burdensome

Who acts: heavy pack, Carers, new rules, He, much homework, king · What happens: carry, cause, become, find, be, not want · To what, where: lot, duties, taxes

«burdensome» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: burdensome in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

Heavy or hard to carry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 hard	cc
3	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Heavy	conj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 carry	mark
5	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 hard	xcomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Heavy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	to-infinitive							vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

Causing a lot of work, worry or difficulty, as in «burdensome rules».

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Causing	cause	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lot	det
3	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Causing	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 work	case
5	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lot	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 worry	punct
7	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 work	conj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 difficulty	cc
9	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 worry	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 rules	punct
11	as	as	ADP	_	15 rules	case
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 rules	case
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 rules	punct
14	burdensome	burdensome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 rules	amod
15	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Causing	obl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 rules	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Causing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	gerund		a lot of work and worry or difficulty				as burdensome rules	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition lot=Patient

Example 1

The heavy pack became burdensome on the long hike.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pack	det
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pack	amod
3	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 became	nsubj
4	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	burdensome	burdensome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 became	xcomp
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 hike	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hike	det
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hike	amod
9	hike	hike	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 burdensome	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	the heavy pack					burdensome property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Example 2

Carers can find their duties burdensome.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carers	carer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 find	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 find	aux
3	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 duties	nmod:poss
5	duties	duty	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 find	obj
6	burdensome	burdensome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 find	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 find	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	can	Carers	Carers's duties				burdensome property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Topic

Example 3

The new rules were burdensome for small shops.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rules	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rules	amod
3	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 burdensome	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 burdensome	cop
5	burdensome	burdensome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 shops	case
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shops	amod
8	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 burdensome	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 burdensome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the new rules					for small shops; burdensome property	tree rules

Example 4

He did not want to be burdensome to his family.

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	4 want	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 want	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 want	advmod
4	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	7 burdensome	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 burdensome	cop
7	burdensome	burdensome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 want	xcomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 family	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 family	nmod:poss
10	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 burdensome	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not want	past · do-support	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot
2	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here					to his family; burdensome property	tree rules

Example 5

Too much homework can feel burdensome.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Too	too	ADV	_	2 much	advmod
2	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 homework	amod
3	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feel	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 feel	aux
5	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	burdensome	burdensome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feel	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	can	much homework					burdensome property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 6

The king's taxes were burdensome to the poor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taxes	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 king	case
4	taxes	tax	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 burdensome	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 burdensome	aux:pass
6	burdensome	burdensome	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 poor	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 poor	det
9	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 burdensome	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 burdensome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burdensome	past · passive		the king's taxes				to the poor	tree rules
2	tax		the king						nom tax «possession transitive»: poss=agent

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