expensive Who acts: Expensive, bike, toy, Phones, you, We · What happens: mean, cost, be, fix, drop, buy · To what, where: lot, Phones, cheaper one, expensive piece
«expensive» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 8 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: expensive in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Expensive means costing a lot of money.
nsubj xcomp det obj case nmod punct root Expensive ADJ means VERB costing VERB a DET lot NOUN of ADP money NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Expensive expensive ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 costing cost VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 means xcomp 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 lot det 5 lot lot NOUN Number=Sing 3 costing obj 6 of of ADP _ 7 money case 7 money money NOUN Number=Sing 5 lot nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Expensive vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 cost not said to happen gerund Expensive not said here a lot of money vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme lot=Value
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 That bike is too expensive for me.
det nsubj cop advmod case obl punct root That DET bike NOUN is AUX too ADV expensive ADJ for ADP me PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 2 bike det 2 bike bike NOUN Number=Sing 5 expensive nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 expensive cop 4 too too ADV _ 5 expensive advmod 5 expensive expensive ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 for for ADP _ 7 me case 7 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 expensive obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 expensive punct
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1 is present that bike for me; expensive property tree rules
Example 2 Which toy is more expensive, the robot or the train?
det nsubj cop advmod punct det obl cc det conj punct root Which DET toy NOUN is AUX more ADV expensive ADJ , PUNCT the DET robot NOUN or CCONJ the DET train NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which DET PronType=Int 2 toy det 2 toy toy NOUN Number=Sing 5 expensive nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 expensive cop 4 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 5 expensive advmod 5 expensive expensive ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 robot punct 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 robot det 8 robot robot NOUN Number=Sing 5 expensive obl 9 or or CCONJ _ 11 train cc 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 train det 11 train train NOUN Number=Sing 8 robot conj 12 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 expensive punct
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1 is present which toy the robot or the train obl ; expensive property tree rules
Example 3 The robot is $5 more expensive than the train.
det nsubj cop nummod advmod amod case det obl punct root The DET robot NOUN is AUX $ SYM 5 NUM more ADV expensive ADJ than ADP the DET train NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 robot det 2 robot robot NOUN Number=Sing 4 $ nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 $ cop 4 $ $ SYM _ root root 5 5 5 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 $ nummod 6 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 7 expensive advmod 7 expensive expensive ADJ Degree=Pos 4 $ amod 8 than than ADP _ 10 train case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 train det 10 train train NOUN Number=Sing 7 expensive obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 $ punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 4 Phones are expensive to fix if you drop them.
nsubj cop mark csubj mark nsubj advcl obj punct root Phones NOUN are AUX expensive ADJ to PART fix VERB if SCONJ you PRON drop VERB them PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Phones phone NOUN Number=Plur 3 expensive nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 expensive cop 3 expensive expensive ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to PART _ 5 fix mark 5 fix fix VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 expensive csubj 6 if if SCONJ _ 8 drop mark 7 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 8 drop nsubj 8 drop drop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 fix advcl 9 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 drop obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 expensive punct
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1 is present Phones expensive property tree rules 2 fix to-infinitive vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient 3 drop a condition, not said to happen present you Phones = phone vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
Example 5 We bought the cheaper one; the other was too expensive.
nsubj det amod obj punct det nsubj cop advmod parataxis punct root We PRON bought VERB the DET cheaper ADJ one NOUN ; PUNCT the DET other ADJ was AUX too ADV expensive 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 bought nsubj 2 bought buy VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 one det 4 cheaper cheap ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 one amod 5 one one NOUN Number=Sing 2 bought obj 6 ; ; PUNCT _ 11 expensive punct 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 other det 8 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 11 expensive nsubj 9 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 expensive cop 10 too too ADV _ 11 expensive advmod 11 expensive expensive ADJ Degree=Pos 2 bought parataxis 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 bought punct
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1 buy past We the cheaper one vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme 2 is past the other expensive property tree rules
Example 6 Eating out every day is expensive.
csubj compound:prt det obl:unmarked cop punct root Eating VERB out ADP every DET day NOUN is AUX expensive ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Eating eat VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 expensive csubj 2 out out ADP _ 1 Eating compound:prt 3 every every DET PronType=Tot 4 day det 4 day day NOUN Number=Sing 1 Eating obl:unmarked 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 expensive cop 6 expensive expensive ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 expensive punct
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1 eat out gerund day vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is present Eating expensive property tree rules
Example 7 Diamonds are very expensive.
nsubj cop advmod punct root Diamonds NOUN are AUX very ADV expensive ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Diamonds diamond NOUN Number=Plur 4 expensive nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 expensive cop 3 very very ADV _ 4 expensive advmod 4 expensive expensive ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 . . PUNCT _ 4 expensive punct
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1 is present Diamonds expensive property tree rules
Example 8 It was not an expensive piece of wood.
nsubj cop advmod det amod case nmod punct root It PRON was AUX not PART an DET expensive ADJ piece NOUN of ADP wood NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 piece nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 piece cop 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 piece advmod 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 piece det 5 expensive expensive ADJ Degree=Pos 6 piece amod 6 piece piece NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 8 wood case 8 wood wood NOUN Number=Sing 6 piece nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 piece punct
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1 not is a past It a expensive piece of wood tree rules
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