shifty

Who acts: Shifty, shifty person, person, shifty man, Shifty Lad, trick · What happens: mean, not trust, look away, hide, do, keep · To what, where: eyes, door, him, shifty look

«shifty» 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: shifty in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Shifty means sly, not honest, and not to be trusted; a shifty person often looks away or hides what he is doing.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shifty	shifty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sly	sly	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 honest	punct
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 honest	advmod
6	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 trusted	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 trusted	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 trusted	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	12 trusted	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 trusted	aux:pass
12	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 honest	conj
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 looks	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 person	det
15	shifty	shifty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 person	amod
16	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 looks	nsubj
17	often	often	ADV	_	18 looks	advmod
18	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	parataxis
19	away	away	ADV	_	18 looks	advmod
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 hides	cc
21	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 looks	conj
22	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	25 doing	obj
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 doing	nsubj
24	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 doing	aux
25	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	21 hides	ccomp
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Shifty	honest, sly property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	not trust	to-infinitive · passive	Shifty not said here		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»
3	look away	present	a shifty person	away, often property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
4	hide	present	a shifty person not said here		tree rules
5	do	present · progressive	person		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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 shifty man kept his eyes on the door.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	shifty	shifty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 eyes	nmod:poss
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 kept	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 door	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 door	det
9	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	the shifty man	man's eyes		the door			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent eye=Theme on door=Location

Example 2

The Shifty Lad jumped for joy when his trick worked.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Lad	det
2	Shifty	shifty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Lad	amod
3	Lad	Lad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 jumped	nsubj
4	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 joy	case
6	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jumped	obl
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 worked	advmod
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 trick	nmod:poss
9	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 worked	nsubj
10	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 jumped	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 jumped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	jump	past	the Shifty Lad	for joy	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	work	past	Lad's trick		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	trick		Lad		nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

Don't trust him; he has a shifty look.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 trust	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 trust	advmod
3	trust	trust	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 trust	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 has	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 has	nsubj
7	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 trust	parataxis
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 look	det
9	shifty	shifty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 look	amod
10	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 has	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 trust	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not trust	imperative · do-support	you not said here	him = he					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	have	present	he	a shifty look					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Patient

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