covetous

Who acts: Covetous, king, covetous neighbour, neighbour, covetous eyes · What happens: mean, want, have, belong, be, share · To what, where: more, gold, land, jewels · Speech: someone speaks here

«covetous» 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: covetous in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Covetous means wanting very much to have what belongs to someone else, or wanting more and more of something such as gold.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Covetous	Covetous	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wanting	want	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	ccomp
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 much	advmod
5	much	much	ADV	_	7 have	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 have	mark
7	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanting	ccomp
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 belongs	nsubj
9	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 have	ccomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 someone	case
11	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 belongs	obl
12	else	else	ADV	_	11 someone	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wanting	punct
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 wanting	cc
15	wanting	want	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	conj
16	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 wanting	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 more	cc
18	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	16 more	conj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 something	case
20	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	18 more	obl
21	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	23 gold	case
22	as	as	ADP	_	21 such	fixed
23	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 something	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Covetous			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	want	gerund				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	have not said to happen	to-infinitive				tree rules
4	belong	present			to someone	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
5	want	gerund	Covetous not said here	more		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot more=Theme

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 king was covetous and wanted all the gold in the land.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 covetous	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 covetous	cop
4	covetous	covetous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wanted	cc
6	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 covetous	conj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 gold	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gold	det
9	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wanted	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 land	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 land	det
12	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wanted	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 covetous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the king					covetous property	tree rules
2	want	past	the king not said here	all gold		the land			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme

Example 2

A covetous neighbour always wanted more than his share.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 neighbour	det
2	covetous	covetous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 neighbour	amod
3	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 wanted	advmod
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 wanted	obj
7	than	than	ADP	_	9 share	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 share	nmod:poss
9	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 more	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	a covetous neighbour	more				always property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot more=Theme
2	share		neighbour						nom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

Her covetous eyes followed the jewels.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 eyes	nmod:poss
2	covetous	covetous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 eyes	amod
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 followed	nsubj
4	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 jewels	det
6	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 followed	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 followed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	Her covetous eyes	the jewels					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jewel=Theme

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