idler

Who acts: person, idler, class idler, he · What happens: not like, work, waste, become, lie, not finish · To what, where: sun, sums

«idler» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: idler in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A person who does not like to work and wastes time.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wastes	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 like	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 like	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 like	advmod
6	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 person	acl:relcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 work	mark
8	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 like	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 like	cc
10	wastes	waste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wastes	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 wastes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	not like	present · do-support	a person		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	work not said to happen	to-infinitive	a person not said here		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	waste	present	a person	time	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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.

Meaning 2

Usage: as comparative — kept apart, not parsed.

More lazy: «the idler he became».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	More	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 lazy	advmod
2	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 became	xcomp
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 became	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 became	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 idler	det
6	idler	idler	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 became	nsubj
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 became	nsubj
8	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 became	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become in a quote	past	the idler					lazy property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Example 1

The idler lay in the sun all day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 idler	det
2	idler	idler	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lay	nsubj
3	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 sun	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sun	det
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lay	obl
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lay	obl:unmarked
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	the idler			the sun	day		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sun=Location

Example 2

Our class idler never finished his sums.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 idler	nmod:poss
2	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 idler	compound
3	idler	idler	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finished	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 finished	advmod
5	finished	finish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 sums	nmod:poss
7	sums	sum	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 finished	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 finished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not finish	past	Our class idler	idler's sums					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality sum=Eventuality
2	sum		idler						nom sum «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The older he grew, the idler he became.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 older	det
2	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 grew	advmod
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grew	nsubj
4	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 became	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 idler	det
7	idler	idler	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 became	nsubj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 became	nsubj
9	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 grew	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	he						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	become	past	the idler						vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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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