spendthrift

Who acts: spendthrift, person, young man · What happens: be, spend, leave, run, warn · To what, where: person, money, none, great spendthrift, young spendthrift, dream

«spendthrift» 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: spendthrift in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A spendthrift is a person who spends money fast and carelessly, until none is left.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 spendthrift	det
2	spendthrift	spendthrift	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 spends	nsubj
7	spends	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spends	obj
9	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 spends	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 carelessly	cc
11	carelessly	carelessly	ADV	_	9 fast	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 left	punct
13	until	until	SCONJ	_	16 left	mark
14	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	16 left	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 left	aux:pass
16	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 spends	parataxis
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a spendthrift	a person		tree rules
2	spend	present	a person	money	fast property	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset
3	leave	present · passive		none		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

A spendthrift spends all his money at once.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 spendthrift	det
2	spendthrift	spendthrift	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spends	nsubj
3	spends	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 money	det:predet
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 money	nmod:poss
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spends	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 spends	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spends	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	present	a spendthrift	spendthrift's money					vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset

Example 2

The young man was a great spendthrift and had run through all his money.

The tree, 14 words

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	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spendthrift	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 spendthrift	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 spendthrift	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 spendthrift	amod
7	spendthrift	spendthrift	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 run	cc
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 run	aux
10	run	run	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 spendthrift	conj
11	through	through	ADP	_	14 money	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 money	det:predet
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 money	nmod:poss
14	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 run	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 spendthrift	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the young man	a great spendthrift					tree rules
2	run	past · perfect	the young man not said here			man's money			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through money=Trajectory

Example 3

Here a young spendthrift is warned in a dream.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 warned	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 spendthrift	det
3	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 spendthrift	amod
4	spendthrift	spendthrift	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 warned	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 warned	aux:pass
6	warned	warn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 dream	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dream	det
9	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 warned	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 warned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	present · passive		a young spendthrift		a dream; here			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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