favored
Who acts: fortune, youngest prince · What happens: favor, mean, give, choose, be · To what, where: others, She, favored son
«favored» 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: favored in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Favored means given special help or kindness by luck or by a ruler, or chosen above others.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Favored | favor | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 help | case |
| 4 | special | special | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 help | amod |
| 5 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obl |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 kindness | cc |
| 7 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 help | conj |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 luck | case |
| 9 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 kindness | nmod |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 ruler | cc |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 ruler | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 ruler | det |
| 13 | ruler | ruler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 help | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 chosen | punct |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 chosen | cc |
| 16 | chosen | choose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | parataxis |
| 17 | above | above | ADP | _ | 18 others | case |
| 18 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 chosen | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | favor | participle | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | give special help or kindness by luck or a ruler | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | give | participle | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 4 | choose | participle | others | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: 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
She was favored by fortune.
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 favored | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 favored | aux:pass |
| 3 | favored | favor | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 fortune | case |
| 5 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 favored | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 favored | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | favor | past · passive | fortune | She | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |
Example 2
The youngest prince was the king's favored son.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 2 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 prince | amod |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 son | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 son | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 son | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 king | case |
| 8 | favored | favor | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 son | amod |
| 9 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 son | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | favor | participle | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | is a | past | the youngest prince | the king's favored son | tree rules |
Example 3
Which of the four lands was most favored?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 favored | obj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 lands | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 lands | det |
| 4 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 lands | nummod |
| 5 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 favored | obl |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 favored | aux:pass |
| 7 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 8 favored | advmod |
| 8 | favored | favor | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 favored | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | favor | past · passive | of the four lands | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: which=Stimulus |
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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