greediness
Who acts: you, wanting, God, greediness, him · What happens: want, need, not share, do, punish, make · To what, where: more food, it, God, him, cakes, good quality
«greediness» 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: greediness in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
wanting far more food or things than you need, and not sharing.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wanting | want | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 sharing | csubj |
| 2 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 more | advmod |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 food | amod |
| 4 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 wanting | obj |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 things | cc |
| 6 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 food | conj |
| 7 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 9 need | mark |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 need | nsubj |
| 9 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 wanting | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 sharing | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 sharing | cc |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 sharing | advmod |
| 13 | sharing | share | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 sharing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | gerund | more food or things | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme | |||||
| 2 | need | present | you | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 3 | not share | gerund | wanting | tree rules |
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
God did it to punish him for his great greediness.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 did | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 punish | mark |
| 5 | punish | punish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 did | advcl |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 punish | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 greediness | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 greediness | nmod:poss |
| 9 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 greediness | amod |
| 10 | greediness | greediness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 punish | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | God | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | punish | to-infinitive | God not said here | God | for God's great greediness | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Patient for greediness=Theme |
Example 2
His greediness made him eat all the cakes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 greediness | nmod:poss |
| 2 | greediness | greediness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 made | obj |
| 5 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 made | xcomp |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 cakes | det:predet |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cakes | det |
| 8 | cakes | cake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 eat | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | His greediness | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | eat | infinitive | him = he not said here | all cakes | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient |
Example 3
Greediness is not a good quality.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greediness | greediness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 quality | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 quality | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 quality | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 quality | det |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 quality | amod |
| 6 | quality | quality | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 quality | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | Greediness | a good quality | tree rules |
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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