distinguished

Who acts: Distinguished, you, distinguished writer, Grandpa, She, some · What happens: mean, look, distinguish, see, show, visit · To what, where: older person, one thing, difference, school, distinguished guests, frog · Speech: someone speaks here

«distinguished» in the English dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: distinguished in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Distinguished means famous and respected because of important work: «a distinguished scientist».

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Distinguished	distinguished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 respected	cc
5	respected	respected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 famous	conj
6	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	9 work	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 because	fixed
8	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 work	amod
9	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 respected	obl
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 scientist	punct
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 scientist	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 scientist	det
13	distinguished	distinguished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 scientist	amod
14	scientist	scientist	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 scientist	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Distinguished					a distinguished scientist parataxis; famous property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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.

Everyday, meaning 2

Distinguished means looking important and dignified, often an older person.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Distinguished	distinguished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 looking	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 dignified	cc
6	dignified	dignified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 important	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 person	punct
8	often	often	ADV	_	11 person	advmod
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 person	det
10	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 person	amod
11	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looking	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Distinguished						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	look not said to happen	gerund	Distinguished not said here	a older person				important property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Everyday, meaning 3

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

If you distinguished one thing from another, you saw or showed the difference between them.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 distinguished	mark
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 distinguished	nsubj
3	distinguished	distinguish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 saw	advcl
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 thing	nummod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 distinguished	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 another	case
7	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	5 thing	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 distinguished	punct
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 saw	nsubj
10	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 showed	cc
12	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 saw	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 difference	det
14	difference	difference	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 showed	obj
15	between	between	ADP	_	16 them	case
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 difference	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	distinguish a condition, not said to happen	past	you	one thing	from another	vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent thing=Theme from another=Co-Theme
2	see	past	you			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	show	past	you not said here	the difference	between them = they	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent difference=Recipient

Example 1

A distinguished writer visited our school.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 writer	det
2	distinguished	distinguished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 writer	amod
3	writer	writer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 visited	nsubj
4	visited	visit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 school	nmod:poss
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 visited	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 visited	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	visit	participle	a distinguished writer	our school					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Co-Agent

Example 2

Please welcome our distinguished guests.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	2 welcome	discourse
2	welcome	welcome	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 guests	nmod:poss
4	distinguished	distinguished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 guests	amod
5	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 welcome	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 welcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	welcome	imperative	you not said here	our distinguished guests					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guest=Theme

Example 3

Grandpa looks distinguished in his grey suit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looks	nsubj
2	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	distinguished	distinguished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 looks	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 suit	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 suit	nmod:poss
6	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 suit	amod
7	suit	suit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looks	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 looks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	Grandpa					in Grandpa's grey suit; distinguished property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in suit=Theme

Example 4

Can you distinguish a frog from a toad?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 distinguish	aux
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 distinguish	nsubj
3	distinguish	distinguish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 frog	det
5	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 distinguish	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 toad	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 toad	det
8	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 distinguish	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 distinguish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distinguish	can	you	a frog				from a toad	vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent frog=Theme from toad=Co-Theme

Example 5

The twins could hardly be distinguished from each other.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 twins	det
2	twins	twin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 distinguished	nsubj:pass
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 distinguished	aux
4	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	6 distinguished	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 distinguished	aux:pass
6	distinguished	distinguish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 each	case
8	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	6 distinguished	obl
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 each	fixed
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 distinguished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distinguish	could · passive		the twins				from each; hardly property	vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.co-theme»: subject=Theme from each=Co-Theme

Example 6

She had a distinguished career as a doctor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 career	det
4	distinguished	distinguished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 career	amod
5	career	career	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 doctor	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 doctor	det
8	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	a distinguished career				as a doctor	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent career=Patient

Example 7

And who were these distinguished guests?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	6 guests	cc
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 guests	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 guests	cop
4	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	6 guests	det
5	distinguished	distinguished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 guests	amod
6	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 guests	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		this distinguished guests				who nsubj	tree rules

Example 8

"The Deity, it is thought by some, was distinguished by the P3'thagoreans as absolute unity, from unity conceived." {A (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

Sentence 1: "The Deity, it is thought by some, was distinguished by the P3'thagoreans as absolute unity, from unity conceived."

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Deity	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Deity	det
3	Deity	Deity	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 distinguished	nsubj:pass
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thought	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 thought	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 thought	aux:pass
7	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 Deity	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 some	case
9	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 thought	obl:agent
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Deity	punct
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 distinguished	aux:pass
12	distinguished	distinguish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 P3'thagoreans	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 P3'thagoreans	det
15	P3'thagoreans	P3'thagorean	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 distinguished	obl
16	as	as	ADP	_	18 unity	case
17	absolute	absolute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 unity	amod
18	unity	unity	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 distinguished	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 unity	punct
20	from	from	ADP	_	21 unity	case
21	unity	unity	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 distinguished	parataxis
22	conceived	conceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 unity	acl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 distinguished	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 distinguished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other in a quote	present · passive	some	Deity		vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme
2	distinguish in a quote	past · passive	the P3'thagoreans	the Deity	as absolute unity; unity parataxis	vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Attribute subject=Theme
3	conceive in a quote	participle		unity not said here		vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: {A (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	{	{	PUNCT	_	4 Mordell	punct
2	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 Mordell	det
3	(	(	PUNCT	_	4 Mordell	punct
4	Mordell	Mordell	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Origin	punct
6	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Origin	det
7	Origin	Origin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Mordell	appos
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Letters	case
9	Letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Origin	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 Numerals	cc
11	Numerals	numeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 Letters	conj
12	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 Sefer	case
13	to	to	ADP	_	12 according	fixed
14	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Letters	nmod
15	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Sefer	flat
16	(	(	PUNCT	_	17 1914	punct
17	1914	1914	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 Mordell	list
18	))	))	PUNCT	_	17 1914	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Example 9

Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the presidents and the satraps, because a surpassing spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. (Writings DAN.6.4, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the presidents and the satraps, because a surpassing spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 distinguished	advmod
2	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 Daniel	det
3	Daniel	Daniel	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 distinguished	nsubj
4	distinguished	distinguish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 distinguished	obj
6	above	above	ADP	_	8 presidents	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 presidents	det
8	presidents	president	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 distinguished	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 satraps	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 satraps	det
11	satraps	satrap	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 presidents	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 him	punct
13	because	because	SCONJ	_	19 him	mark
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 spirit	det
15	surpassing	surpass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 spirit	amod
16	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 him	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 him	cop
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 him	case
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 distinguished	parataxis
20	;	;	PUNCT	_	24 thought	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 thought	cc
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 king	det
23	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 thought	nsubj
24	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 distinguished	conj
25	to	to	PART	_	26 set	mark
26	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 thought	ccomp
27	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 set	obj
28	over	over	ADP	_	31 realm	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 realm	det
30	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 realm	amod
31	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 set	obl
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 distinguished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distinguish	past	this Daniel	Daniel	the presidents and the satraps	then		vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Attribute himself=Theme
2	surpass	gerund						vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
3	is	past	a surpassing spirit				in him = he	tree rules
4	think speech: other	past	the king					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	set	to-infinitive		Daniel	the whole realm			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme over realm=Destination

Sentence 2: (Writings DAN.6.4, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	DAN.6.4	DAN.6.4	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 DAN.6.4	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 DAN.6.4	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Text: the English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader, each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/distinguished/

📖 distinguished

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

Everyday, meaning 3

Example 1

Example 2

Example 3

Example 4

Example 5

Example 6

Example 7

Example 8

Example 9

distinguished