avarice

Who acts: avarice, him · What happens: have, keep, make, count, be, grow · To what, where: more money, money, him, coin, one

«avarice» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: avarice in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A greedy wish to have more and more money, gold or things, and to keep them.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wish	det
2	greedy	greedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wish	amod
3	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 have	mark
5	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wish	acl
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 money	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 more	cc
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 more	conj
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 have	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 gold	punct
11	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 money	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 things	cc
13	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 money	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 keep	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 keep	cc
16	to	to	PART	_	17 keep	mark
17	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 have	conj
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 keep	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	to-infinitive		more money and gold or things					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient
2	keep	to-infinitive		money					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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.

Example 1

His avarice made him count every coin twice.

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 avarice	nmod:poss
2	avarice	avarice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	obj
5	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 made	xcomp
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 coin	det
7	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 count	obj
8	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 count	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	His avarice	him = he					tree rules
2	count	infinitive	him = he not said here	every coin				twice property	vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme

Example 2

Avarice is one of the sins in the tale.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Avarice	avarice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 one	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 one	cop
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 sins	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sins	det
6	sins	sin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 one	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 tale	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tale	det
9	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sins	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 one	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Avarice	one				of the sins in the tale	tree rules

Example 3

The miser's avarice grew each year.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 miser	det
2	miser	miser	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 avarice	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 miser	case
4	avarice	avarice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grew	nsubj
5	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 year	det
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grew	obl:unmarked
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	the miser's avarice				year		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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