barbarous
Who acts: Barbarous, pity, barbarous laws, people, you, It · What happens: mean, be, make, weep, stop, leave · To what, where: barbarous practice, barbarous act, old dog, cold
«barbarous» 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: barbarous in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Barbarous means very cruel, savage or uncivilised, without pity for others. It is a formal, rather old word.
Sentence 1: Barbarous means very cruel, savage or uncivilised, without pity for others.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbarous | Barbarous | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 cruel | advmod |
| 4 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 savage | punct |
| 6 | savage | savage | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 cruel | conj |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 uncivilised | cc |
| 8 | uncivilised | uncivilised | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 cruel | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 pity | punct |
| 10 | without | without | ADP | _ | 11 pity | case |
| 11 | pity | pity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obl |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 others | case |
| 13 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 pity | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Barbarous | without pity for others; cruel property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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.
Sentence 2: It is a formal, rather old word.
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 | 4 formal | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 formal | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 formal | det |
| 4 | formal | formal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 word | punct |
| 6 | rather | rather | ADV | _ | 8 word | advmod |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 word | amod |
| 8 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 formal | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 formal | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | pity | formal property | tree rules |
Example 1
The king's barbarous laws made the people weep.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 laws | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 king | case |
| 4 | barbarous | barbarous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 laws | amod |
| 5 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 made | nsubj |
| 6 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 people | det |
| 8 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 weep | nsubj |
| 9 | weep | weep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 made | ccomp |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the king's barbarous laws | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | weep | present | the people | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
Stop this barbarous practice at once!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 practice | det |
| 3 | barbarous | barbarous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 practice | amod |
| 4 | practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stop | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 once | case |
| 6 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Stop | obl |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Stop | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | this barbarous practice | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality practice=Eventuality |
Example 3
It was a barbarous act to leave the old dog out in the cold.
The tree, 14 words
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 | 5 act | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 act | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 act | det |
| 4 | barbarous | barbarous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 act | amod |
| 5 | act | act | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 leave | mark |
| 7 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 act | acl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 dog | det |
| 9 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 dog | amod |
| 10 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 leave | obj |
| 11 | out | out | ADV | _ | 7 leave | advmod |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 cold | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 cold | det |
| 14 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 leave | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 act | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a barbarous act | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | leave | to-infinitive | the old dog | the cold | out property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent dog=Theme in cold=Location |
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