argumentative

Who acts: He, you, argumentative boy · What happens: describe, like, argue, disagree, be, do · To what, where: someone

«argumentative» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: argumentative in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Argumentative describes someone who likes to argue and disagree, even about small things.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Argumentative	argumentative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 describes	amod
2	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 describes	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 likes	nsubj
5	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 someone	acl:relcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 argue	mark
7	argue	argue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 likes	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 disagree	cc
9	disagree	disagree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 argue	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 things	punct
11	even	even	ADV	_	14 things	advmod
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 things	case
13	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 things	amod
14	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 disagree	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	present	someone		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
2	like	present			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	argue speech: disagree not said to happen	to-infinitive			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	disagree	infinitive		about small things	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about thing=Topic

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

He was so argumentative that he argued about everything.

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	4 argumentative	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 argumentative	cop
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 argumentative	advmod
4	argumentative	argumentative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 argued	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 argued	nsubj
7	argued	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 argumentative	advcl
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 everything	case
9	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 argued	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 argumentative	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					argumentative property	tree rules
2	argue speech: disagree	past	he					about everything	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about everything=Topic

Example 2

Don't be argumentative; just listen for once.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 argumentative	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 argumentative	cop
4	argumentative	argumentative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Do	advcl
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 listen	punct
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 listen	advmod
7	listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 argumentative	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 listen	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is	infinitive	you not said here	argumentative property	tree rules
3	listen	infinitive	you not said here		vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for once=Theme

Example 3

The argumentative boy would not stop disagreeing with the teacher.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
2	argumentative	argumentative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boy	amod
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stop	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 stop	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 stop	advmod
6	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	disagreeing	disagree	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 stop	xcomp
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 teacher	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 teacher	det
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 disagreeing	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not stop	would	the argumentative boy						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	disagree	gerund	the argumentative boy not said here					with the teacher	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with teacher=Co-Agent

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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