compunction

Who acts: feeling, you, He, compunction, Urashima, She · What happens: stop, do, think, be, have, eat · To what, where: you, something, compunction, last cake, gift, lie · Speech: someone speaks here

«compunction» 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: compunction in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A feeling of guilt or unease that stops you doing something you think is wrong.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 feeling	det
2	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wrong	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 guilt	case
4	guilt	guilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feeling	nmod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 unease	cc
6	unease	unease	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 guilt	conj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 stops	nsubj
8	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 feeling	acl:relcl
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 stops	obj
10	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 stops	xcomp
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 doing	obj
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 think	nsubj
13	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 something	acl:relcl
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 wrong	cop
15	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stop	present	a feeling of guilt or unease	you		tree rules
2	do	gerund	a feeling of guilt or unease not said here	something		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
3	think speech: other	present	you			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	a feeling of guilt or unease		wrong property	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

He had no compunction about eating the last cake.

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	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 compunction	det
4	compunction	compunction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	about	about	SCONJ	_	6 eating	mark
6	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 compunction	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cake	det
8	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cake	amod
9	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eating	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	no compunction					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compunction=Patient
2	eat	gerund	no compunction not said here	the last cake					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient

Example 2

Urashima felt some compunction in taking the gift.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Urashima	Urashima	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 compunction	det
4	compunction	compunction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obj
5	in	in	SCONJ	_	6 taking	mark
6	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 felt	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gift	det
8	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 taking	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	Urashima	some compunction					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compunction=Theme
2	take	gerund	Urashima not said here	the gift					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme

Example 3

She felt compunction after she told a lie.

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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	compunction	compunction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obj
4	after	after	SCONJ	_	6 told	mark
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 told	nsubj
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 felt	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lie	det
8	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	She	compunction					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compunction=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	past	she	a lie					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient

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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