boastfully
Who acts: you, others, She, He, bird · What happens: talk, do, feel, show off, tell, be · To what, where: us, best swimmer, race · Speech: someone speaks here
«boastfully» 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: boastfully in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
In a boastful way: talking very proudly about yourself or what you have done, so others feel you are showing off.
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 way | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 way | det |
| 3 | boastful | boastful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 way | amod |
| 4 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 feel | obl |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 talking | punct |
| 6 | talking | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 19 feel | csubj |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 proudly | advmod |
| 8 | proudly | proudly | ADV | _ | 6 talking | advmod |
| 9 | about | about | ADP | _ | 10 yourself | case |
| 10 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 6 talking | obl |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 what | cc |
| 12 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 yourself | conj |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 done | nsubj |
| 14 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 done | aux |
| 15 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 what | acl:relcl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 feel | punct |
| 17 | so | so | ADV | _ | 19 feel | advmod |
| 18 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 feel | nsubj |
| 19 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 22 showing | nsubj |
| 21 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 showing | aux |
| 22 | showing | show | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 feel | advcl |
| 23 | off | off | ADP | _ | 22 showing | compound:prt |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 feel | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | gerund | about yourself; proudly property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about yourself=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do | present · perfect | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | feel | present | others | in a boastful way | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Theme in way=Attribute | ||||
| 4 | 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
She boastfully told us she was the best swimmer.
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 | 3 told | nsubj |
| 2 | boastfully | boastfully | ADV | _ | 3 told | advmod |
| 3 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 told | iobj |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 swimmer | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 swimmer | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 swimmer | det |
| 8 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 swimmer | amod |
| 9 | swimmer | swimmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 told | ccomp |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 told | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | She | us | boastfully property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient | |||
| 2 | is a | past | she | the best swimmer | tree rules |
Example 2
He boastfully said he would win every race.
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 said | nsubj |
| 2 | boastfully | boastfully | ADV | _ | 3 said | advmod |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 win | nsubj |
| 5 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 win | aux |
| 6 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 race | det |
| 8 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 win | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | He | boastfully property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | win | would | he | every race | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality |
Example 3
The bird boastfully talked about his home.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bird | det |
| 2 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 talked | nsubj |
| 3 | boastfully | boastfully | ADV | _ | 4 talked | advmod |
| 4 | talked | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 home | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 home | nmod:poss |
| 7 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 talked | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 talked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | past | the bird | about bird's home; boastfully property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about home=Topic |
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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