befitting
Who acts: dress, He, coat, king, you, manner · What happens: befit, wear, give, speak · To what, where: bride, coat, prince, befitting welcome, manner, lady · Speech: someone speaks here
«befitting» 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: befitting in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Right and suitable for a person or an occasion: a dress befitting a bride.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | ADV | _ | 3 suitable | advmod |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 suitable | cc |
| 3 | suitable | suitable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 person | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 person | det |
| 6 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 suitable | obl |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 occasion | cc |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 occasion | det |
| 9 | occasion | occasion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 person | conj |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 dress | punct |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 dress | det |
| 12 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 person | conj |
| 13 | befitting | befit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 dress | acl |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 bride | det |
| 15 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 befitting | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 suitable | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | befit | gerund | a dress not said here | a bride | 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
He wore a coat befitting a prince.
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 | 2 wore | nsubj |
| 2 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 coat | det |
| 4 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wore | obj |
| 5 | befitting | befit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 coat | acl |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 prince | det |
| 7 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 befitting | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wore | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | past | He | a coat | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coat=Theme | ||||
| 2 | befit | gerund | a coat not said here | a prince | tree rules |
Example 2
The king gave a befitting welcome.
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 | 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 | 6 welcome | det |
| 5 | befitting | befit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 welcome | amod |
| 6 | welcome | welcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the king | a befitting welcome | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent welcome=Theme | ||||
| 2 | befit | gerund | tree rules |
Example 3
Speak in a manner befitting a lady.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Speak | speak | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 manner | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 manner | det |
| 4 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Speak | obl |
| 5 | befitting | befit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 manner | acl |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 lady | det |
| 7 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 befitting | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Speak | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | imperative | you not said here | a manner | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | befit | gerund | a manner not said here | a lady | 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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