approbation

Who acts: Approval, you, something, teacher, crowd · What happens: say, show, think, be, nod, give · To what, where: story, shout, approbation · Speech: someone speaks here

«approbation» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: approbation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

Approval; saying or showing that you think something is good.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Approval	approval	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saying	nsubj
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 saying	punct
3	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 showing	cc
5	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 saying	conj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 think	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 think	nsubj
8	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	ccomp
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 good	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 good	cop
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 think	ccomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 saying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund	Approval		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	show	gerund	Approval not said here		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	think speech: other	present	you		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	something	good property	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.

Example 1

The teacher nodded with approbation at my story.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nodded	nsubj
3	nodded	nod	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 approbation	case
5	approbation	approbation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nodded	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 story	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 story	nmod:poss
8	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nodded	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 nodded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nod	past	the teacher			my story		with approbation	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The crowd gave a shout of approbation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crowd	det
2	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 shout	det
5	shout	shout	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 approbation	case
7	approbation	approbation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shout	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the crowd	a shout of approbation					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shout=Theme
2	shout			approbation					nom shout «communication transitive»: of=patient

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