📖 meritoriousWho acts: it, firefighter, Her, soldier, head teacher, courage · What happens: deserve, be, use, name, receive, judge · To what, where: praise, names, awards, award, science project, meritorious conduct
«meritorious» in the English dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: meritorious in the English dictionary .
Everyday, meaning 1 Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.
Deserving praise or reward because it is very good or brave.
csubj obj cc conj mark nsubj cop advmod cc conj punct root Deserving VERB praise NOUN or CCONJ reward NOUN because SCONJ it PRON is AUX very ADV good ADJ or CCONJ brave ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Deserving deserve VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 good csubj 2 praise praise NOUN Number=Sing 1 Deserving obj 3 or or CCONJ _ 4 reward cc 4 reward reward NOUN Number=Sing 2 praise conj 5 because because SCONJ _ 9 good mark 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 good nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 good cop 8 very very ADV _ 9 good advmod 9 good good ADJ Degree=Pos root root 10 or or CCONJ _ 11 brave cc 11 brave brave ADJ Degree=Pos 9 good conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 9 good punct
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1 deserve gerund praise or reward tree rules 2 is present it good property tree rules 3 be tree rules
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 Usage: formal, school and army — kept apart, not parsed.
Used in names of awards, like «Meritorious Service Medal».
case obl case nmod punct case punct compound compound obl punct punct root Used VERB in ADP names NOUN of ADP awards NOUN , PUNCT like ADP « PUNCT Meritorious PROPN Service PROPN Medal PROPN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 2 in in ADP _ 3 names case 3 names name NOUN Number=Plur 1 Used obl 4 of of ADP _ 5 awards case 5 awards award NOUN Number=Plur 3 names nmod 6 , , PUNCT _ 11 Medal punct 7 like like ADP _ 11 Medal case 8 « « PUNCT _ 11 Medal punct 9 Meritorious Meritorious PROPN Number=Sing 10 Service compound 10 Service Service PROPN Number=Sing 11 Medal compound 11 Medal Medal PROPN Number=Sing 1 Used obl 12 » » PUNCT _ 11 Medal punct 13 . . PUNCT _ 1 Used punct
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1 use participle names of awards like Service Medal vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 name awards nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient
Example 1 The firefighter received an award for meritorious service.
det nsubj det obj case amod nmod punct root The DET firefighter NOUN received VERB an DET award NOUN for ADP meritorious ADJ service NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 firefighter det 2 firefighter firefighter NOUN Number=Sing 3 received nsubj 3 received receive VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 award det 5 award award NOUN Number=Sing 3 received obj 6 for for ADP _ 8 service case 7 meritorious meritorious ADJ Degree=Pos 8 service amod 8 service service NOUN Number=Sing 5 award nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 received punct
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1 receive past the firefighter a award for meritorious service vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent award=Theme
Example 2 Her science project was judged meritorious.
nmod:poss compound nsubj:pass aux:pass xcomp punct root Her PRON science NOUN project NOUN was AUX judged VERB meritorious ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 project nmod:poss 2 science science NOUN Number=Sing 3 project compound 3 project project NOUN Number=Sing 5 judged nsubj:pass 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 judged aux:pass 5 judged judge VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 meritorious meritorious ADJ Degree=Pos 5 judged xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 judged punct
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1 judge past · passive Her science project meritorious property vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value 2 project Her = she nom project «act transitive»: poss=agent
Example 3 The soldier's meritorious conduct was praised.
det nmod:poss case amod nsubj:pass aux:pass punct root The DET soldier NOUN 's PART meritorious ADJ conduct NOUN was AUX praised VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 soldier det 2 soldier soldier NOUN Number=Sing 5 conduct nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 soldier case 4 meritorious meritorious ADJ Degree=Pos 5 conduct amod 5 conduct conduct NOUN Number=Sing 7 praised nsubj:pass 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 praised aux:pass 7 praised praise VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 praised punct
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1 praise past · passive the soldier's meritorious conduct vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme 2 conduct the soldier nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent
Example 4 The head teacher read out the names of pupils with meritorious work.
det compound nsubj compound:prt det obj case nmod case amod nmod punct root The DET head NOUN teacher NOUN read VERB out ADP the DET names NOUN of ADP pupils NOUN with ADP meritorious ADJ work NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 teacher det 2 head head NOUN Number=Sing 3 teacher compound 3 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 4 read nsubj 4 read read VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 out out ADP _ 4 read compound:prt 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 names det 7 names name NOUN Number=Plur 4 read obj 8 of of ADP _ 9 pupils case 9 pupils pupil NOUN Number=Plur 7 names nmod 10 with with ADP _ 12 work case 11 meritorious meritorious ADJ Degree=Pos 12 work amod 12 work work NOUN Number=Sing 9 pupils nmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 4 read punct
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1 read out past the head teacher the names of pupils with meritorious work vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic 2 name pupils with meritorious work nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient
Example 5 The medal is given for meritorious acts of courage.
det nsubj:pass aux:pass case amod obl case nmod punct root The DET medal NOUN is AUX given VERB for ADP meritorious ADJ acts NOUN of ADP courage NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 medal det 2 medal medal NOUN Number=Sing 4 given nsubj:pass 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 given aux:pass 4 given give VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 for for ADP _ 7 acts case 6 meritorious meritorious ADJ Degree=Pos 7 acts amod 7 acts act NOUN Number=Plur 4 given obl 8 of of ADP _ 9 courage case 9 courage courage NOUN Number=Sing 7 acts nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 given punct
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1 give present · passive the medal for meritorious acts of courage vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme for act=Asset 2 act courage nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent
Example 6 It was a meritorious effort, even though they lost.
nsubj cop det amod punct advmod mark nsubj conj punct root It PRON was AUX a DET meritorious ADJ effort NOUN , PUNCT even ADV though SCONJ they PRON lost VERB . PUNCT 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 5 effort nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 effort cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 effort det 4 meritorious meritorious ADJ Degree=Pos 5 effort amod 5 effort effort NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 lost punct 7 even even ADV _ 10 lost advmod 8 though though SCONJ _ 10 lost mark 9 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 lost nsubj 10 lost lose VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 effort conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 effort punct
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1 is a past It a meritorious effort tree rules 2 lose past they vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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.
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