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willpower

Who acts: Willpower, you, your, It, She, He · What happens: be, control, do, decide, act, take · To what, where: strength, actions, willpower, sweets, great willpower, homework

«willpower» 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: willpower in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Willpower is the strength of mind to control your actions and do what you decide, even when it is hard.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Willpower	Willpower	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 strength	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 strength	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 strength	det
4	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 mind	case
6	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 strength	nmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 control	mark
8	control	control	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 strength	acl
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 actions	nmod:poss
10	actions	action	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 control	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 do	cc
12	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 control	conj
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 decide	obj
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 decide	nsubj
15	decide	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 do	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 hard	punct
17	even	even	ADV	_	21 hard	advmod
18	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	21 hard	advmod
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 hard	expl
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 hard	cop
21	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 strength	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 strength	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Willpower	the strength				of mind	tree rules
2	control	to-infinitive		your actions					vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Theme
3	do	present							tree rules
4	decide	present	you						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent what=Topic
5	is	present	Willpower not said here					hard property	tree rules
6	act		your						nom action «act intransitive»: 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 takes willpower not to eat all the 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	2 takes	nsubj
2	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	willpower	willpower	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obj
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 eat	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 eat	mark
6	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 takes	advcl
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 sweets	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sweets	det
9	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eat	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 takes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	It	willpower					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent willpower=Theme
2	not eat	to-infinitive		all sweets					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient

Example 2

She showed great willpower when training.

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	2 showed	nsubj
2	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 willpower	amod
4	willpower	willpower	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 showed	obj
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 training	advmod
6	training	train	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 showed	advcl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 showed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	She	great willpower					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent willpower=Recipient
2	train	gerund	She not said here						vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 3

He used willpower to finish his homework.

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 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	willpower	willpower	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 finish	mark
5	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	advcl
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 homework	nmod:poss
7	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finish	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	He	willpower					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent willpower=Patient
2	finish	to-infinitive	He not said here	his homework					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality homework=Eventuality

Example 4

Willpower helps you keep promises.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Willpower	willpower	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 helps	obj
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 helps	xcomp
5	promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 keep	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Willpower	you					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	keep	infinitive	you not said here	promises					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme

Example 5

My brother has no willpower with chocolate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 willpower	det
5	willpower	willpower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 chocolate	case
7	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 willpower	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	My brother	no willpower				with chocolate	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent willpower=Patient

Example 6

With willpower you can learn hard things.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	2 willpower	case
2	willpower	willpower	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 learn	obl
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 learn	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 learn	aux
5	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 things	amod
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 learn	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 learn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	can	you	hard things				with willpower	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic

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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