capricious

Who acts: Capricious, your, princess, capricious wind, You · What happens: mean, change, mind, be, cry, laugh · To what, where: mind, kite, capricious child

«capricious» 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: capricious in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Capricious means changing your mind often and without reason; moody and unpredictable.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Capricious	Capricious	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	changing	change	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mind	nmod:poss
5	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 changing	obj
6	often	often	ADV	_	3 changing	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 reason	cc
8	without	without	ADP	_	9 reason	case
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 often	conj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 moody	punct
11	moody	moody	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	parataxis
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 unpredictable	cc
13	unpredictable	unpredictable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 moody	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Capricious			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	change not said to happen	gerund	Capricious not said here	your mind	often property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient
3	mind		your			nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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.

Example 1

The princess was capricious: she cried, then laughed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 princess	det
2	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 capricious	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 capricious	cop
4	capricious	capricious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 cried	punct
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cried	nsubj
7	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 capricious	parataxis
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 laughed	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 laughed	advmod
10	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 cried	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 capricious	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the princess		capricious property	tree rules
2	cry speech: express	past	princess			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	laugh	past	princess not said here	then		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

A capricious wind blew the kite about.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wind	det
2	capricious	capricious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wind	amod
3	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blew	nsubj
4	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kite	det
6	kite	kite	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blew	obj
7	about	about	ADV	_	4 blew	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 blew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	past	a capricious wind	the kite				about property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent kite=Patient

Example 3

You cannot please a capricious child.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 please	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 please	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 please	advmod
4	please	please	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
6	capricious	capricious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 child	amod
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 please	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 please	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not please	can	You	a capricious child					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer

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