Who acts: way, It, uncouth guests, uncouth jokes, His, uncouth songs · What happens: behave, not be, refine, unpolish, be, talk · To what, where: way, manner, food, visitors, She, uncouth birds · Speech: someone speaks here
«uncouth» in the English dictionary: its 2 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: uncouth in the English dictionary.
Everyday, meaning 1
Rude, rough and without good manners; behaving in a way that is not polite or refined.
The tree, 16 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
2
notis
present
a way
polite property
tree rules
3
refine
participle
a way not said here
vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
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.
Early Modern English, meaning 1
Unfamiliar, strange, or rough and unpolished in manner or sound.
vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent education=Patient
2
talkin a quote
past
birds = birdnot said here
tree rules
3
comein a quote
past
whatever
birds's head
vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into head=Initial_Location
Example 8
While watching these changes, the maiden was startled by the sound of an uncouth voice, which seemed to issue from below the self-bored stone, close beside her.
From More English Fairy Tales.
The tree, 28 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent change=Theme
2
startle
past · passive
the sound of a uncouth voice
the maiden
vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
3
seem
past
the sound of a uncouth voice
issue from the bored stone
vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
Example 9
Midas, king of Phrygia, alone demurred at this decision, having the bad taste to prefer the uncouth tones of the Pan's pipe to the refined melodies of Apollo's lyre.
From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome.
The tree, 31 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Midas
Midas
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 king
compound
2
,
,
PUNCT
_
1 Midas
punct
3
king
king
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
4
of
of
ADP
_
5 Phrygia
case
5
Phrygia
Phrygia
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 king
nmod
6
,
,
PUNCT
_
8 demurred
punct
7
alone
alone
ADV
_
8 demurred
advmod
8
demurred
demur
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
3 king
acl:relcl
9
at
at
ADP
_
11 decision
case
10
this
this
DET
Number=Sing PronType=Dem
11 decision
det
11
decision
decision
NOUN
Number=Sing
8 demurred
obl
12
,
,
PUNCT
_
13 having
punct
13
having
have
VERB
Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part
8 demurred
advcl
14
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
16 taste
det
15
bad
bad
ADJ
Degree=Pos
16 taste
amod
16
taste
taste
NOUN
Number=Sing
13 having
obj
17
to
to
PART
_
18 prefer
mark
18
prefer
prefer
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
13 having
advcl
19
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
21 tones
det
20
uncouth
uncouth
ADJ
Degree=Pos
21 tones
amod
21
tones
tone
NOUN
Number=Plur
18 prefer
obj
22
of
of
ADP
_
26 pipe
case
23
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
24 Pan
det
24
Pan
Pan
PROPN
Number=Sing
26 pipe
nmod:poss
25
's
's
PART
_
24 Pan
case
26
pipe
pipe
NOUN
Number=Sing
21 tones
nmod
27
to
to
ADP
_
30 melodies
case
28
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
30 melodies
det
29
refined
refine
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
30 melodies
amod
30
melodies
melody
NOUN
Number=Plur
26 pipe
nmod
31
of
of
ADP
_
34 lyre
case
32
Apollo
Apollo
PROPN
Number=Sing
34 lyre
nmod:poss
33
's
's
PART
_
32 Apollo
case
34
lyre
lyre
NOUN
Number=Sing
30 melodies
nmod
35
.
.
PUNCT
_
3 king
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
demur
participle
Midas king of Phrygia not said here
this decision
alone property
tree rules
2
have
gerund
the bad taste
vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taste=Patient
3
prefer
to-infinitive
the uncouth tones of the Pan's pipe to the refined melodies of Apollo's lyre
vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tone=Stimulus
4
refine
participle
vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
6
intonate
the Pan's pipe to the refined melodies of Apollo's lyre
nom tone «communication transitive»: of=patient
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.