vindictive
Who acts: Vindictive, vindictive witch, father, you · What happens: mean, want, get back, hurt, do, curse · To what, where: someone, them, you, prince, him · Speech: someone speaks here
«vindictive» 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: vindictive in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Vindictive means wanting to get back at someone and hurt them for a wrong done to you.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vindictive | Vindictive | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | wanting | want | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 means | ccomp |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 get | mark |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wanting | xcomp |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 get | advmod |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 someone | case |
| 8 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 get | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 hurt | cc |
| 10 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 get | conj |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 hurt | obj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 wrong | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 wrong | det |
| 14 | wrong | wrong | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hurt | obl |
| 15 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 hurt | advcl |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 you | case |
| 17 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 done | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Vindictive | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | want | gerund | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | get back not said to happen | to-infinitive | someone | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | hurt | infinitive | them = they | for a wrong | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Patient | ||||
| 5 | do | participle | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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.
Example 1
The vindictive witch cursed the prince.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 witch | det |
| 2 | vindictive | vindictive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 witch | amod |
| 3 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 witch | acl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 prince | det |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cursed | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 witch | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | curse | participle | the vindictive witch not said here | the prince | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme |
Example 2
Her father spoke with a vindictive smile.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 father | nmod:poss |
| 2 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spoke | nsubj |
| 3 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 smile | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 smile | det |
| 6 | vindictive | vindictive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 smile | amod |
| 7 | smile | smile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spoke | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 spoke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | past | Her father | with a vindictive smile | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with smile=Co-Agent |
Example 3
Don't be vindictive; forgive him.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 vindictive | advmod |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 vindictive | cop |
| 4 | vindictive | vindictive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Do | csubj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 forgive | punct |
| 6 | forgive | forgive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 vindictive | conj |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 forgive | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is | infinitive | vindictive property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | forgive | infinitive | him = he | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
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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