stingy

Who acts: you, stingy shopkeeper, café, Uncle, She, Scrooge · What happens: spend, share, mean, do, not be, give · To what, where: money, sweets, discount, nobody, stingy little slice, us · Speech: someone speaks here

«stingy» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: stingy in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Not willing to spend or share money, food or things; mean with money.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 willing	advmod
2	willing	willing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 spend	mark
4	spend	spend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 willing	xcomp
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 share	cc
6	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 spend	conj
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 share	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 food	punct
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 money	conj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 things	cc
11	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 money	conj
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 mean	punct
13	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 willing	parataxis
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 money	case
15	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mean	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 willing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	spend	to-infinitive			vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	share	infinitive	money and food or things		tree rules
3	mean	infinitive		with money	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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.

Small in amount: a stingy portion.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 amount	amod
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 amount	case
3	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 portion	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 portion	det
6	stingy	stingy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 portion	amod
7	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 amount	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 amount	punct

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

Example 1

Don't be stingy — 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	4 stingy	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 stingy	cop
4	stingy	stingy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Do	obj
5	—	-	PUNCT	_	6 share	punct
6	share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 stingy	parataxis
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sweets	nmod:poss
8	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 share	obj
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

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

Example 2

The stingy shopkeeper gave nobody a discount.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 shopkeeper	det
2	stingy	stingy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shopkeeper	amod
3	shopkeeper	shopkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 gave	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 discount	det
7	discount	discount	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the stingy shopkeeper	a discount	nobody				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient discount=Theme

Example 3

The café gave us a stingy little slice of cake.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 café	det
2	café	café	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 gave	iobj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 slice	det
6	stingy	stingy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 slice	amod
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 slice	amod
8	slice	slice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 cake	case
10	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slice	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the café	a stingy little slice of cake	us				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient slice=Theme
2	slice			cake					nom slice «possession transitive»: of=patient

Example 4

Uncle Bob is so stingy he reuses tea bags.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 stingy	nsubj
2	Bob	Bob	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Uncle	flat
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stingy	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 stingy	advmod
5	stingy	stingy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 reuses	nsubj
7	reuses	reuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stingy	acl:relcl
8	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bags	compound
9	bags	bag	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 reuses	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 stingy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Uncle					stingy property	tree rules
2	reuse	present	Uncle	tea bags					vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Asset

Example 5

She's stingy with praise but very fair.

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	3 stingy	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stingy	cop
3	stingy	stingy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 praise	case
5	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stingy	obl
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 fair	cc
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 fair	advmod
8	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stingy	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stingy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					with praise; stingy property	tree rules
2	be		She not said here						tree rules

Example 6

Scrooge was the stingiest man in town.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scrooge	scrooge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 man	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 man	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	stingiest	stingy	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 town	case
7	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 man	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Scrooge	the stingiest man		town			tree rules

Example 7

Once upon a time there lived a man called Simon, who was very rich, but at the same time as stingy and miserly as he could be.

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 lived	advmod
2	upon	upon	ADP	_	4 time	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 time	det
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lived	obl
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 lived	advmod
6	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 man	det
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lived	obj
9	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 man	acl
10	Simon	Simon	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 called	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 rich	punct
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 rich	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 rich	cop
14	very	very	ADV	_	15 rich	advmod
15	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Simon	acl:relcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 time	punct
17	but	but	CCONJ	_	21 time	cc
18	at	at	ADP	_	21 time	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 time	det
20	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 time	amod
21	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lived	obl
22	as	as	ADP	_	23 stingy	case
23	stingy	stingy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 time	nmod
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 miserly	cc
25	miserly	miserly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 stingy	conj
26	as	as	SCONJ	_	29 be	mark
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 be	nsubj
28	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	29 be	aux
29	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	25 miserly	advcl
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past		a man	there	time	once property	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme man=Location
2	call	participle		a man not said here				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	Simon				rich property	tree rules

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