audacity

Who acts: Audacity boldness, other people, Audacity, She, I, It · What happens: be, dare, do, not dare, not do, mean · To what, where: Audacity boldness, something, rudeness, respect, audacity, giant

«audacity» 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: audacity in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Audacity is boldness, daring to do something that other people would not dare to do.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Audacity	audacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 boldness	compound
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 boldness	cop
3	boldness	boldness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 daring	punct
5	daring	dare	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 boldness	acl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 daring	xcomp
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 do	obj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 dare	obj
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 people	amod
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 dare	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 dare	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 dare	advmod
14	dare	dare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 something	acl:relcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 do	mark
16	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 dare	xcomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 boldness	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present		Audacity boldness	tree rules
2	dare	gerund	Audacity boldness not said here		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	do	to-infinitive	Audacity boldness not said here	something	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
4	not dare	would	other people		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent that=Recipient clause=Topic
5	not do	to-infinitive	other people not said here		vn act-114-1 «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

Audacity can also mean rudeness, a shocking lack of respect.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Audacity	audacity	NOUN	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	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mean	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 lack	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lack	det
8	shocking	shocking	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lack	amod
9	lack	lack	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rudeness	appos
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 respect	case
11	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lack	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	Audacity	rudeness					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rudeness=Topic
2	lack			respect					nom lack «state transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

She had the audacity to ask for more.

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 audacity	det
4	audacity	audacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 ask	mark
6	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 more	case
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 ask	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	the audacity					tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive	the audacity not said here					for more	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

I could not believe his audacity.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 believe	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 believe	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 believe	advmod
4	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 audacity	nmod:poss
6	audacity	audacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 believe	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 believe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not believe	could	I	his audacity					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer audacity=Stimulus

Example 3

It took audacity to challenge the giant.

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	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	audacity	audacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 challenge	mark
5	challenge	challenge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 took	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 giant	det
7	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 challenge	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	It	audacity					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent audacity=Theme
2	challenge	to-infinitive		the giant					tree rules

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