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unselfish

Who acts: other people, It, unselfish player, Ratty, He, Volunteers · What happens: think, share, help, not think, need, be · To what, where: sweets, better place, unselfish choice, sister, unselfish work, others

«unselfish» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: unselfish in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Thinking about other people's needs and happy to share or help, not only thinking of yourself.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	about	about	ADP	_	6 needs	case
3	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 people	amod
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 needs	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 people	case
6	needs	need	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Thinking	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 happy	cc
8	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 needs	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 share	mark
10	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 happy	xcomp
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 help	cc
12	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 share	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 thinking	punct
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 thinking	advmod
15	only	only	ADV	_	16 thinking	advmod
16	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 help	advcl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 yourself	case
18	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	16 thinking	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Thinking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	gerund						about other people's needs	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about need=Topic
2	share	to-infinitive							tree rules
3	help	infinitive							vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
4	not think speech: other	gerund						of yourself	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	need		other people						nom need «state transitive»: poss=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.

Example 1

It was unselfish of her to share her sweets.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 unselfish	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unselfish	cop
3	unselfish	unselfish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 her	case
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 unselfish	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 share	mark
7	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 unselfish	advcl
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 sweets	nmod:poss
9	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 share	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 unselfish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					of her = she; unselfish property	tree rules
2	share	to-infinitive		her sweets					tree rules

Example 2

An unselfish player passes to a teammate in a better place.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 player	det
2	unselfish	unselfish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 player	amod
3	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passes	nsubj
4	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 teammate	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 teammate	det
7	teammate	teammate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passes	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 place	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 place	det
10	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 place	amod
11	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passes	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 passes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	present	a unselfish player			a better place		to a teammate	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in place=Location

Example 3

Ratty was unselfish and turned back for Mole.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ratty	Ratty	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 unselfish	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unselfish	cop
3	unselfish	unselfish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 turned	cc
5	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unselfish	conj
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 turned	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 Mole	case
8	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 turned	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 unselfish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Ratty					unselfish property	tree rules
2	turn back	past	Ratty not said here					for Mole	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 4

He made an unselfish choice to help his sister.

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	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 choice	det
4	unselfish	unselfish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 choice	amod
5	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 help	mark
7	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 made	advcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 sister	nmod:poss
9	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 help	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	He	a unselfish choice					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent choice=Product
2	help	to-infinitive	He not said here		his sister				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Beneficiary

Example 5

Volunteers do unselfish work.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Volunteers	volunteer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 do	nsubj
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	unselfish	unselfish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 work	amod
4	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 do	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	Volunteers	unselfish work					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality

Example 6

Be unselfish and let others have a turn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 unselfish	cop
2	unselfish	unselfish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 let	cc
4	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 unselfish	conj
5	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 let	obj
6	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 let	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 turn	det
8	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 have	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 unselfish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	imperative	you not said here					unselfish property	tree rules
2	let	infinitive	you not said here	others					tree rules
3	have	infinitive	others not said here	a turn					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Patient

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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