cavalier

Who acts: cavalier, fine gentleman, He · What happens: mount, be, ride, mean, show, ride up · To what, where: mounted soldier, horseback, little care, castle gate, cavalier wave · Speech: someone speaks here

«cavalier» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: cavalier in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A cavalier is a mounted soldier or a fine gentleman who rides on horseback.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cavalier	det
2	cavalier	cavalier	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 soldier	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 soldier	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 soldier	det
5	mounted	mount	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 soldier	amod
6	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 gentleman	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 gentleman	det
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 gentleman	amod
10	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 soldier	conj
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 rides	nsubj
12	rides	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 gentleman	acl:relcl
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 horseback	case
14	horseback	horseback	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 rides	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 soldier	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	mount	participle				vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	a cavalier	a mounted soldier or a fine gentleman		tree rules
3	ride	present	a fine gentleman		horseback	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent 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.

Meaning 2

Cavalier means careless or offhand, showing little care for other people's feelings.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cavalier	Cavalier	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	careless	careless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 offhand	cc
5	offhand	offhand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 careless	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 showing	punct
7	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	conj
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 care	amod
9	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 showing	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	14 feelings	case
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 people	amod
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 feelings	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 people	case
14	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 showing	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Cavalier					careless property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	show	gerund	Cavalier not said here	little care				for other people's feelings	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent care=Recipient

Example 1

The cavalier rode up to the castle gate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cavalier	det
2	cavalier	cavalier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rode	nsubj
3	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 rode	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 gate	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gate	det
7	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gate	compound
8	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rode	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rode	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride up	past	the cavalier			the castle gate			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to gate=Trajectory

Example 2

He gave a cavalier wave and walked off.

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wave	det
4	cavalier	cavalier	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wave	compound
5	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 walked	cc
7	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gave	conj
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 walked	compound:prt
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	He	a cavalier wave					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wave=Theme
2	walk off	past	He not said here						vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

«I have never heard of her,» said the cavalier.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 heard	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 heard	nsubj
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 heard	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 heard	advmod
5	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 said	ccomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 heard	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 heard	punct
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cavalier	det
12	cavalier	cavalier	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hear in a quote	present · perfect	the cavalier = cavalier					of her = she	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of she=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past	the cavalier						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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