toady

Who acts: person, He, toadies, his, you, nobody · What happens: flatter, obey, get, behave, toady, laugh · To what, where: powerful person, favours, jokes, king, truth, toady · Speech: someone speaks here

«toady» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: toady in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A person who flatters and obeys a powerful person too much, to get favours; a creep (informal).

The tree, 17 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 flatters	nsubj
4	flatters	flatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 obeys	cc
6	obeys	obey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 flatters	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 person	det
8	powerful	powerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 person	amod
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obeys	obj
10	too	too	ADV	_	11 much	advmod
11	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 person	amod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 get	punct
13	to	to	PART	_	14 get	mark
14	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 obeys	parataxis
15	favours	favour	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 get	obj
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 creep	punct
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 creep	det
18	creep	creep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 person	conj
19	(	(	PUNCT	_	20 informal	punct
20	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 creep	amod
21	)	)	PUNCT	_	20 informal	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	flatter	present	a person and a creep		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	obey	present	a person and a creep not said here	a powerful person	vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme
3	get	to-infinitive		favours	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer favour=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To behave like this: «He toadied to the boss.».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 behave	mark
2	behave	behave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 toadied	advcl
3	like	like	ADP	_	4 this	case
4	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 behave	obl
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 behave	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 toadied	punct
7	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 toadied	nsubj
8	toadied	toady	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 boss	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boss	det
11	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 toadied	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 toadied	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 toadied	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 toadied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	behave	to-infinitive	He not said here					like this	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like this=Attribute
2	toady in a quote	past	He					to the boss	tree rules

Meaning 3

Usage: rare — kept apart, not parsed.

Like a toad.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	ADP	_	3 toad	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 toad	det
3	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 toad	punct

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

Example 1

The bully's toadies laughed at all his jokes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bully	det
2	bully	bully	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 toadies	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 bully	case
4	toadies	toady	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 laughed	nsubj
5	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 jokes	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 jokes	det:predet
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 jokes	nmod:poss
9	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 laughed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	the bully's toadies			his jokes			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	joke		his = he						nom joke «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

Stop toadying to the teacher.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	toadying	toady	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 teacher	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 teacher	det
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 toadying	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	toady	gerund	you not said here					to the teacher	tree rules

Example 3

The king was surrounded by toadies who never told him the truth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 surrounded	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 surrounded	aux:pass
4	surrounded	surround	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 toadies	case
6	toadies	toady	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 surrounded	obl:agent
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 told	nsubj
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 told	advmod
9	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 toadies	acl:relcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 told	iobj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 truth	det
12	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 told	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 surrounded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surround	past · passive	toadies	the king					vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme
2	not tell speech: assert	past	toadies	the truth	king				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient truth=Topic

Example 4

He was such a toady that nobody trusted him.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 toady	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 toady	cop
3	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	5 toady	det:predet
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 toady	det
5	toady	toady	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 trusted	obj
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 trusted	nsubj
8	trusted	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 toady	acl:relcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 trusted	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 toady	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	such toady					tree rules
2	trust	past	nobody	such toady					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme he=Eventuality

Example 5

She toadied to the rich lady in hope of a present.

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	2 toadied	nsubj
2	toadied	toady	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 lady	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lady	det
5	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lady	amod
6	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 toadied	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 hope	case
8	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lady	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 present	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 present	det
11	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hope	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 toadied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	toady	past	She					to the rich lady in hope of a present	tree rules
2	hope		a present						nom hope «feeling intransitive»: of=agent

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