shameless
Who acts: Shameless, Shameless coward, shameless fox, She · What happens: describe, behave, not feel, do, hide, cry · To what, where: someone, bad act, act, wolf, whole pie, one lie · Speech: someone speaks here
«shameless» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: shameless in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Shameless describes someone who behaves badly and does not feel embarrassed about it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shameless | shameless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 describes | nsubj |
| 2 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 describes | obj |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 behaves | nsubj |
| 5 | behaves | behave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 someone | acl:relcl |
| 6 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 behaves | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 feel | cc |
| 8 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 feel | aux |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 feel | advmod |
| 10 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 behaves | conj |
| 11 | embarrassed | embarrassed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 feel | xcomp |
| 12 | about | about | ADP | _ | 13 it | case |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 embarrassed | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 describes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | present | Shameless | someone | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent someone=Theme | ||||
| 2 | behave | present | badly property | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not feel | present · do-support | embarrassed property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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
Shameless can describe a bad act done openly, with no attempt to hide it.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shameless | shameless | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 describe | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 describe | aux |
| 3 | describe | describe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 act | det |
| 5 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 act | amod |
| 6 | act | act | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 describe | obj |
| 7 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 act | acl |
| 8 | openly | openly | ADV | _ | 7 done | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 attempt | punct |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 attempt | case |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 12 attempt | det |
| 12 | attempt | attempt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 done | obl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 hide | mark |
| 14 | hide | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 attempt | acl |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 hide | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 describe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | can | Shameless | a bad act | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent act=Theme | ||||
| 2 | do | participle | a bad act not said here | with no attempt; openly property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | hide | to-infinitive | act | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Example 1
«Shameless coward!» cried the wolf.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 coward | punct |
| 2 | Shameless | shameless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 coward | amod |
| 3 | coward | coward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cried | nsubj |
| 4 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 coward | punct |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 coward | punct |
| 6 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wolf | det |
| 8 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cried | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 cried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | past | Shameless coward | the wolf | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Topic |
Example 2
The shameless fox ate the whole pie and grinned at us.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fox | det |
| 2 | shameless | shameless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fox | amod |
| 3 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ate | nsubj |
| 4 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 pie | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 pie | amod |
| 7 | pie | pie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ate | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 grinned | cc |
| 9 | grinned | grin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ate | conj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 us | case |
| 11 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 grinned | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 ate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | past | the shameless fox | the whole pie | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pie=Patient | ||||
| 2 | grin | past | the shameless fox not said here | at us | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
She told one lie after another, quite shamelessly.
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 | 2 told | nsubj |
| 2 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 lie | nummod |
| 4 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 told | obj |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 another | case |
| 6 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 told | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 shamelessly | punct |
| 8 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 9 shamelessly | advmod |
| 9 | shamelessly | shamelessly | ADV | _ | 2 told | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 told | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | She | one lie | after another | shamelessly property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient |
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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