contemptible

Who acts: you, people, It, He, Stealing · What happens: mean, despise, deserve, be, cheat, tell · To what, where: it, scorn, contemptible trick, game, lie · Speech: someone speaks here

«contemptible» 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: contemptible in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

So mean or bad that people despise it and deserve scorn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	2 mean	advmod
2	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 bad	cc
4	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 mean	conj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 despise	mark
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 despise	nsubj
7	despise	despise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bad	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 despise	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 deserve	cc
10	deserve	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 despise	conj
11	scorn	scorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 deserve	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	imperative	you not said here		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	despise	present	people	it	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
3	deserve	present	people not said here	scorn	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

It was a contemptible trick to cheat at the game.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 trick	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 trick	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 trick	det
4	contemptible	contemptible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 trick	amod
5	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 cheat	mark
7	cheat	cheat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 trick	acl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 game	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 game	det
10	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cheat	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 trick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a contemptible trick					tree rules
2	cheat	to-infinitive				the game			vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 2

He told a lie and felt contemptible.

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 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lie	det
4	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 felt	cc
6	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 told	conj
7	contemptible	contemptible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 felt	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	He	a lie					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient
2	feel	past	He not said here					contemptible property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 3

Stealing from a friend is contemptible.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stealing	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 contemptible	csubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 friend	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 friend	det
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stealing	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 contemptible	cop
6	contemptible	contemptible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 contemptible	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	gerund						from a friend	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	Stealing					contemptible property	tree rules

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