flatterer

Who acts: flatterer, flatterers, This, I · What happens: be, praise, please, get, lead away, show · To what, where: someone, you, something, he, me

«flatterer» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: flatterer in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A flatterer is someone who praises you too much, often to please you or to get something from you.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 flatterer	det
2	flatterer	flatterer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 someone	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 someone	cop
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 praises	nsubj
6	praises	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 someone	acl:relcl
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 praises	obj
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 much	advmod
9	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 praises	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 please	punct
11	often	often	ADV	_	13 please	advmod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 please	mark
13	please	please	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 praises	parataxis
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 please	obj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 get	cc
16	to	to	PART	_	17 get	mark
17	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 please	conj
18	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	17 get	obj
19	from	from	ADP	_	20 you	case
20	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 get	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 someone	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a flatterer	someone		tree rules
2	praise	present		you		tree rules
3	please	to-infinitive		you	often property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer
4	get	to-infinitive		something	from you	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent something=Theme from you=Source

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

Alas, he was led away by flatterers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alas	alas	INTJ	_	5 led	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Alas	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 led	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 led	aux:pass
5	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 led	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 flatterers	case
8	flatterers	flatterer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 led	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 led	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead away	past · passive	flatterers	he				away property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Example 2

This just shows me how sensible I have been in never listening to flatterers.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 shows	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 shows	advmod
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 shows	iobj
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 sensible	advmod
6	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shows	xcomp
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 listening	nsubj
8	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 listening	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 listening	aux
10	in	in	SCONJ	_	12 listening	mark
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 listening	advmod
12	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 sensible	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 flatterers	case
14	flatterers	flatterer	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 listening	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	This		me			sensible property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient
2	not listen	present · perfect · progressive	I					to flatterers	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to flatterer=Theme

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