wily

Who acts: Wily, you, wily fox, wily rogue, wily wizard · What happens: mean, trick, get, want, hide, have · To what, where: people, hens, gold, plan

«wily» 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: wily in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Wily means clever at tricking people to get what you want.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wily	wily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	at	at	SCONJ	_	5 tricking	mark
5	tricking	trick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 clever	advcl
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tricking	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 get	mark
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 tricking	advcl
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 want	obj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 want	nsubj
11	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 get	ccomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Wily		clever property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	trick	gerund	Wily not said here	people		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient
3	get	to-infinitive	Wily not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	want	present	you			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

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 wily fox tricked the hens.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fox	det
2	wily	wily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fox	amod
3	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tricked	nsubj
4	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hens	det
6	hens	hen	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tricked	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tricked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past	the wily fox	the hens					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hen=Patient

Example 2

A wily rogue hid the gold.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rogue	det
2	wily	wily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rogue	amod
3	rogue	rogue	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hid	nsubj
4	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gold	det
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hid	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	a wily rogue	the gold					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Patient

Example 3

The wily wizard had a plan.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wizard	det
2	wily	wily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wizard	amod
3	wizard	wizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 plan	det
6	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the wily wizard	a plan					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Patient

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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