scrooge

Who acts: Ebenezer, mean old man, mean person, three ghosts, Scrooge, you · What happens: be, learn, hate, spend, not enjoy, visit · To what, where: mean old man, story, money, Christmas, Ebenezer, scrooge · Speech: someone speaks here

«scrooge» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: scrooge in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: a name — kept apart, not parsed.

Ebenezer Scrooge is the mean old man in Charles Dickens's story "A Christmas Carol" (1843), who learns to be kind and generous after visits from three ghosts.

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ebenezer	Ebenezer	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 man	nsubj
2	Scrooge	Scrooge	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Ebenezer	flat
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 man	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
5	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	12 story	case
9	Charles	Charles	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 story	nmod:poss
10	Dickens	Dickens	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Charles	flat
11	's	's	PART	_	9 Charles	case
12	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 man	nmod
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 Carol	punct
14	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 Carol	det
15	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Carol	compound
16	Carol	Carol	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 story	appos
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 Carol	punct
18	(	(	PUNCT	_	19 1843	punct
19	1843	1843	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 man	acl:relcl
20	)	)	PUNCT	_	19 1843	punct
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 learns	punct
22	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 learns	nsubj
23	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 man	conj
24	to	to	PART	_	26 kind	mark
25	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	26 kind	cop
26	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 learns	ccomp
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 generous	cc
28	generous	generous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 kind	conj
29	after	after	ADP	_	30 visits	case
30	visits	visit	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 kind	obl
31	from	from	ADP	_	33 ghosts	case
32	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	33 ghosts	nummod
33	ghosts	ghost	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 visits	nmod
34	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Ebenezer	the mean old man	Charles's story			tree rules
2	learn	present	the mean old man					vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	to-infinitive				after visits from three ghosts	kind property	tree rules
4	be							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.

Meaning 2

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A mean person who hates spending money or does not enjoy Christmas.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 person	det
2	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 person	amod
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 hates	nsubj
5	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 person	acl:relcl
6	spending	spend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 hates	xcomp
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spending	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 enjoy	cc
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 enjoy	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 enjoy	advmod
11	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 hates	conj
12	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 enjoy	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hate	present	a mean person		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	spend not said to happen	gerund	a mean person not said here	money	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset
3	not enjoy	present · do-support	a mean person not said here	Christmas	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer christmas=Stimulus

Example 1

Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ebenezer	Ebenezer	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 visited	nsubj:pass
2	Scrooge	Scrooge	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Ebenezer	flat
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 visited	aux:pass
4	visited	visit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 ghosts	case
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 ghosts	nummod
7	ghosts	ghost	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 visited	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 visited	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	visit	present · passive	three ghosts	Ebenezer					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Co-Agent

Example 2

"Bah! Humbug!" says Scrooge.

Sentence 1: "Bah!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Bah	punct
2	Bah	bah	INTJ	_	root	root
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Bah	punct

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

Sentence 2: Humbug!" says Scrooge.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Humbug	humbug	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
2	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Humbug	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Scrooge	Scrooge	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	Scrooge						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Don't be such a scrooge — share your sweets!

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	6 scrooge	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 scrooge	cop
4	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	6 scrooge	det:predet
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 scrooge	det
6	scrooge	scrooge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Do	obl
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	8 share	punct
8	share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Do	conj
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sweets	nmod:poss
10	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 share	obj
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is a	infinitive		such scrooge	tree rules
3	share	infinitive	you not said here	your sweets	tree rules

Example 4

At the end of the story, Scrooge becomes generous.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	3 end	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 end	det
3	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 becomes	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 story	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 story	det
6	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 end	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 end	punct
8	Scrooge	scrooge	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 becomes	nsubj
9	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	generous	generous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 becomes	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 becomes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	Scrooge				at the end of the story	generous property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Example 5

Dad is a bit of a scrooge about turning the heating on.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scrooge	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 scrooge	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scrooge	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 scrooge	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 scrooge	det
7	scrooge	scrooge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	about	about	SCONJ	_	9 turning	mark
9	turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 scrooge	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 heating	det
11	heating	heating	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 turning	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	9 turning	compound:prt
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 scrooge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Dad					of a scrooge	tree rules
2	turn on	gerund	a scrooge not said here	the heating					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heating=Patient

Example 6

The Muppets made a film of Scrooge's story.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Muppets	det
2	Muppets	muppet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 film	det
5	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 story	case
7	Scrooge	Scrooge	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 story	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Scrooge	case
9	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 film	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the Muppets	a film of Scrooge's story					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset film=Product
2	film			Scrooge's story					nom film «communication transitive»: of=patient

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