graceful

Who acts: things, ballet dancer, Swans, cat, She, bridge · What happens: move, have, be, make, shake, row · To what, where: smooth light, beautiful elegant shape, graceful birds, water, graceful leap, wall

«graceful» 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: graceful in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Moving in a smooth, light and beautiful way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	6 light	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 light	det
4	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 light	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 smooth	punct
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Moving	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 way	cc
8	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 way	amod
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 light	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Moving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	gerund				a smooth light and beautiful way			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in light=Trajectory

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

Having a beautiful, elegant shape.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 shape	det
3	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shape	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 beautiful	punct
5	elegant	elegant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shape	amod
6	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Having	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Having	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund		a beautiful elegant shape					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient

Everyday, meaning 3

Polite and kind, especially when things are difficult, as in «a graceful loser».

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 kind	cc
3	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Polite	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 difficult	punct
5	especially	especially	ADV	_	9 difficult	advmod
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 difficult	mark
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 difficult	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 difficult	cop
9	difficult	difficult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Polite	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 loser	punct
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 loser	mark
12	in	in	ADP	_	16 loser	case
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 loser	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 loser	det
15	graceful	graceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 loser	amod
16	loser	loser	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 difficult	parataxis
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 loser	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Polite	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	things					a graceful loser parataxis; difficult, especially property	tree rules

Example 1

The ballet dancer was very graceful.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dancer	det
2	ballet	ballet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dancer	compound
3	dancer	dancer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 graceful	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 graceful	cop
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 graceful	advmod
6	graceful	graceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 graceful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the ballet dancer					graceful property	tree rules

Example 2

Swans are graceful birds on the water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swans	swan	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 birds	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 birds	cop
3	graceful	graceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 birds	amod
4	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 birds	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 birds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Swans	graceful birds		the water			tree rules

Example 3

The cat made a graceful leap onto the wall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 leap	det
5	graceful	graceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 leap	amod
6	leap	leap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj
7	onto	onto	ADP	_	9 wall	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wall	det
9	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the cat	a graceful leap		the wall			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leap=Product

Example 4

She was graceful in defeat and shook hands with the winner.

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	3 graceful	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 graceful	cop
3	graceful	graceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 defeat	case
5	defeat	defeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 graceful	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 shook	cc
7	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 graceful	conj
8	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 shook	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 winner	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 winner	det
11	winner	winner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shook	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 graceful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She			defeat		graceful property	tree rules
2	shake	past	She not said here	hands				with the winner	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient with winner=Co-Patient

Example 5

The bridge has graceful curves.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bridge	det
2	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	graceful	graceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 curves	amod
5	curves	curve	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the bridge	graceful curves					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curve=Patient

Example 6

The Water Rat rowed with graceful, easy strokes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Rat	det
2	Water	Water	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Rat	compound
3	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 rowed	nsubj
4	rowed	row	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	9 strokes	case
6	graceful	graceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 strokes	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 graceful	punct
8	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 strokes	amod
9	strokes	stroke	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rowed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 rowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	row	past	the Water Rat					with graceful easy strokes	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Example 7

Deer are graceful runners.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 runners	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 runners	cop
3	graceful	graceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 runners	amod
4	runners	runner	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 runners	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Deer	graceful runners					tree rules

Example 8

It is the most graceful performance I have ever seen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 performance	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 performance	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 performance	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 graceful	advmod
5	graceful	graceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 performance	amod
6	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 seen	nsubj
8	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 seen	aux
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 seen	advmod
10	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 performance	acl:relcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 performance	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the graceful performance					tree rules
2	see	present · perfect	I	the graceful performance not said here			ever		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer performance=Stimulus

Example 9

A lovely hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; with her love be thou ravished always. (Writings PRO.5.19, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: A lovely hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; with her love be thou ravished always.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hind	det
2	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hind	amod
3	hind	hind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 doe	cc
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 doe	det
6	graceful	graceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 doe	amod
7	doe	doe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hind	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 let	punct
9	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 hind	parataxis
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 breasts	nmod:poss
11	breasts	breast	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 satisfy	nsubj
12	satisfy	satisfy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 let	ccomp
13	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	12 satisfy	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 times	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 times	det
16	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 satisfy	obl
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 love	punct
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 love	case
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 love	nmod:poss
20	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 let	vocative
21	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 thou	cop
22	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	20 love	conj
23	ravished	ravish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 love	acl
24	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	23 ravished	advmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	let	infinitive				her love vocative	tree rules
2	satisfy	present	her breasts	thee	time		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thou=Experiencer
3	is a	infinitive		thou			tree rules
4	ravish	participle		her love not said here		always property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
6	love		her = she				nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Sentence 2: (Writings PRO.5.19, 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	PRO.5.19	PRO.5.19	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PRO.5.19	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PRO.5.19	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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📖 graceful

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

Everyday, meaning 3

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