cheapskate

Who acts: person, you, He, cheapskate, Grandad · What happens: not like, spend, do, not be, buy, be · To what, where: money, cheapskate, card, sister, sweets, tiny tip · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

Usage: informal, insulting — kept apart, not parsed.

A person who does not like spending money, even when they should; a mean or stingy person.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 like	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 like	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 like	advmod
6	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 person	acl:relcl
7	spending	spend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 like	xcomp
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spending	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 should	punct
10	even	even	ADV	_	13 should	advmod
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 should	advmod
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 should	nsubj
13	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 like	parataxis
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 person	punct
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 person	det
16	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 person	amod
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 stingy	cc
18	stingy	stingy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 mean	conj
19	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 person	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not like	present · do-support	a person and a mean person						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	spend not said to happen	gerund	a person and a mean person not said here	money					vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset

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

Don't be a cheapskate; buy your sister a card!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 cheapskate	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 cheapskate	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cheapskate	det
5	cheapskate	cheapskate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Do	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 buy	punct
7	buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Do	conj
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 sister	nmod:poss
9	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 buy	obj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 card	det
11	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 buy	obj
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is a	infinitive		a cheapskate		tree rules
3	buy	infinitive	you not said here	a card	your sister	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent sister=Beneficiary card=Theme

Example 2

He's such a cheapskate that he never shares his sweets.

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	5 cheapskate	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cheapskate	cop
3	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	5 cheapskate	det:predet
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cheapskate	det
5	cheapskate	cheapskate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 shares	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 shares	nsubj
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 shares	advmod
9	shares	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cheapskate	advcl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 sweets	nmod:poss
11	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 shares	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 cheapskate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	such cheapskate					tree rules
2	not share	present	he	his sweets					tree rules

Example 3

The cheapskate left a tiny tip.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cheapskate	det
2	cheapskate	cheapskate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	nsubj
3	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tip	det
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tip	amod
6	tip	tip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 left	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	the cheapskate	a tiny tip					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tip=Theme

Example 4

Grandad calls himself a cheapskate as a joke.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 calls	nsubj
2	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 calls	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cheapskate	det
5	cheapskate	cheapskate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calls	xcomp
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 joke	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 joke	det
8	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calls	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 calls	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	Grandad	Grandad				as a joke	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient

Example 5

Only a cheapskate would split a biscuit in half to share.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 cheapskate	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cheapskate	det
3	cheapskate	cheapskate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 split	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 split	aux
5	split	split	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 biscuit	det
7	biscuit	biscuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 split	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 half	case
9	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	5 split	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 share	mark
11	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 half	acl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 split	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split	would	a cheapskate	a biscuit		half			vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent biscuit=Patient
2	share	to-infinitive	a cheapskate not said here						tree rules

Example 6

Being careful with money doesn't make you a cheapskate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 careful	cop
2	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 make	csubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 money	case
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 careful	obl
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 make	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 make	advmod
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 make	obj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cheapskate	det
10	cheapskate	cheapskate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						with money; careful property	tree rules
2	not make	present · do-support		you					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product

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