churl
Who acts: rude mean rough man, churl, Jack, you · What happens: be, not do, not pay, owe, say, lose · To what, where: workers, wages · Speech: someone speaks here
«churl» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: churl in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A rude, mean, rough man who is unkind and will not do what is fair or good.
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 | 7 man | det |
| 2 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 man | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 rude | punct |
| 4 | mean | mean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 man | amod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| 6 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 man | amod |
| 7 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 unkind | nsubj |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 unkind | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 unkind | cop |
| 10 | unkind | unkind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 do | cc |
| 12 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 do | aux |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 do | advmod |
| 14 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 unkind | conj |
| 15 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 17 fair | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 fair | cop |
| 17 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 do | ccomp |
| 18 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 19 good | cc |
| 19 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 fair | conj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 unkind | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a rude mean rough man | unkind property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not do | future | a rude mean rough man not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | fair property | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | be | 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
The churl would not pay the workers what he owed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 churl | det |
| 2 | churl | churl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pay | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 pay | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 pay | advmod |
| 5 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 workers | det |
| 7 | workers | worker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 pay | obj |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 owed | obj |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 owed | nsubj |
| 10 | owed | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 workers | acl:relcl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 pay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not pay | would | the churl | the workers | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worker=Asset | ||||
| 2 | owe | past | churl | the workers | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
Example 2
"Now, Jack," said the Gray Churl, "you must lose a month's wages."
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
| 2 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 said | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Now | punct |
| 4 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 said | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Jack | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Jack | punct |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Gray | det |
| 9 | Gray | Gray | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 said | nsubj |
| 10 | Churl | Churl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Gray | flat |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 lose | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 lose | punct |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 lose | nsubj |
| 14 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 lose | aux |
| 15 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 said | conj |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 month | det |
| 17 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 wages | nmod:poss |
| 18 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 17 month | case |
| 19 | wages | wage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 lose | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Jack | now | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | lose in a quote | must | you | a month's wages | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wage=Eventuality |
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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