insidious

Who acts: Insidious, sneaky way, insidious person, insidious fog, insidious plan, wolf · What happens: mean, work, be, spot, pretend, plan · To what, where: friend, harm, room, whole village

«insidious» 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: insidious in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Insidious means harmful in a sneaky way that works slowly and is hard to spot.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Insidious	insidious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 way	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 way	det
6	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 way	amod
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 harmful	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 works	nsubj
9	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 way	acl:relcl
10	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	9 works	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 hard	cc
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 hard	cop
13	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 works	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 spot	mark
15	spot	spot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 hard	xcomp
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Insidious	harmful property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	work	present	a sneaky way	slowly property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	a sneaky way not said here	hard property	tree rules
4	spot	to-infinitive	a sneaky way not said here		vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

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

An insidious person pretends to be a friend while secretly planning harm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 person	det
2	insidious	insidious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 person	amod
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pretends	nsubj
4	pretends	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	8 friend	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 friend	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 friend	det
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pretends	xcomp
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 planning	mark
10	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	11 planning	advmod
11	planning	plan	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 pretends	advcl
12	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 planning	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 pretends	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pretend	present	a insidious person			tree rules
2	is a	to-infinitive	a insidious person not said here	a friend		tree rules
3	plan	gerund	a insidious person not said here	harm	secretly property	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Topic

Example 1

The insidious fog crept into every room.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fog	det
2	insidious	insidious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fog	amod
3	fog	fog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crept	nsubj
4	crept	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 room	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 room	det
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crept	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 crept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	creep	past	the insidious fog			every room			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into room=Destination

Example 2

The wolf's insidious plan fooled the whole village.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 plan	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 wolf	case
4	insidious	insidious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 plan	amod
5	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fooled	nsubj
6	fooled	fool	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 village	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 village	amod
9	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fooled	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 fooled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fool	past	the wolf's insidious plan	the whole village					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent village=Patient
2	plan		the wolf						nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

Lies can be insidious because they spread quietly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 insidious	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 insidious	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 insidious	cop
4	insidious	insidious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 spread	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 spread	nsubj
7	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 insidious	advcl
8	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	7 spread	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 insidious	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	Lies					insidious property	tree rules
2	spread	present	Lies = lie					quietly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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