vile

Who acts: Vile, vile smell, lion, thief, vile man · What happens: mean, come, be, steal · To what, where: bin, vile man, poor

«vile» 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: vile in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Vile means very nasty, disgusting or bad.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vile	Vile	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 nasty	advmod
4	nasty	nasty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 disgusting	punct
6	disgusting	disgusting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 nasty	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 bad	cc
8	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 nasty	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Vile					nasty property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

Vile can mean of low worth or mean.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vile	Vile	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mean	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 worth	mark
5	low	low	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 worth	advmod
6	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mean	ccomp
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 mean	cc
8	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 worth	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	Vile						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The vile smell came from the bin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 smell	det
2	vile	vile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 smell	amod
3	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 bin	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bin	det
7	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the vile smell			the bin			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from bin=Initial_Location

Example 2

The lion was angry with the vile gnat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lion	det
2	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 angry	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 angry	cop
4	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 gnat	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gnat	det
7	vile	vile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 gnat	amod
8	gnat	gnat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 angry	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 angry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the lion					with the vile gnat; angry property	tree rules

Example 3

The thief was a vile man who stole from the poor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 thief	det
2	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 man	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 man	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 man	det
5	vile	vile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 stole	nsubj
8	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 man	acl:relcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 poor	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 poor	det
11	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stole	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the thief	a vile man					tree rules
2	steal	past	a vile man			the poor			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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