ethical Who acts: Ethical, Ethical shopping, it, shop, class, We · What happens: mean, buy, make, harm, be, keep · To what, where: right, things, workers, extra change, you, ethical question
«ethical» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: ethical in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Ethical means morally right, fair and honest.
nsubj advmod obj punct conj cc conj punct root Ethical ADJ means VERB morally ADV right ADJ , PUNCT fair ADJ and CCONJ honest ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ethical ethical ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 morally morally ADV _ 4 right advmod 4 right right ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 fair punct 6 fair fair ADJ Degree=Pos 4 right conj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 honest cc 8 honest honest ADJ Degree=Pos 4 right conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Ethical right vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Topic
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 Ethical means about right and wrong, as in "an ethical question".
The tree, 11 words nsubj advmod obj cc conj punct case case punct det amod parataxis punct punct root Ethical ADJ means VERB about ADV right ADJ and CCONJ wrong ADJ , PUNCT as ADP in ADP " PUNCT an DET ethical ADJ question NOUN " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ethical ethical ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 about about ADV _ 4 right advmod 4 right right ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means obj 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 wrong cc 6 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 4 right conj 7 , , PUNCT _ 13 question punct 8 as as ADP _ 13 question case 9 in in ADP _ 13 question case 10 " " PUNCT _ 13 question punct 11 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 question det 12 ethical ethical ADJ Degree=Pos 13 question amod 13 question question NOUN Number=Sing 2 means parataxis 14 " " PUNCT _ 13 question punct 15 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Ethical right tree rules
Meaning 3 Ethical shopping means buying things made fairly, without harming workers, animals or nature.
The tree, 13 words amod nsubj xcomp obj acl advmod punct mark advcl obj punct conj cc conj punct root Ethical ADJ shopping NOUN means VERB buying VERB things NOUN made VERB fairly ADV , PUNCT without SCONJ harming VERB workers NOUN , PUNCT animals NOUN or CCONJ nature NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ethical ethical ADJ Degree=Pos 2 shopping amod 2 shopping shopping NOUN Number=Sing 3 means nsubj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 buying buy VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 means xcomp 5 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 4 buying obj 6 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 things acl 7 fairly fairly ADV _ 6 made advmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 harming punct 9 without without SCONJ _ 10 harming mark 10 harming harm VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 buying advcl 11 workers worker NOUN Number=Plur 10 harming obj 12 , , PUNCT _ 13 animals punct 13 animals animal NOUN Number=Plur 11 workers conj 14 or or CCONJ _ 15 nature cc 15 nature nature NOUN Number=Sing 11 workers conj 16 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
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1 mean present Ethical shopping vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 buy not said to happen gerund Ethical shopping not said here things vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme 3 make participle things not said here fairly property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset 4 harm gerund Ethical shopping not said here workers and animals or nature vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus worker=Experiencer
Example 1 Is it ethical to keep the extra change the shop gave you?
cop nsubj mark xcomp det amod obj det nsubj acl:relcl iobj punct root Is AUX it PRON ethical ADJ to PART keep VERB the DET extra ADJ change NOUN the DET shop NOUN gave VERB you PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 ethical cop 2 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 ethical nsubj 3 ethical ethical ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to PART _ 5 keep mark 5 keep keep VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 ethical xcomp 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 change det 7 extra extra ADJ Degree=Pos 8 change amod 8 change change NOUN Number=Sing 5 keep obj 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 shop det 10 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 11 gave nsubj 11 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 change acl:relcl 12 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 11 gave iobj 13 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 ethical punct
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1 is present it ethical property tree rules 2 keep to-infinitive the extra change vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent change=Theme 3 give past the shop the extra change not said here you vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
Example 2 The class debated an ethical question about animals.
det nsubj det amod obj case nmod punct root The DET class NOUN debated VERB an DET ethical ADJ question NOUN about ADP animals NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 class det 2 class class NOUN Number=Sing 3 debated nsubj 3 debated debate VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 question det 5 ethical ethical ADJ Degree=Pos 6 question amod 6 question question NOUN Number=Sing 3 debated obj 7 about about ADP _ 8 animals case 8 animals animal NOUN Number=Plur 6 question nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 debated punct
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1 debate participle the class a ethical question about animals vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent question=Co-Agent about animal=Theme
Example 3 We buy fair-trade bananas because they're more ethical.
nsubj amod punct compound obj mark nsubj cop amod advcl punct root We PRON buy VERB fair ADJ - PUNCT trade NOUN bananas NOUN because SCONJ they PRON 're AUX more ADJ ethical ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 buy nsubj 2 buy buy VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 fair fair ADJ Degree=Pos 5 trade amod 4 - - PUNCT _ 3 fair punct 5 trade trade NOUN Number=Sing 6 bananas compound 6 bananas banana NOUN Number=Plur 2 buy obj 7 because because SCONJ _ 11 ethical mark 8 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 ethical nsubj 9 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 ethical cop 10 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 11 ethical amod 11 ethical ethical ADJ Degree=Pos 2 buy advcl 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 buy punct
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1 buy present We trade bananas vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banana=Theme 2 is present bananas = banana ethical property tree rules
Example 4 Copying a friend's homework isn't ethical.
csubj det nmod:poss case obj cop advmod punct root Copying VERB a DET friend NOUN 's PART homework NOUN is AUX n't PART ethical ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Copying copy VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 ethical csubj 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 friend det 3 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 5 homework nmod:poss 4 's 's PART _ 3 friend case 5 homework homework NOUN Number=Sing 1 Copying obj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 ethical cop 7 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 8 ethical advmod 8 ethical ethical ADJ Degree=Pos root root 9 . . PUNCT _ 8 ethical punct
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1 copy gerund a friend's homework vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Theme 2 not is present Copying ethical property tree rules
Example 5 The doctor faced a hard ethical decision.
det nsubj det amod amod obj punct root The DET doctor NOUN faced VERB a DET hard ADJ ethical ADJ decision NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 doctor det 2 doctor doctor NOUN Number=Sing 3 faced nsubj 3 faced face VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 decision det 5 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 7 decision amod 6 ethical ethical ADJ Degree=Pos 7 decision amod 7 decision decision NOUN Number=Sing 3 faced obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 faced punct
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1 face past the doctor a hard ethical decision vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme decision=Destination
Example 6 Our school tries to run an ethical tuck shop.
nmod:poss nsubj mark xcomp det amod compound obj punct root Our PRON school NOUN tries VERB to PART run VERB an DET ethical ADJ tuck NOUN shop NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 school nmod:poss 2 school school NOUN Number=Sing 3 tries nsubj 3 tries try VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 run mark 5 run run VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 tries xcomp 6 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 shop det 7 ethical ethical ADJ Degree=Pos 9 shop amod 8 tuck tuck NOUN Number=Sing 9 shop compound 9 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 5 run obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 tries punct
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1 try present Our school vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 2 run not said to happen to-infinitive Our school not said here a ethical tuck shop vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme shop=Trajectory
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