affirmative Who acts: Affirmative, affirmative sentence, I, informal, way, Affirmative action · What happens: mean, say, agree, be, like, not like · To what, where: positive statement, grammar, cats, way, policies, groups · Speech: someone speaks here
«affirmative» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: affirmative in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Affirmative means saying "yes" or agreeing.
nsubj xcomp punct obj punct cc conj punct root Affirmative ADJ means VERB saying VERB " PUNCT yes INTJ " PUNCT or CCONJ agreeing VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Affirmative affirmative ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 saying say VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 means xcomp 4 " " PUNCT _ 5 yes punct 5 yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 3 saying obj 6 " " PUNCT _ 5 yes punct 7 or or CCONJ _ 8 agreeing cc 8 agreeing agree VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 saying conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Affirmative vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 say speech: assert not said to happen gerund Affirmative not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic 3 agree speech: agree gerund Affirmative not said here vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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.
Meaning 2 In grammar, an affirmative sentence is a positive statement, not a negative one ("I like cats" not "I don't like cats").
The tree, 22 words case obl punct det amod nsubj cop det amod punct advmod det amod appos punct punct nsubj acl:relcl obj punct advmod punct nsubj aux advmod parataxis obj punct punct punct root In ADP grammar NOUN , PUNCT an DET affirmative ADJ sentence NOUN is AUX a DET positive ADJ statement NOUN , PUNCT not PART a DET negative ADJ one NOUN ( PUNCT " PUNCT I PRON like VERB cats NOUN " PUNCT not PART " PUNCT I PRON do AUX n't PART like VERB cats NOUN " PUNCT ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 2 grammar case 2 grammar grammar NOUN Number=Sing 10 statement obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 grammar punct 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 sentence det 5 affirmative affirmative ADJ Degree=Pos 6 sentence amod 6 sentence sentence NOUN Number=Sing 10 statement nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 statement cop 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 statement det 9 positive positive ADJ Degree=Pos 10 statement amod 10 statement statement NOUN Number=Sing root root 11 , , PUNCT _ 15 one punct 12 not not PART Polarity=Neg 15 one advmod 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 one det 14 negative negative ADJ Degree=Pos 15 one amod 15 one one NOUN Number=Sing 10 statement appos 16 ( ( PUNCT _ 19 like punct 17 " " PUNCT _ 19 like punct 18 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 19 like nsubj 19 like like VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 one acl:relcl 20 cats cat NOUN Number=Plur 19 like obj 21 " " PUNCT _ 27 like punct 22 not not PART Polarity=Neg 27 like advmod 23 " " PUNCT _ 27 like punct 24 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 27 like nsubj 25 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 27 like aux 26 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 27 like advmod 27 like like VERB VerbForm=Inf 20 cats parataxis 28 cats cat NOUN Number=Plur 27 like obj 29 " " PUNCT _ 27 like punct 30 ) ) PUNCT _ 19 like punct 31 . . PUNCT _ 10 statement punct
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1 is a present a affirmative sentence a positive statement grammar tree rules 2 like in a quote present I cats vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cat=Theme 3 not like in a quote present · do-support I cats vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cat=Theme
Meaning 3 "Affirmative!" (informal) is a way of saying yes, as in films with soldiers or pilots.
Sentence 1: "Affirmative!"
punct punct punct root " PUNCT Affirmative ADJ ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 2 Affirmative punct 2 Affirmative affirmative ADJ Degree=Pos root root 3 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 Affirmative punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 2 Affirmative punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: (informal) is a way of saying yes, as in films with soldiers or pilots.
The tree, 14 words punct nsubj punct cop det mark acl obj punct case case obl case nmod cc conj punct root ( PUNCT informal ADJ ) PUNCT is AUX a DET way NOUN of SCONJ saying VERB yes INTJ , PUNCT as ADP in ADP films NOUN with ADP soldiers NOUN or CCONJ pilots NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 2 informal punct 2 informal informal ADJ Degree=Pos 6 way nsubj 3 ) ) PUNCT _ 2 informal punct 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 way cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 way det 6 way way NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of SCONJ _ 8 saying mark 8 saying say VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 way acl 9 yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 8 saying obj 10 , , PUNCT _ 13 films punct 11 as as ADP _ 13 films case 12 in in ADP _ 13 films case 13 films film NOUN Number=Plur 8 saying obl 14 with with ADP _ 15 soldiers case 15 soldiers soldier NOUN Number=Plur 13 films nmod 16 or or CCONJ _ 17 pilots cc 17 pilots pilot NOUN Number=Plur 15 soldiers conj 18 . . PUNCT _ 6 way punct
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1 is a present informal a way tree rules 2 say speech: assert gerund a way not said here as films with soldiers or pilots vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic
Meaning 4 Affirmative action (USA) means policies to help groups who have been treated unfairly.
