deign

Who acts: you, something, grand person, queen, He, Deign · What happens: deign, be, do, think, visit, not deign · To what, where: small thing, school, silly question, me, room · Speech: someone speaks here

«deign» 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: deign in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To deign is to agree to do something that you think is beneath your dignity; a grand person may deign to do a small thing (old use).

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 deign	mark
2	deign	deign	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 agree	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 agree	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 agree	mark
5	agree	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 agree	xcomp
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	15 dignity	nsubj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 think	obj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 think	nsubj
11	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 something	acl:relcl
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 dignity	cop
13	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	15 dignity	case
14	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 dignity	nmod:poss
15	dignity	dignity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	ccomp
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 deign	punct
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 person	det
18	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 person	amod
19	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 deign	nsubj
20	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 deign	aux
21	deign	deign	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 agree	conj
22	to	to	PART	_	23 do	mark
23	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 deign	xcomp
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 thing	det
25	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 thing	amod
26	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 do	obj
27	(	(	PUNCT	_	29 use	punct
28	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 use	amod
29	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 thing	appos
30	)	)	PUNCT	_	29 use	punct
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 agree	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	deign	to-infinitive				tree rules
2	be speech: agree	present			agree property	tree rules
3	do not said to happen	to-infinitive				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	think speech: other	present	you			vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot that=Theme
5	is	present	something		beneath your dignity	tree rules
6	deign	may	a grand person			tree rules
7	do	to-infinitive	a grand person not said here	a small thing		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality

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

Will the queen deign to visit our school?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 deign	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 queen	det
3	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 deign	nsubj
4	deign	deign	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 visit	mark
6	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 deign	xcomp
7	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 school	nmod:poss
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 visit	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 deign	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deign	future	the queen						tree rules
2	visit	to-infinitive	the queen not said here	our school					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Co-Agent

Example 2

He would not deign to answer such a silly question.

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	4 deign	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 deign	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 deign	advmod
4	deign	deign	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 answer	mark
6	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 deign	xcomp
7	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	10 question	det:predet
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 question	det
9	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 question	amod
10	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 answer	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 deign	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not deign	would	He						tree rules
2	answer speech: assert	to-infinitive	He not said here	such silly question					vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality

Example 3

Deign to follow me, and you shall have a room.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deign	Deign	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 follow	nsubj
2	to	to	PART	_	3 follow	mark
3	follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 follow	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 have	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 have	cc
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 have	nsubj
8	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 have	aux
9	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 follow	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 room	det
11	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 have	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 follow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	to-infinitive	Deign	me					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
2	have	shall	you	a room					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Patient

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