enviable

Who acts: Something, other people, people, Winning, She, He · What happens: be, wish, have, win, seem · To what, where: it, place, prize, enviable honour, enviable collection, enviable position · Speech: someone speaks here

«enviable» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: enviable in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Something enviable is so good that other people wish they had it or were in its place.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 good	nsubj
2	enviable	enviable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Something	amod
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 good	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 good	advmod
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 wish	mark
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 people	amod
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 wish	nsubj
9	wish	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 good	advcl
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 had	nsubj
11	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 wish	ccomp
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 had	obj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 place	cc
14	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 place	cop
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 place	case
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 place	nmod:poss
17	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 had	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 good	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	Something			good property	tree rules
2	wish	present	other people				vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	have	past	people	it			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
4	is	past	people not said here		its place		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.

Example 1

Winning the prize was an enviable honour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Winning	win	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 honour	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prize	det
3	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Winning	obj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 honour	cop
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 honour	det
6	enviable	enviable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 honour	amod
7	honour	honour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 honour	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	gerund		the prize					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality
2	is a	past	Winning	a enviable honour					tree rules

Example 2

She has an enviable collection of books.

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 collection	det
4	enviable	enviable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 collection	amod
5	collection	collection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 books	case
7	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 collection	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	She	a enviable collection of books					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent collection=Patient

Example 3

He is in the enviable position of having two weeks off.

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	6 position	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 position	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 position	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 position	det
5	enviable	enviable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 position	amod
6	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 having	mark
8	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 position	acl
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 weeks	nummod
10	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 off	obl:unmarked
11	off	off	ADV	_	8 having	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 position	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			the enviable position			tree rules
2	have	gerund	the enviable position not said here					off property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 4

Her life seems enviable to me.

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 life	nmod:poss
2	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seems	nsubj
3	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	enviable	enviable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 seems	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 me	case
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 enviable	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 seems	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	present	Her life					enviable property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

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