skinflint

Who acts: person, old skinflint, you, skinflint, Nobody · What happens: hate, spend, be, not give, do, not be · To what, where: money, single coin, poor man, skinflint, sweets, coins

«skinflint» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: skinflint in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A person who hates spending money and is mean with it; a miser.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 hates	nsubj
4	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	spending	spend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 hates	xcomp
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spending	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 mean	cc
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 mean	cop
9	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hates	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 mean	obl
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 miser	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 miser	det
14	miser	miser	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 person	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hate	present	a person and a miser			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	spend not said to happen	gerund	a person and a miser not said here	money		vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset
3	is	present	a person and a miser not said here		with money; mean property	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.

Example 1

The old skinflint would not give the poor man a single coin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 skinflint	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 skinflint	amod
3	skinflint	skinflint	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 give	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 give	advmod
6	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	iobj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 coin	det
11	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 coin	amod
12	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not give	would	the old skinflint	a single coin	the poor man				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent man=Recipient coin=Theme

Example 2

Don't be a skinflint; 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	5 skinflint	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 skinflint	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 skinflint	det
5	skinflint	skinflint	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Do	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 share	punct
7	share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Do	conj
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 sweets	nmod:poss
9	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 share	obj
10	.	.	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		a skinflint	tree rules
3	share	infinitive	you not said here	your sweets	tree rules

Example 3

The skinflint counted his coins every night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 skinflint	det
2	skinflint	skinflint	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 counted	nsubj
3	counted	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 coins	nmod:poss
5	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 counted	obj
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 night	det
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 counted	obl:unmarked
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 counted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	past	the skinflint	skinflint's coins			night		vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme
2	coin		skinflint						nom coin «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

Nobody liked the skinflint who never bought anyone a present.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 liked	nsubj
2	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 skinflint	det
4	skinflint	skinflint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 liked	obj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 bought	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 bought	advmod
7	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 skinflint	acl:relcl
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 bought	obj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 present	det
10	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bought	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 liked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	past	Nobody	the skinflint					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot skinflint=Theme
2	not buy	past	the skinflint	a present	anyone				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Beneficiary present=Theme

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