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title: spendthrift — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «spendthrift» in the school dictionary: A spendthrift is a person who spends money fast and carelessly, until none is left. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# spendthrift

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**Who acts:** spendthrift, person, young man · **What happens:** be, spend, leave, run, warn · **To what, where:** person, money, none, great spendthrift, young spendthrift, dream

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A spendthrift is a person who spends money fast and carelessly, until none is left.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spendthrift:m1:1
# text = A spendthrift is a person who spends money fast and carelessly, until none is left.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spendthrift	spendthrift	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	spends	spend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	carelessly	carelessly	ADV	RB	_	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 spendthrift | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **spend** | present | a person | money |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset |
| 3 | **leave** | present · passive |  | none |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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A spendthrift spends all his money at once.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spendthrift:x1:1
# text = A spendthrift spends all his money at once.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spendthrift	spendthrift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	spends	spend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | present | a spendthrift | spendthrift's money |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The young man was a great spendthrift and had run through all his money.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spendthrift:x2:1
# text = The young man was a great spendthrift and had run through all his money.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	spendthrift	spendthrift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	run	run	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
11	through	through	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the young man | a great spendthrift |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | past · perfect | the young man *not said here* |  |  | man's money |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through money=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Here a young spendthrift is warned in a dream.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spendthrift:x3:1
# text = Here a young spendthrift is warned in a dream.
1	Here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	spendthrift	spendthrift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	warned	warn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present · passive |  | a young spendthrift |  | a dream; here |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

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**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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