pretense

Who acts: pretense, someone, something, He, man, cat · What happens: be, act, come, buy, steal, make · To what, where: false show, pretense, hare

«pretense» 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: pretense in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A pretense is a false show, where someone acts as if something is true when it is not.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pretense	det
2	pretense	pretense	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 show	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 show	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 show	det
5	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 show	amod
6	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 acts	punct
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 acts	advmod
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 acts	nsubj
10	acts	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 show	parataxis
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 true	mark
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 true	mark
13	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	15 true	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 true	cop
15	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 acts	parataxis
16	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 is	advmod
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 is	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 true	cop
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 is	advmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a pretense	a false show		tree rules
2	act	present	someone			vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a condition, not said to happen	present	something		true property	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

He came to the king on the pretense of being a servant.

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 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 king	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 pretense	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pretense	det
8	pretense	pretense	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 servant	case
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 servant	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 servant	det
12	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pretense	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	He			the pretense		to the king	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial_Location
2	is	gerund						of a servant	tree rules

Example 2

Under the pretense of buying the hare, the man stole it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Under	under	ADP	_	3 pretense	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pretense	det
3	pretense	pretense	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stole	obl
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 buying	mark
5	buying	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 pretense	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hare	det
7	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 buying	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 pretense	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 man	det
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stole	nsubj
11	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stole	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 stole	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	gerund	the pretense not said here	the hare					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hare=Theme
2	steal	past	the man	hare		the pretense			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Example 3

The cat made a pretense of being asleep.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pretense	det
5	pretense	pretense	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 asleep	mark
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 asleep	cop
8	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pretense	acl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the cat	a pretense					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pretense=Product
2	is	gerund	a pretense not said here					asleep property	tree rules

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