glutton
Who acts: glutton, person, He, you · What happens: be, eat, devour, say, stop, do · To what, where: person, much, glutton, three helpings, last cake · Speech: someone speaks here
«glutton» 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: glutton in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A glutton is a person who eats far too much and greedily.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 glutton | det |
| 2 | glutton | glutton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 eats | nsubj |
| 7 | eats | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | acl:relcl |
| 8 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 much | advmod |
| 9 | too | too | ADV | _ | 10 much | advmod |
| 10 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 eats | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 greedily | cc |
| 12 | greedily | greedily | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 much | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a glutton | a person | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | eat | present | a person | much | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Patient |
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 glutton had devoured the whole feast at one sitting.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 glutton | det |
| 2 | glutton | glutton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 devoured | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 devoured | aux |
| 4 | devoured | devour | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 feast | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 feast | amod |
| 7 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 devoured | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 sitting | case |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 sitting | nummod |
| 10 | sitting | sitting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 feast | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 devoured | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | devour | past · perfect · passive | the glutton | tree rules |
Example 2
He is such a glutton; he ate three helpings.
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 | 5 glutton | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 glutton | cop |
| 3 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 glutton | det:predet |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 glutton | det |
| 5 | glutton | glutton | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 ate | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 ate | nsubj |
| 8 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 glutton | acl:relcl |
| 9 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 helpings | nummod |
| 10 | helpings | helping | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 ate | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 glutton | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | such glutton | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | eat | past | he | three helpings | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helping=Patient |
Example 3
The glutton said he was too hungry to stop.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 glutton | det |
| 2 | glutton | glutton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hungry | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 hungry | cop |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 hungry | advmod |
| 7 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 said | ccomp |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 stop | mark |
| 9 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 hungry | xcomp |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the glutton | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | glutton | hungry property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | stop | to-infinitive | glutton not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Example 4
Don't be a glutton and take the last cake.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 glutton | advmod |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 glutton | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 glutton | det |
| 5 | glutton | glutton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Do | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 take | cc |
| 7 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Do | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cake | det |
| 9 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 cake | amod |
| 10 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 take | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is a | infinitive | a glutton | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | take | infinitive | you not said here | the last cake | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Theme |
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