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aspire

Who acts: Many girls, poor boy, She · What happens: aspire, be, reach, swim · To what, where: something, life, tales, queens, doctor, little duckling

«aspire» 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: aspire in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To aspire is to want very much to reach something great, such as a high place, a grand job or a better life. 2) (formal) To aspire to something is to hope to reach it one day.

Sentence 1: To aspire is to want very much to reach something great, such as a high place, a grand job or a better life.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 aspire	mark
2	aspire	aspire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 want	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 want	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 want	mark
5	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 much	advmod
7	much	much	ADV	_	5 want	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 reach	mark
9	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 want	xcomp
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 reach	obj
11	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 something	amod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 place	punct
13	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	17 place	case
14	as	as	ADP	_	13 such	fixed
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 place	det
16	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 place	amod
17	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 something	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 job	punct
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 job	det
20	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 job	amod
21	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 something	conj
22	or	or	CCONJ	_	25 life	cc
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 life	det
24	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	25 life	amod
25	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 something	conj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	aspire	to-infinitive							tree rules
2	is	present						want property	tree rules
3	reach not said to happen	to-infinitive		something					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent something=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.

Sentence 2: 2) (formal) To aspire to something is to hope to reach it one day.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 hope	discourse
2	)	)	PUNCT	_	1 2	punct
3	(	(	PUNCT	_	4 formal	punct
4	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 hope	advcl
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 formal	punct
6	To	to	PART	_	7 aspire	mark
7	aspire	aspire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 formal	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 something	case
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 aspire	obl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 hope	cop
11	to	to	PART	_	12 hope	mark
12	hope	hope	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	to	to	PART	_	14 reach	mark
14	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 hope	xcomp
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 reach	obj
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 day	nummod
17	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 reach	obl:unmarked
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 hope	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	aspire	to-infinitive						to something	tree rules
2	is	present						hope property	tree rules
3	reach not said to happen	to-infinitive		life			day		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Example 1

Many girls aspire to be queens in the tales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 girls	amod
2	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 aspire	nsubj
3	aspire	aspire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 queens	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 queens	cop
6	queens	queen	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 aspire	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 tales	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tales	det
9	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 aspire	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 aspire	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	aspire	present	Many girls			the tales			tree rules
2	is a	to-infinitive	Many girls not said here	queens					tree rules

Example 2

The poor boy aspires to a finer life.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
2	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boy	amod
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 aspires	nsubj
4	aspires	aspire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 life	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 life	det
7	finer	finer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 life	compound
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 aspires	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 aspires	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	aspire	present	the poor boy					to a finer life	tree rules

Example 3

She aspires to be a doctor one day.

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 aspires	nsubj
2	aspires	aspire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	6 doctor	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 doctor	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 doctor	det
6	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 aspires	obj
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 day	nummod
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 doctor	obl:unmarked
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 aspires	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	aspire	present	She						tree rules
2	is a	to-infinitive		a doctor			day		tree rules

Example 4

The little duckling aspired to swim with the swans.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 duckling	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 duckling	amod
3	duckling	duckling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	aspired	aspire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 duckling	acl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 swim	mark
6	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 aspired	xcomp
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 swans	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 swans	det
9	swans	swan	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 swim	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 duckling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	aspire	participle		the little duckling not said here					tree rules
2	swim	to-infinitive						with the swans	vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with swan=Theme

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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