lust
Who acts: strong eagerness, lust, His, king, He · What happens: fight, make, lust, cause · To what, where: him, war
«lust» 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: lust in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A strong, greedy desire for something, such as money or power.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 desire | det |
| 2 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 desire | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 strong | punct |
| 4 | greedy | greedy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 desire | amod |
| 5 | desire | desire | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 something | case |
| 7 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 desire | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 money | punct |
| 9 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 11 money | case |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 such | fixed |
| 11 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 something | appos |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 power | cc |
| 13 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 money | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 desire | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 2
A strong eagerness for fighting.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 eagerness | det |
| 2 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 eagerness | amod |
| 3 | eagerness | eagerness | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 fighting | mark |
| 5 | fighting | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 eagerness | acl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 eagerness | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | gerund | a strong eagerness not said here | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 1
His lust for gold made him greedy.
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 lust | nmod:poss |
| 2 | lust | lust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | nsubj |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 gold | case |
| 4 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lust | nmod |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 made | obj |
| 7 | greedy | greedy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 made | xcomp |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | His lust for gold | him = he | greedy property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | |||
| 2 | lust | His = he | for gold | nom lust «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl |
Example 2
The king's lust for power caused war.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lust | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 king | case |
| 4 | lust | lust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 caused | nsubj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 power | case |
| 6 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lust | nmod |
| 7 | caused | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 caused | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 caused | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | past | the king's lust for power | war | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition war=Patient | ||||
| 2 | lust | the king | for power | nom lust «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl |
Example 3
He fought with a lust for battle in his eyes.
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 | 2 fought | nsubj |
| 2 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 lust | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 lust | det |
| 5 | lust | lust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fought | obl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 battle | case |
| 7 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lust | nmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 eyes | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 10 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 battle | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 fought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | past | He | with a lust for battle in his eyes | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with lust=Co-Agent |
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