loth
Who acts: Loth, She, old man, I · What happens: mean, do, be, leave, give up, ask · To what, where: something, friends, her
«loth» 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: loth in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Loth means unwilling or reluctant to do something.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loth | loth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | unwilling | unwilling | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 reluctant | cc |
| 5 | reluctant | reluctant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 unwilling | conj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 do | mark |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 reluctant | xcomp |
| 8 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 do | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Loth | unwilling property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | Loth not said here | something | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |
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
She was loth to leave her friends.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 loth | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 loth | cop |
| 3 | loth | loth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 leave | mark |
| 5 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 loth | xcomp |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 friends | nmod:poss |
| 7 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 leave | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 loth | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | She | loth property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | leave | to-infinitive | She not said here | her friends | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme |
Example 2
The old man was loth to give her up.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 loth | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 loth | cop |
| 5 | loth | loth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 give | mark |
| 7 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 loth | xcomp |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 give | iobj |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 give | compound:prt |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 loth | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the old man | loth property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | give up | to-infinitive | the old man not said here | her = she | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Source |
Example 3
I am loth to ask, but I must.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 loth | nsubj |
| 2 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 loth | cop |
| 3 | loth | loth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 ask | mark |
| 5 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 loth | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 must | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 must | cc |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 must | nsubj |
| 9 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 loth | parataxis |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 loth | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | I | loth property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | I not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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