rightful
Who acts: Rightful, rightful queen, you, She · What happens: mean, have, come, give back, be · To what, where: true right, last, toy, rightful owner, rightful heir
«rightful» 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: rightful in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Rightful means having the true and lawful right to something, such as a place, a title or a possession.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rightful | rightful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 right | det |
| 5 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 right | amod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 lawful | cc |
| 7 | lawful | lawful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 true | conj |
| 8 | right | right | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 having | obj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 something | case |
| 10 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 right | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 place | punct |
| 12 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 15 place | case |
| 13 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 such | fixed |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 place | det |
| 15 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 something | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 title | punct |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 title | det |
| 18 | title | title | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 place | appos |
| 19 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 21 possession | cc |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 possession | det |
| 21 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 title | conj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Rightful | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have not said to happen | gerund | Rightful not said here | the true right | to something | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient |
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 rightful queen came home at last.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 queen | det |
| 2 | rightful | rightful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 queen | amod |
| 3 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | home | home | ADV | _ | 4 came | advmod |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 last | case |
| 7 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 came | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the rightful queen | last | home property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at last=Location |
Example 2
Give the toy back to its rightful owner.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 toy | det |
| 3 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Give | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 owner | case |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 owner | nmod:poss |
| 7 | rightful | rightful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 owner | amod |
| 8 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give back | imperative | you not said here | the toy | toy's rightful owner | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent toy=Theme to owner=Recipient |
Example 3
She was the rightful heir to the throne.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 heir | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 heir | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 heir | det |
| 4 | rightful | rightful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 heir | amod |
| 5 | heir | heir | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 throne | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 throne | det |
| 8 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 heir | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 heir | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | She | the rightful heir | to the throne | tree rules |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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