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petty

Who acts: you, They, petty argument, Shoplifting, office, Toad · What happens: care, do, not be, share, have, sit · To what, where: much, petty, crayons, petty argument, sweet, petty theft · Speech: someone speaks here

«petty» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: petty in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Small and unimportant: petty problems.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 problems	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 unimportant	cc
3	unimportant	unimportant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Small	conj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 problems	punct
5	petty	petty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 problems	compound
6	problems	problem	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 problems	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

Caring too much about small things in a mean way: «Don't be so petty!».

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Caring	care	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	too	too	ADV	_	3 much	advmod
3	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Caring	obj
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 things	case
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 things	amod
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 much	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 way	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 way	det
9	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 way	amod
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 things	nmod
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Caring	punct
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 Do	punct
13	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Caring	parataxis
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 petty	advmod
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 petty	cop
16	so	so	ADV	_	17 petty	advmod
17	petty	petty	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Do	obj
18	!	!	PUNCT	_	13 Do	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 Do	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Caring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	gerund		much					tree rules
2	do in a quote	infinitive							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not is a in a quote	infinitive		petty					tree rules

Meaning 3

Minor, less serious: petty crime, petty theft.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Minor	minor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 serious	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 serious	punct
3	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 serious	advmod
4	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 crime	punct
6	petty	petty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 crime	amod
7	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 serious	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 theft	punct
9	petty	petty	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 theft	compound
10	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 crime	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 serious	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 4

Small, for daily use: petty cash.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 use	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 use	punct
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 use	case
4	daily	daily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 use	amod
5	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 cash	punct
7	petty	petty	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cash	compound
8	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 use	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

Don't be petty — share the crayons.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 petty	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 petty	cop
4	petty	petty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Do	obj
5	—	-	PUNCT	_	6 share	punct
6	share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 petty	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 crayons	det
8	crayons	crayon	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 share	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is	infinitive						petty property	tree rules
3	share	infinitive		the crayons					tree rules

Example 2

They had a petty argument about who sat where.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 argument	det
4	petty	petty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 argument	compound
5	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	about	about	SCONJ	_	8 sat	mark
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 sat	nsubj
8	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 argument	acl:relcl
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 sat	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	They	a petty argument					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent argument=Patient
2	sit	past	a petty argument						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Shoplifting a sweet is still petty theft.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shoplifting	shoplift	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 theft	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sweet	det
3	sweet	sweet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shoplifting	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 theft	cop
5	still	still	ADV	_	7 theft	advmod
6	petty	petty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 theft	amod
7	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 theft	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoplift	gerund		a sweet					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme
2	is a	present	Shoplifting	petty theft			still		tree rules

Example 4

The office keeps petty cash in a tin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 office	det
2	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeps	nsubj
3	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	petty	petty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cash	compound
5	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeps	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 tin	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tin	det
8	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeps	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	the office	petty cash		a tin			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cash=Theme in tin=Location

Example 5

Toad thought rules were petty.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 petty	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 petty	cop
5	petty	petty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thought	ccomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 thought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	Toad						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	rules	petty					tree rules

Example 6

It's petty to stay cross about a game.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 petty	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 petty	cop
3	petty	petty	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stay	mark
5	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 petty	acl
6	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stay	xcomp
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 game	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 game	det
9	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cross	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 petty	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	petty					tree rules
2	stay	to-infinitive						cross property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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