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 town	compound
10	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 build	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	We	a ambitious plan					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Patient
2	build	to-infinitive	We not said here	a model town					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset town=Product

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