willful

Who acts: Willful, you, She, willful girl, willful goat, willful boy · What happens: mean, do, want, refuse, not tell, be · To what, where: willful girl · Speech: someone speaks here

«willful» 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: willful in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Willful means stubborn, doing what you want and refusing to be told. (US spelling of «wilful»).

Sentence 1: Willful means stubborn, doing what you want and refusing to be told.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Willful	willful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stubborn	stubborn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 doing	punct
5	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	parataxis
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 want	obj
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 want	nsubj
8	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 doing	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 refusing	cc
10	refusing	refuse	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 doing	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	13 told	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 told	aux:pass
13	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 refusing	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Willful	stubborn property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	gerund			tree rules
3	want	present	you		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme
4	refuse	gerund			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	not tell speech: assert	to-infinitive · passive			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»

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.

Sentence 2: (US spelling of «wilful»).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 spelling	punct
2	US	US	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 spelling	compound
3	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 wilful	mark
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 wilful	punct
6	wilful	wilful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 spelling	amod
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 wilful	punct
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 wilful	punct
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spelling	punct

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

Example 1

She was a willful girl who never listened to her mother.

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	5 girl	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 girl	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 girl	det
4	willful	willful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 girl	amod
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 listened	nsubj
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 listened	advmod
8	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 girl	acl:relcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 mother	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mother	nmod:poss
11	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 listened	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 girl	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	She	a willful girl					tree rules
2	not listen	past	a willful girl					to girl's mother	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to mother=Theme

Example 2

The willful goat would not come home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 goat	det
2	willful	willful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 goat	amod
3	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 come	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 come	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 come	advmod
6	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	home	home	ADV	_	6 come	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not come	would	the willful goat					home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

"You willful boy, come here at once!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 boy	punct
2	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 boy	nsubj
3	willful	willful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 boy	amod
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 come	punct
6	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 boy	acl
7	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 come	advmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 come	obl
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 boy	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 boy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come in a quote	infinitive	willful boy not said here			here			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location

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