boastful Who acts: others, you, boastful hare, He, Her, good winner · What happens: talk, feel, show off, lose, do, not be · To what, where: race, ten dragons, boastful soldier, comrades, plenty · Speech: someone speaks here
«boastful» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: boastful in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Talking too proudly about yourself, your skills or your things, so that others feel you are showing off.
The tree, 18 words csubj advmod advmod case obl punct nmod:poss conj cc nmod:poss conj punct mark fixed nsubj nsubj aux advcl compound:prt punct root Talking VERB too ADV proudly ADV about ADP yourself PRON , PUNCT your PRON skills NOUN or CCONJ your PRON things NOUN , PUNCT so SCONJ that SCONJ others NOUN feel VERB you PRON are AUX showing VERB off ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Talking talk VERB VerbForm=Ger 16 feel csubj 2 too too ADV _ 3 proudly advmod 3 proudly proudly ADV _ 1 Talking advmod 4 about about ADP _ 5 yourself case 5 yourself yourself PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 1 Talking obl 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 skills punct 7 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 skills nmod:poss 8 skills skill NOUN Number=Plur 5 yourself conj 9 or or CCONJ _ 11 things cc 10 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 things nmod:poss 11 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 5 yourself conj 12 , , PUNCT _ 16 feel punct 13 so so SCONJ ExtPos=SCONJ 16 feel mark 14 that that SCONJ _ 13 so fixed 15 others other NOUN Number=Plur 16 feel nsubj 16 feel feel VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 17 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 19 showing nsubj 18 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 19 showing aux 19 showing show VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 16 feel advcl 20 off off ADP _ 19 showing compound:prt 21 . . PUNCT _ 16 feel punct
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1 talk gerund about yourself; proudly property vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about yourself=Topic 2 feel present others vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus 3 show off present · progressive you vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «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.
Example 1 The boastful hare lost the race to the tortoise.
det amod nsubj det obj case det obl punct root The DET boastful ADJ hare NOUN lost VERB the DET race NOUN to ADP the DET tortoise NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 hare det 2 boastful boastful ADJ Degree=Pos 3 hare amod 3 hare hare NOUN Number=Sing 4 lost nsubj 4 lost lose VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 race det 6 race race NOUN Number=Sing 4 lost obj 7 to to ADP _ 9 tortoise case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 tortoise det 9 tortoise tortoise NOUN Number=Sing 4 lost obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 lost punct
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1 lose past the boastful hare the race to the tortoise vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality
Example 2 Don't be boastful when you win.
advmod cop obj advmod nsubj advcl punct root Do VERB n't PART be AUX boastful ADJ when ADV you PRON win VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 boastful advmod 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 boastful cop 4 boastful boastful ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Do obj 5 when when ADV PronType=Int 7 win advmod 6 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 7 win nsubj 7 win win VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 boastful advcl 8 . . PUNCT _ 1 Do punct
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1 do imperative you not said here vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 not is infinitive boastful property tree rules 3 win present you vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 3 He was boastful about his new trainers.
nsubj cop case nmod:poss amod obl punct root He PRON was AUX boastful ADJ about ADP his PRON new ADJ trainers NOUN . PUNCT 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 3 boastful nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 boastful cop 3 boastful boastful ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 about about ADP _ 7 trainers case 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 trainers nmod:poss 6 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 7 trainers amod 7 trainers trainer NOUN Number=Plur 3 boastful obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 boastful punct
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1 is past He about his new trainers; boastful property tree rules
Example 4 Her boastful talk annoyed the team.
nmod:poss amod nsubj det nsubj punct root Her PRON boastful ADJ talk NOUN annoyed ADJ the DET team NOUN . PUNCT 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 3 talk nmod:poss 2 boastful boastful ADJ Degree=Pos 3 talk amod 3 talk talk NOUN Number=Sing 4 annoyed nsubj 4 annoyed annoyed ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 team det 6 team team NOUN Number=Sing 4 annoyed nsubj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 annoyed punct
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1 talk Her = she nom talk «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 5 A good winner is not boastful.
det amod nsubj cop advmod punct root A DET good ADJ winner NOUN is AUX not PART boastful ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 winner det 2 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 3 winner amod 3 winner winner NOUN Number=Sing 6 boastful nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 boastful cop 5 not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 boastful advmod 6 boastful boastful ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 boastful punct
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1 not is present a good winner boastful property tree rules
Example 6 The boastful knight claimed he had slain ten dragons.
det amod nsubj nsubj aux ccomp nummod obj punct root The DET boastful ADJ knight NOUN claimed VERB he PRON had AUX slain VERB ten NUM dragons NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 knight det 2 boastful boastful ADJ Degree=Pos 3 knight amod 3 knight knight NOUN Number=Sing 4 claimed nsubj 4 claimed claim VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 slain nsubj 6 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 slain aux 7 slain slay VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 4 claimed ccomp 8 ten ten NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 9 dragons nummod 9 dragons dragon NOUN Number=Plur 7 slain obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 claimed punct
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1 claim speech: other past the boastful knight vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 slay past · perfect knight ten dragons vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Patient
Example 7 He played the boastful soldier, and the merry smith, and he had comrades and boon-companions in plenty.
The tree, 18 words nsubj det amod obj punct cc det amod advcl punct cc nsubj conj obj cc compound punct conj case obl punct root He PRON played VERB the DET boastful ADJ soldier NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ the DET merry ADJ smith NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ he PRON had VERB comrades NOUN and CCONJ boon NOUN - PUNCT companions NOUN in ADP plenty NOUN . PUNCT 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 played nsubj 2 played play VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 soldier det 4 boastful boastful ADJ Degree=Pos 5 soldier amod 5 soldier soldier NOUN Number=Sing 2 played obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 smith punct 7 and and CCONJ _ 10 smith cc 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 smith det 9 merry merry ADJ Degree=Pos 10 smith amod 10 smith smith NOUN Number=Sing 2 played advcl 11 , , PUNCT _ 14 had punct 12 and and CCONJ _ 14 had cc 13 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 had nsubj 14 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 played conj 15 comrades comrade NOUN Number=Plur 14 had obj 16 and and CCONJ _ 19 companions cc 17 boon boon NOUN Number=Sing 19 companions compound 18 - - PUNCT _ 17 boon punct 19 companions companion NOUN Number=Plur 15 comrades conj 20 in in ADP _ 21 plenty case 21 plenty plenty NOUN Number=Sing 14 had obl 22 . . PUNCT _ 2 played punct
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1 play past He the boastful soldier vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soldier=Theme 2 have past he comrades and boon companions plenty vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comrade=Patient
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