prying

Who acts: prying boy, Nobody, you · What happens: pry, mean, want, find out, look, like · To what, where: secrets, neighbours, own business · Speech: someone speaks here

«prying» 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: prying in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Prying means too curious about other people's business, and always wanting to find out secrets.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prying	pry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 curious	advmod
4	curious	curious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
5	about	about	ADP	_	9 business	case
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 people	amod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 business	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 people	case
9	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 curious	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 wanting	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wanting	cc
12	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	13 wanting	advmod
13	wanting	want	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	ccomp
14	to	to	PART	_	15 find	mark
15	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 wanting	xcomp
16	out	out	ADP	_	15 find	compound:prt
17	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 find	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pry	gerund			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present		curious property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	want	gerund		always property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	find out not said to happen	to-infinitive	secrets		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Topic

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

The prying boy looked in every drawer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
2	prying	prying	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 boy	compound
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looked	nsubj
4	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 drawer	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 drawer	det
7	drawer	drawer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the prying boy					in every drawer	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in drawer=Theme

Example 2

Nobody likes prying neighbours.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 likes	nsubj
2	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	prying	pry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 likes	xcomp
4	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prying	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 likes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	Nobody						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	pry not said to happen	gerund	Nobody not said here	neighbours					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent neighbour=Recipient

Example 3

Stop being so prying and mind your own business.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 prying	nsubj
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 prying	advmod
4	prying	pry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 mind	cc
6	mind	mind	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	conj
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 business	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 business	amod
9	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mind	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	pry	gerund			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	mind	infinitive	you not said here	your own business	vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent business=Theme

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