behavior
Who acts: someone, behavior, bad behavior · What happens: conduct, be, change, get · To what, where: person, him, trouble
«behavior» 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: behavior in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
The way a person or animal acts; how someone conducts themselves, good or bad.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 way | det |
| 2 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 acts | nsubj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 person | det |
| 4 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 acts | nsubj |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 animal | cc |
| 6 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 person | conj |
| 7 | acts | act | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 conducts | punct |
| 9 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 conducts | advmod |
| 10 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 11 conducts | nsubj |
| 11 | conducts | conduct | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 acts | acl:relcl |
| 12 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 11 conducts | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 good | punct |
| 14 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 conducts | dep |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 bad | cc |
| 16 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 good | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 acts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conduct | present | someone | person | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=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.
Example 1
Her behavior at the party was kind.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 behavior | nmod:poss |
| 2 | behavior | behavior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 kind | nsubj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 party | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 party | det |
| 5 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 behavior | nmod |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 kind | cop |
| 7 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 kind | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Her behavior at the party | kind property | tree rules |
Example 2
The dog's behavior changed after the storm.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dog | det |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 behavior | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 dog | case |
| 4 | behavior | behavior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 changed | nsubj |
| 5 | changed | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 storm | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 storm | det |
| 8 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 changed | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 changed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | past | the dog's behavior | after the storm | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
His bad behavior got him into trouble.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 behavior | nmod:poss |
| 2 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 behavior | amod |
| 3 | behavior | behavior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | obj |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 trouble | case |
| 7 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | His bad behavior | him = he | trouble | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
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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