bourgeois

Who acts: people, bourgeois family, bourgeois merchant, Dad, eating, bourgeoisie · What happens: belong, have, own, be, follow, live · To what, where: comfortable jobs, ordinary class tastes, people, history, factories, big house · Speech: someone speaks here

«bourgeois» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: bourgeois in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Belonging to the middle class, people who have comfortable jobs, homes and money.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Belonging	belong	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	5 class	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 class	det
4	middle	middle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 class	amod
5	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Belonging	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 people	punct
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 class	conj
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 have	nsubj
9	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 people	acl:relcl
10	comfortable	comfortable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 jobs	amod
11	jobs	job	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 have	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 homes	punct
13	homes	home	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 jobs	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 money	cc
15	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 jobs	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Belonging	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	gerund						to the middle class and people	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
2	have	present	people	comfortable jobs and homes and money					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient

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.

Meaning 2

Usage: informal, often unkind — kept apart, not parsed.

Too interested in owning things, being respectable and following ordinary middle-class tastes.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Too	too	ADV	_	2 interested	advmod
2	interested	interested	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 things	case
4	owning	own	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 things	amod
5	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 interested	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 respectable	punct
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 respectable	cop
8	respectable	respectable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 interested	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 following	cc
10	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 respectable	conj
11	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 tastes	amod
12	middle	middle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 class	amod
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 middle	punct
14	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tastes	compound
15	tastes	taste	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 following	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 interested	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	own	gerund			vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	is	gerund		respectable property	tree rules
3	follow	gerund	ordinary class tastes		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taste=Theme

Meaning 3

In history (especially Karl Marx's ideas), the bourgeoisie are the people who own factories and businesses.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 history	case
2	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 people	obl
3	(	(	PUNCT	_	8 ideas	punct
4	especially	especially	ADV	_	8 ideas	advmod
5	Karl	Karl	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 ideas	nmod:poss
6	Marx	Marx	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Karl	flat
7	's	's	PART	_	5 Karl	case
8	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 history	appos
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	8 ideas	punct
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bourgeoisie	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bourgeoisie	det
12	bourgeoisie	bourgeoisie	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 history	conj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 people	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 people	det
15	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 own	nsubj
17	own	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 people	acl:relcl
18	factories	factory	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 own	obj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 businesses	cc
20	businesses	business	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 factories	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 people	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the people		history and the bourgeoisie			tree rules
2	own	present	the people	factories and businesses					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot factory=Theme

Example 1

The bourgeois family lived in a big house in Paris.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 family	det
2	bourgeois	bourgeois	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 family	compound
3	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lived	nsubj
4	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 house	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 house	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 house	amod
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lived	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Paris	case
10	Paris	Paris	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 house	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	the bourgeois family			a big house in Paris			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location

Example 2

In the story, the bourgeois merchant cared only about money.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 story	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 story	det
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cared	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 story	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 merchant	det
6	bourgeois	bourgeois	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 merchant	compound
7	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cared	nsubj
8	cared	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	only	only	ADV	_	11 money	advmod
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 money	case
11	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cared	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 cared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	past	the bourgeois merchant	money		the story			tree rules

Example 3

Dad joked that eating olives was very bourgeois.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 joked	nsubj
2	joked	joke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 bourgeois	mark
4	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 bourgeois	csubj
5	olives	olive	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eating	obj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 bourgeois	cop
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 bourgeois	advmod
8	bourgeois	bourgeois	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 joked	ccomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 joked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	joke speech: other	past	Dad		vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	eat	gerund		olives	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent olive=Patient
3	is a	past	eating	bourgeois	tree rules

Example 4

The bourgeoisie gained power after the French Revolution.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bourgeoisie	det
2	bourgeoisie	bourgeoisie	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gained	nsubj
3	gained	gain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gained	obj
5	after	after	ADP	_	8 Revolution	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Revolution	det
7	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Revolution	compound
8	Revolution	Revolution	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 gained	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gain	past	the bourgeoisie	power			after the French Revolution		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme

Example 5

Karl Marx wrote about workers and the bourgeoisie.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Karl	Karl	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 wrote	nsubj
2	Marx	Marx	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Karl	flat
3	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 workers	case
5	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wrote	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 bourgeoisie	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bourgeoisie	det
8	bourgeoisie	bourgeoisie	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 workers	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wrote	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past	Karl					about workers and the bourgeoisie	vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about worker=Topic

Example 6

She said the fancy coffee shop was too bourgeois for her.

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	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shop	det
4	fancy	fancy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shop	amod
5	coffee	coffee	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shop	compound
6	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bourgeois	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 bourgeois	cop
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 bourgeois	advmod
9	bourgeois	bourgeois	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	ccomp
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 her	case
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 bourgeois	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the fancy coffee shop	bourgeois				for her = she	tree rules

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