brute

Who acts: box, brute, He, bear, you, Trying · What happens: use, not think, manage, be, carry, push · To what, where: strength, brute, everyone, way, door, huge brute

«brute» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings 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: brute in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A cruel, violent or rough person.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 person	det
2	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 person	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 violent	punct
4	violent	violent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cruel	conj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 rough	cc
6	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cruel	conj
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 person	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

Usage: old — kept apart, not parsed.

A big, strong animal, especially a wild one.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 animal	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 animal	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 big	punct
4	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 animal	amod
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 one	punct
7	especially	especially	ADV	_	10 one	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 one	det
9	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 one	amod
10	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 animal	appos
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 animal	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 3

Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

Using only strength, not thinking: brute force, brute strength.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 strength	advmod
3	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Using	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 thinking	punct
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 thinking	advmod
6	thinking	think	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Using	conj
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 force	punct
8	brute	brute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 force	amod
9	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thinking	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 strength	punct
11	brute	brute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 strength	amod
12	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 force	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Using	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	gerund		strength					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Patient
2	not think speech: other	gerund							vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Meaning 4

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Something big and hard to manage: «this box is a brute to carry».

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Something	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 hard	cc
4	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 big	conj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 manage	mark
6	manage	manage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hard	xcomp
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 brute	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 brute	punct
9	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 box	det
10	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 brute	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 brute	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 brute	det
13	brute	brute	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Something	appos
14	to	to	PART	_	15 carry	mark
15	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 brute	acl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 brute	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Something	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	manage	to-infinitive			vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	this box	a brute	tree rules
3	carry in a quote	to-infinitive			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The brute pushed everyone out of his way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 brute	det
2	brute	brute	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushed	nsubj
3	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 pushed	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 way	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 way	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 way	nmod:poss
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 pushed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past	the brute	everyone		brute's way			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme out way=Trajectory

Example 2

He opened the door by brute force.

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 opened	nsubj
2	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 door	det
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 opened	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 force	case
6	brute	brute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 force	amod
7	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 opened	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 opened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	He	the door				by brute force	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent door=Theme by force=Location

Example 3

The bear was a huge brute.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bear	det
2	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brute	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 brute	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 brute	det
5	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 brute	amod
6	brute	brute	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 brute	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the bear	a huge brute					tree rules

Example 4

Don't be such a brute to your brother!

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	6 brute	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 brute	cop
4	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	6 brute	det:predet
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 brute	det
6	brute	brute	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Do	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 brother	case
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 brother	nmod:poss
9	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Do	obl
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here					to your brother	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is a	infinitive		such brute					tree rules

Example 5

Trying every combination of the lock is a brute-force method.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 method	csubj
2	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 combination	det
3	combination	combination	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Trying	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 lock	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lock	det
6	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 combination	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 method	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 method	det
9	brute	brute	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 force	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 brute	punct
11	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 method	compound
12	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 method	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	gerund		every combination of the lock					vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent combination=Eventuality
2	is a	present	Trying	a force method					tree rules

Example 6

This suitcase is a brute to lift.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 suitcase	det
2	suitcase	suitcase	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brute	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 brute	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 brute	det
5	brute	brute	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 lift	mark
7	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 brute	acl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 brute	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	this suitcase	a brute					tree rules
2	lift	to-infinitive							vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 7

"What is that brute of a cowherd doing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 brute	punct
2	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 brute	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 brute	cop
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 brute	det
5	brute	brute	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 cowherd	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cowherd	det
8	cowherd	cowherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brute	nmod
9	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 cowherd	acl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 brute	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present		that brute				of a cowherd	tree rules
2	do in a quote	gerund	a cowherd not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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