craftiness
Who acts: craftiness, king, fox, We · What happens: use, trick, make, believe, escape, admire · To what, where: Cleverness, sly way, people, king, craftiness, puzzle
«craftiness» 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: craftiness in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Cleverness used in a sly way, especially for tricking people.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleverness | cleverness | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Cleverness | acl |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 way | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 way | det |
| 5 | sly | sly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 way | amod |
| 6 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 used | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 tricking | punct |
| 8 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 10 tricking | advmod |
| 9 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 10 tricking | mark |
| 10 | tricking | trick | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 used | advcl |
| 11 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 tricking | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Cleverness | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | participle | Cleverness not said here | a sly way | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | trick | gerund | people | especially property | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |
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
His craftiness made the king believe him.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 craftiness | nmod:poss |
| 2 | craftiness | craftiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obj |
| 6 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 made | xcomp |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 believe | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | His craftiness | the king | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | believe | infinitive | the king not said here | king | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Example 2
The fox used his craftiness to escape.
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 | 3 used | nsubj |
| 3 | used | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 craftiness | nmod:poss |
| 5 | craftiness | craftiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 used | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 escape | mark |
| 7 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 used | advcl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 used | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | past | the fox | fox's craftiness | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent craftiness=Patient | ||||
| 2 | escape | to-infinitive | the fox not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 3
We admired her craftiness in solving the puzzle.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 admired | nsubj |
| 2 | admired | admire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 craftiness | nmod:poss |
| 4 | craftiness | craftiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 admired | obj |
| 5 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 6 solving | mark |
| 6 | solving | solve | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 admired | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 puzzle | det |
| 8 | puzzle | puzzle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 solving | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 admired | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | admire | past | We | her craftiness | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer craftiness=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | solve | gerund | We not said here | the puzzle | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puzzle=Topic |
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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