faithlessness
Who acts: Faithlessness, act, family · What happens: be, not be, break, punish, hurt, trust · To what, where: state, promise, He, friends, trust
«faithlessness» 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: faithlessness in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Faithlessness is the state of not being loyal, or the act of breaking a promise.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faithlessness | faithlessness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 state | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 state | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 state | det |
| 4 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 loyal | case |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 loyal | advmod |
| 7 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 loyal | cop |
| 8 | loyal | loyal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 state | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 act | punct |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 act | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 act | det |
| 12 | act | act | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 state | appos |
| 13 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 14 breaking | mark |
| 14 | breaking | break | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 act | acl |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 promise | det |
| 16 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 breaking | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 state | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Faithlessness | the state | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not is | gerund | loyal property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | break | gerund | the act not said here | a promise | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient |
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
He was punished for his faithlessness.
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 | 3 punished | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 punished | aux:pass |
| 3 | punished | punish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 faithlessness | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 faithlessness | nmod:poss |
| 6 | faithlessness | faithlessness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 punished | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 punished | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punish | past · passive | He | for his faithlessness | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for faithlessness=Theme |
Example 2
Her faithlessness hurt her friends.
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 faithlessness | nmod:poss |
| 2 | faithlessness | faithlessness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hurt | nsubj |
| 3 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 friends | nmod:poss |
| 5 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hurt | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hurt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | past | Her faithlessness | faithlessness's friends | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer friend=Patient |
Example 3
Faithlessness can break a family's trust.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faithlessness | faithlessness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 break | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 break | aux |
| 3 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 family | det |
| 5 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 trust | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 family | case |
| 7 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 break | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 break | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | can | Faithlessness | a family's trust | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trust=Patient | ||||
| 2 | trust | a family | nom trust «possession intransitive»: poss=agent |
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