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title: selfishness — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «selfishness» in the school dictionary: Selfishness is caring only about yourself and not about other people's needs or wishes. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# selfishness

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**Who acts:** Selfishness, other people, friends, She, True friends · **What happens:** care, need, make, go away, refuse, not share · **To what, where:** friends, party, selfishness

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«selfishness» 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: [selfishness in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/selfishness.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Selfishness is caring only about yourself and not about other people's needs or wishes.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:selfishness:m1:1
# text = Selfishness is caring only about yourself and not about other people's needs or wishes.
1	Selfishness	selfishness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	caring	care	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	needs	need	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | present · progressive | Selfishness |  |  |  |  | about yourself | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about yourself=Stimulus |
| 2 | **need** |  | other people |  |  |  |  |  | nom need «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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Selfishness makes friends go away.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:selfishness:x1:1
# text = Selfishness makes friends go away.
1	Selfishness	selfishness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Selfishness | friends |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go away** | infinitive | friends *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She refused to share, and her selfishness spoiled the party.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:selfishness:x2:1
# text = She refused to share, and her selfishness spoiled the party.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	selfishness	selfishness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	spoiled	spoil	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **share** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **spoil** | past | her selfishness | the party |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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True friends have no selfishness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:selfishness:x3:1
# text = True friends have no selfishness.
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	selfishness	selfishness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | True friends | no selfishness |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent selfishness=Patient |

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