covetousness

Who acts: other people, covetousness, them · What happens: have, keep, get, make, forget, not be · To what, where: more, them, happy family, fox, trap

«covetousness» 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: covetousness in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A strong greedy wish to have what other people have, or to keep getting more.

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	4 wish	det
2	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wish	amod
3	greedy	greedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wish	amod
4	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 have	mark
6	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wish	acl
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 have	obj
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 people	amod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 have	nsubj
10	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 have	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 keep	punct
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 keep	cc
13	to	to	PART	_	14 keep	mark
14	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 have	conj
15	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 keep	xcomp
16	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 getting	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 wish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	to-infinitive			tree rules
2	have	present	other people		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient
3	keep	to-infinitive			tree rules
4	get	gerund		more	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus

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

Their covetousness made them forget to be kind.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 covetousness	nmod:poss
2	covetousness	covetousness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	obj
5	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 made	xcomp
6	to	to	PART	_	8 kind	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 kind	cop
8	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 forget	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	past	Their covetousness	them = they		tree rules
2	forget	infinitive	them = they not said here			tree rules
3	not is	to-infinitive	them = they not said here		kind property	tree rules

Example 2

Covetousness can spoil a happy family.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Covetousness	covetousness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoil	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 spoil	aux
3	spoil	spoil	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 family	det
5	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 family	amod
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoil	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spoil	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spoil	can	Covetousness	a happy family					tree rules

Example 3

The fox's covetousness led him into the trap.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 covetousness	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 fox	case
4	covetousness	covetousness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 led	nsubj
5	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 led	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 trap	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 trap	det
9	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 led	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 led	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	past	the fox's covetousness	fox		the trap			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into trap=Destination

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