audacious
Who acts: Audacious, audacious thief, It, young hero · What happens: mean, take, not show, steal, be, climb · To what, where: bold, big risks, respect, horse, tower, storm
«audacious» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: audacious in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Audacious means bold and daring, ready to take big risks.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Audacious | Audacious | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | bold | bold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 daring | cc |
| 5 | daring | daring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bold | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 ready | punct |
| 7 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bold | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 take | mark |
| 9 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 ready | xcomp |
| 10 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 risks | amod |
| 11 | risks | risk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 take | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Audacious | bold and daring | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bold=Topic | ||||
| 2 | take | to-infinitive | Audacious not said here | big risks | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent risk=Theme |
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
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.
Audacious can also mean rude or insolent, not showing respect.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Audacious | Audacious | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | also | also | ADV | _ | 4 mean | advmod |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 mean | xcomp |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 insolent | cc |
| 7 | insolent | insolent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rude | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 showing | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 showing | advmod |
| 10 | showing | show | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 mean | advcl |
| 11 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 showing | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | can | Audacious | rude property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not show | gerund | Audacious not said here | respect | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent respect=Recipient |
Example 1
The audacious thief stole the king's horse.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 thief | det |
| 2 | audacious | audacious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 thief | amod |
| 3 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stole | nsubj |
| 4 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 horse | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 king | case |
| 8 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stole | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 stole | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | past | the audacious thief | the king's horse | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location horse=Theme |
Example 2
It was audacious to climb the tower in the storm.
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 | 3 audacious | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 audacious | cop |
| 3 | audacious | audacious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 climb | mark |
| 5 | climb | climb | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 audacious | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tower | det |
| 7 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 climb | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 storm | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 storm | det |
| 10 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 climb | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 audacious | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | It | audacious property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | climb | to-infinitive | the tower | the storm | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tower=Theme |
Example 3
The young hero was brave and audacious.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 hero | det |
| 2 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 hero | amod |
| 3 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 brave | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 brave | cop |
| 5 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 audacious | cc |
| 7 | audacious | audacious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 brave | conj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 brave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the young hero | brave property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the young hero not said here | tree rules |
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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