fain

Who acts: Fain, I, She · What happens: mean, fain, like, see, go · To what, where: son, sleep · Speech: someone speaks here

«fain» 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: fain in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Fain means gladly or willingly; «would fain» means would like very much to.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fain	fain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	gladly	gladly	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 willingly	cc
5	willingly	willingly	ADV	_	3 gladly	conj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 means	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 fain	punct
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 fain	aux
9	fain	fain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 means	csubj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 fain	punct
11	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	parataxis
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 like	aux
13	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 means	ccomp
14	very	very	ADV	_	15 much	advmod
15	much	much	ADV	_	13 like	advmod
16	to	to	PART	_	15 much	fixed
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Fain	gladly property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	fain in a quote	would			tree rules
3	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	like	would			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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

I would fain see the king's son.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 fain	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 fain	aux
3	fain	fain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fain	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 son	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 king	case
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 fain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fain	would	I						tree rules
2	see	infinitive	I not said here	the king's son					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus

Example 2

She would fain go home.

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	3 fain	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 fain	aux
3	fain	fain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fain	xcomp
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 go	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 fain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fain	would	She						tree rules
2	go	infinitive	She not said here					home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

I would fain sleep now.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 fain	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 fain	aux
3	fain	fain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fain	obj
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 fain	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 fain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fain	would	I	sleep			now		tree rules

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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