The tree, 13 words amod nsubj punct appos punct obj mark advcl obj nsubj:pass aux aux:pass acl:relcl advmod punct root Affirmative ADJ action NOUN ( PUNCT USA PROPN ) PUNCT means VERB policies NOUN to PART help VERB groups NOUN who PRON have AUX been AUX treated VERB unfairly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Affirmative affirmative ADJ Degree=Pos 2 action amod 2 action action NOUN Number=Sing 6 means nsubj 3 ( ( PUNCT _ 4 USA punct 4 USA USA PROPN Number=Sing 2 action appos 5 ) ) PUNCT _ 4 USA punct 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 policies policy NOUN Number=Plur 6 means obj 8 to to PART _ 9 help mark 9 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 means advcl 10 groups group NOUN Number=Plur 9 help obj 11 who who PRON PronType=Rel 14 treated nsubj:pass 12 have have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 treated aux 13 been be AUX Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 14 treated aux:pass 14 treated treat VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 10 groups acl:relcl 15 unfairly unfairly ADV _ 14 treated advmod 16 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Affirmative action policies vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent policy=Topic 2 help to-infinitive Affirmative action not said here groups vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent group=Beneficiary 3 treat present · perfect · passive groups unfairly property vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
Example 1 "I can swim" is an affirmative sentence.
punct nsubj aux csubj punct cop det amod punct root " PUNCT I PRON can AUX swim VERB " PUNCT is AUX an DET affirmative ADJ sentence NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 4 swim punct 2 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 swim nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 swim aux 4 swim swim VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 sentence csubj 5 " " PUNCT _ 4 swim punct 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 sentence cop 7 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 sentence det 8 affirmative affirmative ADJ Degree=Pos 9 sentence amod 9 sentence sentence NOUN Number=Sing root root 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 sentence punct
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1 swim in a quote can I vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 is a present a affirmative sentence tree rules
Example 2 She answered in the affirmative: yes.
nsubj case det obl punct discourse punct root She PRON answered VERB in ADP the DET affirmative ADJ : PUNCT yes INTJ . PUNCT 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 answered nsubj 2 answered answer VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 in in ADP _ 5 affirmative case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 affirmative det 5 affirmative affirmative ADJ Degree=Pos 2 answered obl 6 : : PUNCT _ 7 yes punct 7 yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 2 answered discourse 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 answered punct
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1 answer speech: assert past She the affirmative vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 3 "Affirmative, captain!"
punct punct conj punct punct root " PUNCT Affirmative ADJ , PUNCT captain NOUN ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 2 Affirmative punct 2 Affirmative affirmative ADJ Degree=Pos root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 captain punct 4 captain captain NOUN Number=Sing 2 Affirmative conj 5 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 Affirmative punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 2 Affirmative punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 4 The affirmative team spoke first in the debate.
det amod nsubj advmod case det obl punct root The DET affirmative ADJ team NOUN spoke VERB first ADV in ADP the DET debate NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 team det 2 affirmative affirmative ADJ Degree=Pos 3 team amod 3 team team NOUN Number=Sing 4 spoke nsubj 4 spoke speak VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 4 spoke advmod 6 in in ADP _ 8 debate case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 debate det 8 debate debate NOUN Number=Sing 4 spoke obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 spoke punct
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1 speak speech: other past the affirmative team the debate first property vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 5 Change the negative sentence into the affirmative.
det amod obj case det obl punct root Change VERB the DET negative ADJ sentence NOUN into ADP the DET affirmative ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Change change VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 sentence det 3 negative negative ADJ Degree=Pos 4 sentence amod 4 sentence sentence NOUN Number=Sing 1 Change obj 5 into into ADP _ 7 affirmative case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 affirmative det 7 affirmative affirmative ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Change obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 1 Change punct
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1 change imperative you not said here the negative sentence into the affirmative result vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent sentence=Patient into affirmative=Result
Example 6 He nodded, an affirmative sign.
nsubj punct det amod obj punct root He PRON nodded VERB , PUNCT an DET affirmative ADJ sign NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 nodded nsubj 2 nodded nod VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 sign punct 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 sign det 5 affirmative affirmative ADJ Degree=Pos 6 sign amod 6 sign sign NOUN Number=Sing 2 nodded obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 nodded punct
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1 nod past He a affirmative sign vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Patient
Example 7 She fancied she heard answers in the affirmative, and then again she wasn’t sure.
The tree, 15 words nsubj nsubj ccomp obj case det obl punct cc advmod advmod nsubj cop advmod conj punct root She PRON fancied VERB she PRON heard VERB answers NOUN in ADP the DET affirmative ADJ , PUNCT and CCONJ then ADV again ADV she PRON was AUX n’t PART sure ADJ . PUNCT 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 fancied nsubj 2 fancied fancy VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 heard nsubj 4 heard hear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 fancied ccomp 5 answers answer NOUN Number=Plur 4 heard obj 6 in in ADP _ 8 affirmative case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 affirmative det 8 affirmative affirmative ADJ Degree=Pos 4 heard obl 9 , , PUNCT _ 16 sure punct 10 and and CCONJ _ 16 sure cc 11 then then ADV PronType=Dem 12 again advmod 12 again again ADV _ 16 sure advmod 13 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 sure nsubj 14 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 16 sure cop 15 n’t not PART Polarity=Neg 16 sure advmod 16 sure sure ADJ Degree=Pos 2 fancied conj 17 . . PUNCT _ 2 fancied punct
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1 fancy past She vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 2 hear past she answers the affirmative vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer answer=Stimulus 3 not is past she again sure property tree rules
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