disdain
Who acts: someone, you, He, She, giant · What happens: not be, refuse, think, be, look, disdain · To what, where: worth respect, something, cheap present, words, high disdain · Speech: someone speaks here
«disdain» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: disdain in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.
A feeling that someone or something is not worth respect; scorn.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 feeling | det |
| 2 | feeling | feeling | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 respect | mark |
| 4 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 10 respect | nsubj |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 something | cc |
| 6 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 someone | conj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 respect | cop |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 respect | advmod |
| 9 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 respect | amod |
| 10 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 feeling | acl |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 scorn | punct |
| 12 | scorn | scorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 feeling | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 feeling | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | someone | worth respect | tree rules |
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.
Meaning 2
Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.
To refuse something because you think you are too good for it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 refuse | mark |
| 2 | refuse | refuse | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 refuse | obj |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 think | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 think | nsubj |
| 6 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 refuse | advcl |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 good | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 good | cop |
| 9 | too | too | ADV | _ | 10 good | advmod |
| 10 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 think | ccomp |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 good | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 refuse | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refuse | to-infinitive | something | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other | present | you | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | you | for it; good property | tree rules |
Example 1
He looked at the beggar with disdain.
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 | 2 looked | nsubj |
| 2 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 beggar | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 beggar | det |
| 5 | beggar | beggar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 looked | obl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 disdain | case |
| 7 | disdain | disdain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 beggar | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 looked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | He | at the beggar with disdain | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at beggar=Theme |
Example 2
She disdained the cheap present.
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 | 2 disdained | nsubj |
| 2 | disdained | disdain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 present | det |
| 4 | cheap | cheap | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 present | amod |
| 5 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 disdained | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 disdained | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | disdain | past | She | the cheap present | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer present=Stimulus |
Example 3
The giant took the words in high disdain.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 giant | det |
| 2 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | nsubj |
| 3 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 words | det |
| 5 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 took | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 disdain | case |
| 7 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 disdain | amod |
| 8 | disdain | disdain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 took | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | the giant | the words | high disdain | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent word=Value in disdain=Location |
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