perfidious
Who acts: people, Heracles, perfidious pirates · What happens: not trust, break, betray, trust, march, conduct · To what, where: promises, people, you, Augeas
«perfidious» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: perfidious in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Not to be trusted; breaking promises and betraying people who trusted you.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 trusted | advmod |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 trusted | mark |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 trusted | aux:pass |
| 4 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 breaking | punct |
| 6 | breaking | break | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 trusted | advcl |
| 7 | promises | promise | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 breaking | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 betraying | cc |
| 9 | betraying | betray | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 breaking | conj |
| 10 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 betraying | obj |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 trusted | nsubj |
| 12 | trusted | trust | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 people | acl:relcl |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 trusted | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 trusted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not trust | to-infinitive · passive | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S» | ||||||
| 2 | break | gerund | promises | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient | |||||
| 3 | betray | gerund | people | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | trust | past | people | you | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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.
Example 1
Heracles marched against Augeas for his perfidious conduct.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heracles | Heracles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 marched | nsubj |
| 2 | marched | march | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | against | against | ADP | _ | 4 Augeas | case |
| 4 | Augeas | Augeas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 marched | obl |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 conduct | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 conduct | nmod:poss |
| 7 | perfidious | perfidious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 conduct | amod |
| 8 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 marched | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 marched | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | march | past | Heracles | Augeas | for Heracles's perfidious conduct | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against augeas=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | conduct | Heracles | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Example 2
The perfidious pirates were bearing down upon the warriors.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pirates | det |
| 2 | perfidious | perfidious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pirates | amod |
| 3 | pirates | pirate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 bearing | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 bearing | aux |
| 5 | bearing | bear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | down | down | ADV | _ | 5 bearing | advmod |
| 7 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 9 warriors | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 warriors | det |
| 9 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 bearing | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 bearing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear down | past · progressive | the perfidious pirates | upon the warriors; down property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
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