riddance

Who acts: act, bad thing, boy, bully, Getting, We · What happens: get, mean, see, go, say, leave · To what, where: riddance, broken fence · Speech: someone speaks here

«riddance» 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: riddance in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The act of getting rid of something unwanted; «good riddance» means glad to see the bad thing go.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 act	det
2	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 means	nsubj
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 getting	mark
4	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 act	acl
5	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 getting	xcomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 something	case
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 rid	obl
8	unwanted	unwanted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 something	amod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 riddance	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 riddance	punct
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 riddance	amod
12	riddance	riddance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 act	appos
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 riddance	punct
14	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 means	ccomp
16	to	to	PART	_	17 see	mark
17	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 glad	xcomp
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 thing	det
19	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 thing	amod
20	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 go	nsubj
21	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 see	ccomp
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	get	gerund	the act not said here	rid property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	mean	present	the act		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	see	to-infinitive	the act not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	go	infinitive	the bad thing		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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

«Good riddance,» said the boy when the bully left.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 riddance	punct
2	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 riddance	amod
3	riddance	riddance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	ccomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 riddance	punct
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boy	det
8	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 left	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bully	det
11	bully	bully	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 left	nsubj
12	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 said	advcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the boy						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	leave	past	the bully						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Getting rid of the old bed was a riddance.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 riddance	csubj
2	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Getting	xcomp
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 bed	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bed	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bed	amod
6	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rid	obl
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 riddance	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 riddance	det
9	riddance	riddance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 riddance	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	gerund						rid property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	past	Getting	a riddance					tree rules

Example 3

We were glad of the riddance of the broken fence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 glad	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 glad	cop
3	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 riddance	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 riddance	det
6	riddance	riddance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 glad	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 fence	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fence	det
9	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 fence	amod
10	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 riddance	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 glad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	We		of the riddance of the broken fence; glad property	tree rules
2	break	participle				vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	rid			the broken fence		nom riddance «act transitive»: of=patient

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