subtle

Who acts: others, serpent, subtle characterisation, it · What happens: fool, notice, be, make, reach, characterise · To what, where: others, LORD God, high level, various occupations, jealousy

«subtle» in the Early Modern English 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: subtle in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

Clever in a sly, tricky way, able to fool others without them noticing.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clever	Clever	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 able	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	7 way	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 way	det
4	sly	sly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 way	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sly	punct
6	tricky	tricky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 way	amod
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Clever	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 able	punct
9	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	11 fool	mark
11	fool	fool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 able	xcomp
12	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 fool	obj
13	without	without	SCONJ	_	15 noticing	mark
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 noticing	nsubj
15	noticing	notice	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 fool	advcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 able	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fool	to-infinitive		others					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Patient
2	notice	gerund	others = other						vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made.

From Torah GEN.3.1, JPS 1917.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 subtle	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 serpent	det
3	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 subtle	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 subtle	cop
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 subtle	advmod
6	subtle	subtle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	than	than	ADP	_	9 beast	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 beast	det
9	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 subtle	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 field	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 field	det
12	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 beast	nmod
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 made	obj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 God	det
15	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 God	compound
16	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 made	nsubj:pass
17	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 made	aux
18	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 field	acl:relcl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 subtle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the serpent				now	than any beast of the field; subtle property	tree rules
2	make	past · perfect · passive		the LORD God					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary which=Product

Example 2

The subtle characterisation of the various occupations reaches a high level of artistic merit.

From More English Fairy Tales.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 characterisation	det
2	subtle	subtle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 characterisation	amod
3	characterisation	characterisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reaches	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 occupations	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 occupations	det
6	various	various	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 occupations	amod
7	occupations	occupation	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 characterisation	nmod
8	reaches	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 level	det
10	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 level	amod
11	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reaches	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 merit	case
13	artistic	artistic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 merit	amod
14	merit	merit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 level	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 reaches	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	present	the subtle characterisation of the various occupations	a high level of artistic merit					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent level=Theme
2	characterise			the various occupations					nom characterisation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 3

Was it not rather that he should not henceforth see Burd Janet?--a subtle touch of jealousy.

From More English Fairy Tales.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 see	cop
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 see	nsubj
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 see	advmod
4	rather	rather	ADV	_	10 see	advmod
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 see	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 see	nsubj
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 see	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 see	advmod
9	henceforth	henceforth	ADV	_	10 see	advmod
10	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	Burd	Burd	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 see	obj
12	Janet	Janet	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Burd	flat
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 Burd	punct
14	--	--	PUNCT	_	17 touch	punct
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 touch	det
16	subtle	subtle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 touch	amod
17	touch	touch	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Burd	appos
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 jealousy	case
19	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 touch	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	should · past	it					henceforth, see property	tree rules
2	touch			jealousy					nom touch «event transitive»: of=patient

Text: the Early Modern English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova; its examples quote public-domain texts. 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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/subtle/