cherish
Who acts: care, I, She, We · What happens: cherish, be, take, care · To what, where: someone, great care, gift, old teddy bear, good friends
«cherish» 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: cherish in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To cherish someone or something is to love it and take great care of it.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 cherish | mark |
| 2 | cherish | cherish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 love | advcl |
| 3 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 cherish | obj |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 something | cc |
| 5 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 someone | conj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 love | cop |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 love | mark |
| 8 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 love | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 take | cc |
| 11 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 love | conj |
| 12 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 care | amod |
| 13 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 take | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 it | case |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 care | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 love | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cherish | to-infinitive | someone | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | is | present | love property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | take | present | great care of care | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | |||||
| 4 | care | care | nom care «act intransitive»: of=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
I will cherish this gift forever.
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 | 3 cherish | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 cherish | aux |
| 3 | cherish | cherish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 gift | det |
| 5 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cherish | obj |
| 6 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 3 cherish | advmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 cherish | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cherish | future | I | this gift | forever property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gift=Stimulus |
Example 2
She cherishes her old teddy bear.
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 cherishes | nsubj |
| 2 | cherishes | cherish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 bear | nmod:poss |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bear | amod |
| 5 | teddy | teddy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bear | compound |
| 6 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cherishes | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 cherishes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cherish | present | She | her old teddy bear | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bear=Stimulus |
Example 3
We cherish our good friends.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 cherish | nsubj |
| 2 | cherish | cherish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 friends | nmod:poss |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 friends | amod |
| 5 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 cherish | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 cherish | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cherish | present | We | our good friends | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer friend=Stimulus |
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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