begrudge
Who acts: someone, they, you, She, I · What happens: feel, have, get, not have, begrudge, not begrudge · To what, where: something, it, me, new bike, sister, him · Speech: someone speaks here
«begrudge» 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: begrudge in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To feel unhappy that someone has or gets something, and wish they did not have it: «why do you begrudge me my playmates?».
The tree, 23 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 feel | mark |
| 2 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | unhappy | unhappy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 feel | xcomp |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 has | mark |
| 5 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 has | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 feel | advcl |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 gets | cc |
| 8 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 has | conj |
| 9 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 gets | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 have | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 have | cc |
| 12 | wish | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 have | aux |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 have | nsubj |
| 14 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 have | aux |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 have | advmod |
| 16 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 feel | conj |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 have | obj |
| 18 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 23 begrudge | punct |
| 19 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 23 begrudge | punct |
| 20 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 23 begrudge | advmod |
| 21 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 begrudge | aux |
| 22 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 23 begrudge | nsubj |
| 23 | begrudge | begrudge | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 feel | parataxis |
| 24 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 begrudge | obj |
| 25 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 playmates | nmod:poss |
| 26 | playmates | playmate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 begrudge | obj |
| 27 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 23 begrudge | punct |
| 28 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 23 begrudge | punct |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 feel | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | to-infinitive | unhappy property | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | have | present | someone | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | get | present | someone not said here | something | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | not have | present · do-support | they | it | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 5 | begrudge in a quote | present · do-support | you | me | 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 begrudged her sister the new bike.
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 begrudged | nsubj |
| 2 | begrudged | begrudge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 sister | nmod:poss |
| 4 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 begrudged | iobj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bike | det |
| 6 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 bike | amod |
| 7 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 begrudged | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 begrudged | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | begrudge | past | She | the new bike | her sister | tree rules |
Example 2
Do not begrudge him a small treat.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 begrudge | aux |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 begrudge | advmod |
| 3 | begrudge | begrudge | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 begrudge | obj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 treat | det |
| 6 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 treat | amod |
| 7 | treat | treat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 begrudge | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 begrudge | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not begrudge | imperative · do-support | you not said here | him = he | tree rules |
Example 3
I begrudge every minute spent on that chore.
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 begrudge | nsubj |
| 2 | begrudge | begrudge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 minute | det |
| 4 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 begrudge | obj |
| 5 | spent | spend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 minute | acl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 chore | case |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 chore | det |
| 8 | chore | chore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spent | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 begrudge | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | begrudge | present | I | minute | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | spend | participle | every minute not said here | on that chore goal | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent on chore=Goal |
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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