folly

Who acts: It, folly, stone folly, Running, rich lord, Grandad · What happens: build, be, cost, run away, look, say · To what, where: fake ruin, sea, fortune, Toad, sheer folly, folly · Speech: someone speaks here

«folly» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: folly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Foolishness; a very silly or unwise act or idea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Foolishness	foolishness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 act	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 act	det
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 silly	advmod
5	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 act	amod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 unwise	cc
7	unwise	unwise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 silly	conj
8	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Foolishness	appos
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 idea	cc
10	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 act	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Foolishness	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

A strange decorative building, like a fake ruin or a tower, built in a big park or garden just for show.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 building	det
2	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 building	amod
3	decorative	decorative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 building	amod
4	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ruin	punct
6	like	like	ADP	_	9 ruin	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ruin	det
8	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ruin	amod
9	ruin	ruin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 building	nmod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 tower	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tower	det
12	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ruin	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 built	punct
14	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 ruin	acl
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 park	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 park	det
17	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 park	amod
18	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 built	obl
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 garden	cc
20	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 park	conj
21	just	just	ADV	_	23 show	advmod
22	for	for	ADP	_	23 show	case
23	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 built	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 building	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	participle		a fake ruin or a tower not said here				for show; in a big park or garden	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in park=Attribute

Meaning 3

Usage: follies, plural — kept apart, not parsed.

A show with dancing, songs and jokes (old theatre word).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 show	det
2	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 dancing	case
4	dancing	dancing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 show	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 songs	punct
6	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dancing	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 jokes	cc
8	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dancing	conj
9	(	(	PUNCT	_	12 word	punct
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 word	amod
11	theatre	theatre	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 word	compound
12	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 jokes	appos
13	)	)	PUNCT	_	12 word	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 show	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

It would be folly to swim in the sea during a storm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 swim	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 swim	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 swim	cop
4	folly	folly	ADV	_	6 swim	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 swim	mark
6	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swim	obl
10	during	during	ADP	_	12 storm	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 storm	det
12	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swim	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 swim	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	It			the sea	during a storm	folly, swim property	tree rules

Example 2

Toad's folly with cars cost him a fortune.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 folly	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Toad	case
3	folly	folly	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cost	nsubj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 cars	case
5	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 folly	nmod
6	cost	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cost	iobj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fortune	det
9	fortune	fortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cost	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 cost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cost	present	Toad's folly with cars	a fortune	Toad				vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme he=Beneficiary fortune=Value

Example 3

There is a stone folly at the top of the hill.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 is	expl
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 folly	det
4	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 folly	compound
5	folly	folly	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 is	nsubj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 top	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 top	det
8	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 folly	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 hill	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hill	det
11	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 top	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 is	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	a stone folly at the top of the hill			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 4

Running away was sheer folly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 folly	csubj
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Running	advmod
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 folly	cop
4	sheer	sheer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 folly	amod
5	folly	folly	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 folly	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	gerund						away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past	Running	sheer folly					tree rules

Example 5

The rich lord built a folly that looked like a castle ruin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lord	det
2	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lord	amod
3	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 built	nsubj
4	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 folly	det
6	folly	folly	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 built	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 looked	nsubj
8	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 folly	acl:relcl
9	like	like	ADP	_	12 ruin	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 ruin	det
11	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ruin	compound
12	ruin	ruin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 looked	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 built	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	the rich lord	a folly					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent folly=Product
2	look	past	a folly					like a castle ruin	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Example 6

Grandad says buying that old boat was his greatest folly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	buying	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 says	xcomp
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 boat	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 boat	amod
6	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 folly	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 folly	cop
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 folly	nmod:poss
9	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 folly	amod
10	folly	folly	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 buying	ccomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Grandad		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	buy	gerund	Grandad not said here		vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past	that old boat	Grandad's greatest folly	tree rules

Example 7

Why do you persist in this folly?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 persist	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 persist	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 persist	nsubj
4	persist	persist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 folly	case
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 folly	det
7	folly	folly	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 persist	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 persist	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	persist	present · do-support	you			this folly			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in folly=Location

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