faultless
Who acts: Faultless, spelling, Her, princess, He, palace walls · What happens: mean, be, spell, have, give · To what, where: faultless manners, faultless answer, sum
«faultless» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: faultless in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Faultless means with no mistakes or flaws at all; perfect.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faultless | faultless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 mistakes | case |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 mistakes | det |
| 5 | mistakes | mistake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 means | obl |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 flaws | cc |
| 7 | flaws | flaw | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 mistakes | conj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 all | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 mistakes | nmod |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 perfect | punct |
| 11 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Faultless | with no mistakes at all or flaws | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
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
Her spelling was faultless.
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 spelling | nmod:poss |
| 2 | spelling | spelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 faultless | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 faultless | cop |
| 4 | faultless | faultless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 faultless | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Her spelling | faultless property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | spell | Her = she | nom spelling «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Example 2
The princess had faultless manners.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 princess | det |
| 2 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | faultless | faultless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 manners | amod |
| 5 | manners | manners | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 3 had | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the princess | faultless manners | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manners=Patient |
Example 3
He gave a faultless answer to every sum.
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 | 2 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | faultless | faultless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 sum | case |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 sum | det |
| 8 | sum | sum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | He | a faultless answer | every sum | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent answer=Theme to sum=Recipient |
Example 4
The palace walls were faultless, with not one crack.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 walls | det |
| 2 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 walls | compound |
| 3 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 faultless | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 faultless | cop |
| 5 | faultless | faultless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 crack | punct |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 crack | case |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 one | advmod |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 crack | nummod |
| 10 | crack | crack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 faultless | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 faultless | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the palace walls | faultless property | 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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