thievish

Who acts: Thievish, one, thievish rabble, Pinkel, thievish fox · What happens: mean, act, say, give up, creep · To what, where: way, bad ways, hen house · Speech: someone speaks here

«thievish» 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: thievish in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Thievish means fond of stealing, or like a thief in the way one acts.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thievish	thievish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fond	fond	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 stealing	case
5	stealing	stealing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fond	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 thief	punct
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 thief	cc
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 thief	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 thief	det
10	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stealing	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 way	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 way	det
13	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 thief	nmod
14	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 acts	nsubj
15	acts	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 way	acl:relcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Thievish					fond property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	act	present	one	the way not said here					vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent way=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 thievish rabble!" said the Thistle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 rabble	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rabble	det
3	thievish	thievish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rabble	amod
4	rabble	rabble	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 rabble	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 rabble	punct
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Thistle	det
9	Thistle	Thistle	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the thievish rabble						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 2

Pinkel gave up his bad and thievish ways.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pinkel	Pinkel	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 gave	compound:prt
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 ways	nmod:poss
5	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ways	amod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 thievish	cc
7	thievish	thievish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bad	conj
8	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gave	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give up	past	Pinkel	Pinkel's bad ways					vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Source

Example 3

A thievish fox crept into the hen house at night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fox	det
2	thievish	thievish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fox	amod
3	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crept	nsubj
4	crept	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 house	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 house	det
7	hen	hen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 house	compound
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crept	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 night	case
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crept	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 crept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	creep	past	a thievish fox			the hen house	night		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into house=Destination

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