dutiful

Who acts: Dutiful, She, dutiful pupil, dutiful helper · What happens: mean, do, obey, keep, fetch, be · To what, where: parents, promises, dutiful pupil, homework

«dutiful» 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: dutiful in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Dutiful means careful to do what you should, obeying parents and keeping promises.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dutiful	dutiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	to	to	PART	_	5 do	mark
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 careful	xcomp
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 do	obj
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 should	nsubj
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 what	acl:relcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 obeying	punct
10	obeying	obey	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	conj
11	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 obeying	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 keeping	cc
13	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 obeying	conj
14	promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 keeping	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Dutiful		careful property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	to-infinitive	Dutiful not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	obey	gerund	Dutiful not said here	parents		vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Theme
4	keep	gerund	Dutiful not said here	promises		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme

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 dutiful son fetched water for his mother.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 son	det
2	dutiful	dutiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 son	amod
3	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	fetched	fetch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 water	amod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 son	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 mother	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mother	nmod:poss
8	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 son	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 son	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fetch	participle							vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 2

She was a dutiful pupil who always did her homework.

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	5 pupil	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 pupil	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pupil	det
4	dutiful	dutiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pupil	amod
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 did	nsubj
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 did	advmod
8	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 pupil	acl:relcl
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 homework	nmod:poss
10	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 did	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 pupil	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	She	a dutiful pupil					tree rules
2	do	past	a dutiful pupil	pupil's homework				always property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality

Example 3

Be a dutiful helper and tidy up after the game.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 helper	det
3	dutiful	dutiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 helper	amod
4	helper	helper	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Be	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tidy	cc
6	tidy	tidy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Be	conj
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 tidy	compound:prt
8	after	after	ADP	_	10 game	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 game	det
10	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tidy	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Be	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	infinitive	a dutiful helper						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tidy up	infinitive	a dutiful helper not said here				after the game		tree rules

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