miserly

Who acts: Miserly, Simon, miserly king, you, miserly farmer · What happens: mean, spend, share, be, not buy, count · To what, where: money, things, single treat, children, gold, none

«miserly» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: miserly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Miserly means very unwilling to spend money or share things; stingy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Miserly	Miserly	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 unwilling	advmod
4	unwilling	unwilling	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 spend	mark
6	spend	spend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 unwilling	xcomp
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spend	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 share	cc
9	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 spend	conj
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 share	obj
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 stingy	punct
12	stingy	stingy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Miserly		unwilling property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	spend	to-infinitive	Miserly not said here	money		vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset
3	share	infinitive	Miserly not said here	things		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

Simon was rich but would not buy his children a single treat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Simon	Simon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 rich	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rich	cop
3	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 buy	cc
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 buy	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 buy	advmod
7	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 rich	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 children	nmod:poss
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 buy	obj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 treat	det
11	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 treat	amod
12	treat	treat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 buy	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rich	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Simon					rich property	tree rules
2	not buy	would	Simon not said here	a single treat	Simon's children				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary treat=Theme

Example 2

A miserly king counted his gold every night and gave none to the poor.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 king	det
2	miserly	miserly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 king	amod
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 counted	nsubj
4	counted	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 gold	nmod:poss
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 counted	obj
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 counted	obl:unmarked
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 gave	cc
10	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 counted	conj
11	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	10 gave	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 poor	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 poor	det
14	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 gave	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 counted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	past	a miserly king	king's gold			night		vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme
2	give	past	a miserly king not said here	none	the poor				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent none=Theme to poor=Recipient

Example 3

Do not be miserly with your sweets; share them.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 miserly	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 miserly	cop
4	miserly	miserly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Do	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 sweets	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 sweets	nmod:poss
7	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 miserly	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 share	punct
9	share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Do	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 share	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is	infinitive			with your sweets; miserly property	tree rules
3	share	infinitive	you not said here	sweets = sweet		tree rules

Example 4

The miserly farmer never paid the workers on time.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 farmer	det
2	miserly	miserly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 farmer	amod
3	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paid	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 paid	advmod
5	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 workers	det
7	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 paid	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 time	case
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paid	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 paid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not pay	past	the miserly farmer	the workers			time		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worker=Asset

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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