fickle

Who acts: Fickle, one, fickle prince, prince, weather, you · What happens: mean, change, like, love, not trust, stay · To what, where: one, girl, fickle friend

«fickle» 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: fickle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Fickle means changing often in what one likes or loves, so one cannot be trusted to stay the same.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fickle	Fickle	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	changing	change	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	often	often	ADV	_	3 changing	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 what	case
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 changing	obl
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 likes	nsubj
8	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 what	acl:relcl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 loves	cc
10	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 likes	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 trusted	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	17 trusted	advmod
13	one	one	PRON	PronType=Ind	17 trusted	nsubj:pass
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 trusted	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 trusted	advmod
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 trusted	aux:pass
17	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	parataxis
18	to	to	PART	_	19 stay	mark
19	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 trusted	xcomp
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 same	det
21	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 stay	xcomp
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Fickle			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	change not said to happen	gerund	Fickle not said here		often property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	like	present	one			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
4	love	present	one not said here			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer
5	not trust	can · passive		one		tree rules
6	stay	to-infinitive			same property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 fickle prince soon forgot the girl he had promised to marry.

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	fickle	fickle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 prince	amod
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forgot	nsubj
4	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 forgot	advmod
5	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 girl	det
7	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forgot	obj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 promised	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 promised	aux
10	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 girl	acl:relcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 marry	mark
12	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 promised	xcomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 forgot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	forget	past	the fickle prince	the girl	soon property	tree rules
2	promise speech: promise	past · perfect	prince	the girl not said here		vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient clause=Topic
3	marry not said to happen	to-infinitive	prince not said here			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Example 2

The weather in April is fickle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 weather	det
2	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fickle	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 April	case
4	April	April	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 weather	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fickle	cop
6	fickle	fickle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 fickle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the weather in April					fickle property	tree rules

Example 3

Do not trust a fickle 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	fickle	fickle	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 fickle friend					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme

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