desirous
Who acts: king, She, you · What happens: want, have, do, be, learn · To what, where: something, magic
«desirous» 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: desirous in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Old or formal: wanting very much to have or do something.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 3 formal | cc |
| 3 | formal | formal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Old | conj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 wanting | punct |
| 5 | wanting | want | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Old | advcl |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 much | advmod |
| 7 | much | much | ADV | _ | 5 wanting | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 have | mark |
| 9 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wanting | xcomp |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 do | cc |
| 11 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 have | conj |
| 12 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 11 do | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Old | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | gerund | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | have not said to happen | to-infinitive | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | do | infinitive | something | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=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
The king was desirous of a golden carpet.
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 desirous | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 desirous | cop |
| 4 | desirous | desirous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 carpet | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 carpet | det |
| 7 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 carpet | amod |
| 8 | carpet | carpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 desirous | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 desirous | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the king | of a golden carpet; desirous property | tree rules |
Example 2
She was desirous to learn magic.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 desirous | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 desirous | cop |
| 3 | desirous | desirous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 learn | mark |
| 5 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 desirous | csubj |
| 6 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 learn | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 desirous | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | She | desirous property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | learn | to-infinitive | magic | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magic=Topic |
Example 3
Are you desirous of a second helping?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 desirous | cop |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 desirous | nsubj |
| 3 | desirous | desirous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 helping | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 helping | det |
| 6 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 helping | amod |
| 7 | helping | helping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 desirous | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 desirous | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | you | of a second helping; desirous property | tree rules |
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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