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title: glutton — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «glutton» in the school dictionary: A glutton is a person who eats far too much and greedily. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# glutton

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**Who acts:** glutton, person, He, you · **What happens:** be, eat, devour, say, stop, do · **To what, where:** person, much, glutton, three helpings, last cake · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«glutton» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [glutton in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/glutton.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A glutton is a person who eats far too much and greedily.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:glutton:m1:1
# text = A glutton is a person who eats far too much and greedily.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	glutton	glutton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	greedily	greedily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a glutton | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | present | a person | much |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Patient |

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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 {#x1}

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The glutton had devoured the whole feast at one sitting.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:glutton:x1:1
# text = The glutton had devoured the whole feast at one sitting.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	glutton	glutton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	devoured	devour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	sitting	sitting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **devour** | past · perfect · passive |  | the glutton |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He is such a glutton; he ate three helpings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:glutton:x2:1
# text = He is such a glutton; he ate three helpings.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	5	det:predet	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	glutton	glutton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	helpings	helping	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | such glutton |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | past | he | three helpings |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helping=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The glutton said he was too hungry to stop.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:glutton:x3:1
# text = The glutton said he was too hungry to stop.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	glutton	glutton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the glutton |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | glutton |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **stop** | to-infinitive | glutton *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Don't be a glutton and take the last cake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:glutton:x4:1
# text = Don't be a glutton and take the last cake.
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	glutton	glutton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 a** | infinitive |  | a glutton |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **take** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the last cake |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Theme |

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