earnestness
Who acts: Earnestness, you, He, everyone, She · What happens: be, mean, say, do, speak, make · To what, where: everyone · Speech: someone speaks here
«earnestness» 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: earnestness in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Earnestness is being serious and sincere, meaning what you say and do.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Earnestness | earnestness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 serious | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 serious | cop |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 serious | cop |
| 4 | serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 sincere | cc |
| 6 | sincere | sincere | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 serious | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 meaning | punct |
| 8 | meaning | mean | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 serious | parataxis |
| 9 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 11 say | obj |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 say | nsubj |
| 11 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 meaning | ccomp |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 do | cc |
| 13 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 say | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 serious | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Earnestness | serious property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | Earnestness not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | mean | gerund | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | present | you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | |||||
| 5 | do | present | you not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
He spoke with great earnestness.
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 spoke | nsubj |
| 2 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 earnestness | case |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 earnestness | amod |
| 5 | earnestness | earnestness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 spoke | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 spoke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | past | He | with great earnestness | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with earnestness=Co-Agent |
Example 2
Her earnestness made everyone listen.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 earnestness | nmod:poss |
| 2 | earnestness | earnestness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 made | obj |
| 5 | listen | listen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 made | xcomp |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | Her earnestness | everyone | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | listen | infinitive | everyone not said here | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
She worked with such earnestness that she finished first.
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 worked | nsubj |
| 2 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 earnestness | case |
| 4 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 earnestness | amod |
| 5 | earnestness | earnestness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 worked | obl |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 finished | mark |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 finished | nsubj |
| 8 | finished | finish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 worked | advcl |
| 9 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 finished | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 worked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | past | She | with such earnestness | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with earnestness=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | finish | past | she | first property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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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