vexatious

Who acts: Vexatious, vexatious case, vexatious fly, vexatious questions, Tom, master · What happens: mean, cause, bother, be, bring, annoy · To what, where: worry, one, law, someone, teacher sigh, Edmund

«vexatious» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: vexatious in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Vexatious means annoying and troublesome, causing worry or bother again and again.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vexatious	Vexatious	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	annoying	annoying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 troublesome	cc
5	troublesome	troublesome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 annoying	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 causing	punct
7	causing	cause	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	conj
8	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 causing	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 bother	cc
10	bother	bother	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 causing	conj
11	again	again	ADV	_	10 bother	advmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 again	cc
13	again	again	ADV	_	11 again	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Vexatious			annoying property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	cause	gerund	Vexatious not said here	worry			vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition worry=Patient
3	bother	infinitive	Vexatious not said here		again		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

In law, a vexatious case is one brought only to annoy someone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 law	case
2	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 one	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 law	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 case	det
5	vexatious	vexatious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 case	amod
6	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 one	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 one	cop
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
9	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 one	acl
10	only	only	ADV	_	12 annoy	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 annoy	mark
12	annoy	annoy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 brought	advcl
13	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 annoy	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 one	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	a vexatious case	one	law	tree rules
2	bring	participle				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent
3	annoy	to-infinitive		someone		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer

Example 1

The vexatious fly kept buzzing at my ear.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fly	det
2	vexatious	vexatious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fly	amod
3	fly	fly	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	buzzing	buzz	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 kept	xcomp
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 ear	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 ear	nmod:poss
8	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 buzzing	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	the vexatious fly						tree rules
2	buzz	gerund	the vexatious fly not said here					at my ear	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at ear=Stimulus

Example 2

Tom's vexatious questions made the teacher sigh.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 questions	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Tom	case
3	vexatious	vexatious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 questions	amod
4	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sigh	det
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sigh	compound
8	sigh	sigh	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	Tom's vexatious questions	the teacher sigh					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sigh=Product
2	question		Tom						nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The master punished Edmund for his vexatious habit of arguing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 master	det
2	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 punished	nsubj
3	punished	punish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Edmund	Edmund	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 punished	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 habit	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 habit	nmod:poss
7	vexatious	vexatious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 habit	amod
8	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 punished	obl
9	of	of	SCONJ	_	10 arguing	mark
10	arguing	argue	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 habit	acl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 punished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	past	the master	Edmund				for master's vexatious habit	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent edmund=Patient for habit=Theme
2	argue speech: disagree	gerund	master's vexatious habit not said here						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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