faithless
Who acts: Faithless, faithless knight, you, She, her · What happens: mean, break, fail, not keep, not trust, be · To what, where: promise, friend, oath, faithless friend
«faithless» 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: faithless in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Faithless means not loyal, breaking a promise or failing to keep a friend true.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faithless | faithless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 loyal | advmod |
| 4 | loyal | loyal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 breaking | punct |
| 6 | breaking | break | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 means | conj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 promise | det |
| 8 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 breaking | obj |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 failing | cc |
| 10 | failing | fail | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 breaking | conj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 keep | mark |
| 12 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 failing | xcomp |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 friend | det |
| 14 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 keep | obj |
| 15 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 keep | xcomp |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Faithless | loyal property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | break | gerund | Faithless not said here | a promise | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient | ||||
| 3 | fail | gerund | Faithless not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | not keep | to-infinitive | Faithless not said here | a friend | true property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme |
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
The faithless knight broke his oath.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 knight | det |
| 2 | faithless | faithless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 knight | amod |
| 3 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 broke | nsubj |
| 4 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 oath | nmod:poss |
| 6 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 broke | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 broke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past | the faithless knight | knight's oath | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer oath=Patient |
Example 2
Do not trust a faithless friend.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 trust | aux |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 trust | advmod |
| 3 | trust | trust | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 friend | det |
| 5 | faithless | faithless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 friend | amod |
| 6 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 trust | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 trust | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not trust | imperative · do-support | you not said here | a faithless friend | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme |
Example 3
She was faithless to her promise.
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 faithless | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 faithless | cop |
| 3 | faithless | faithless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 promise | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 promise | nmod:poss |
| 6 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 faithless | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 faithless | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | She | to her promise; faithless property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | promise | her = she | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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