swindler
Who acts: swindler, person, swindlers, you · What happens: be, cheat, get, promise, not trust, run off · To what, where: person, others, money, fine cloth, swindler, fair
«swindler» 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: swindler in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A swindler is a person who cheats others, often to get their money.
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 swindler | det |
| 2 | swindler | swindler | 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 cheats | nsubj |
| 7 | cheats | cheat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | acl:relcl |
| 8 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 cheats | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 get | punct |
| 10 | often | often | ADV | _ | 12 get | advmod |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 get | mark |
| 12 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | parataxis |
| 13 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 money | nmod:poss |
| 14 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 get | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a swindler | a person | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cheat | present | a person | others | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Source | ||||
| 3 | get | to-infinitive | others's money | often property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=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.
Example 1
The swindlers promised fine cloth.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 swindlers | det |
| 2 | swindlers | swindler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 promised | nsubj |
| 3 | promised | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cloth | amod |
| 5 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 promised | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 promised | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | promise speech: promise | past | the swindlers | fine cloth | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent cloth=Theme |
Example 2
Don't trust that swindler at the fair.
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 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 swindler | det |
| 5 | swindler | swindler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 trust | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 fair | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fair | det |
| 8 | fair | fair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 trust | obl |
| 9 | . | . | 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 | that swindler | the fair | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swindler=Theme |
Example 3
The swindler ran off with the gold.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 swindler | det |
| 2 | swindler | swindler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ran | nsubj |
| 3 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 ran | compound:prt |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 gold | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gold | det |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ran | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ran | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run off | past | the swindler | with the gold | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with gold=Material |
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