characteristic

Who acts: characteristic, special quality, you, One characteristic, Kindness, He · What happens: be, help, tell, mean, smile, sort · To what, where: special quality, you, one thing, typical, best characteristic, animals · Speech: someone speaks here

«characteristic» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: characteristic in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A characteristic is a special quality or feature that helps you tell one thing or person from another, like a tiger's stripes.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 characteristic	det
2	characteristic	characteristic	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 quality	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 quality	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 quality	det
5	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 quality	amod
6	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 feature	cc
8	feature	feature	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 quality	conj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 helps	nsubj
10	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 quality	acl:relcl
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 helps	obj
12	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 helps	xcomp
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 thing	nummod
14	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tell	obj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 person	cc
16	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 thing	conj
17	from	from	ADP	_	18 another	case
18	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	16 person	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 stripes	punct
20	like	like	ADP	_	24 stripes	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 tiger	det
22	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 stripes	nmod:poss
23	's	's	PART	_	22 tiger	case
24	stripes	stripe	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 tell	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 quality	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a characteristic	a special quality or feature		tree rules
2	help	present	a special quality or feature	you		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	one thing or person from another	like a tiger's stripes	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient

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: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

Characteristic means typical of someone or something: «his characteristic smile».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Characteristic	Characteristic	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	typical	typical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 someone	case
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 typical	obl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 something	cc
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 someone	conj
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 smile	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 smile	punct
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 smile	nmod:poss
11	characteristic	characteristic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 smile	amod
12	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 something	nmod
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 smile	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Characteristic	typical					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent typical=Topic
2	smile in a quote		Characteristic						nom smile «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 1

One characteristic of birds is that they have feathers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 characteristic	nummod
2	characteristic	characteristic	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	nsubj:outer
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 birds	case
4	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 characteristic	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 have	cop
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 have	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 have	nsubj
8	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 have	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	One characteristic of birds					have property	tree rules

Example 2

A square's characteristics: four equal sides and four right angles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 square	det
2	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characteristics	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 square	case
4	characteristics	characteristic	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 sides	punct
6	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 sides	nummod
7	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sides	amod
8	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 characteristics	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 angles	cc
10	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 angles	nummod
11	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 angles	amod
12	angles	angle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 characteristics	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 characteristics	punct

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

Example 3

Kindness is her best characteristic.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characteristic	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 characteristic	cop
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 characteristic	nmod:poss
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 characteristic	amod
5	characteristic	characteristic	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 characteristic	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Kindness	her best characteristic					tree rules

Example 4

Sorting animals by their characteristics.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sorting	sort	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sorting	obj
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 characteristics	case
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 characteristics	nmod:poss
5	characteristics	characteristic	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sorting	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Sorting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sort	gerund		animals				by animals's characteristics	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme

Example 5

He gave his characteristic loud laugh.

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	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 characteristic	nmod:poss
4	characteristic	characteristic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
5	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 laugh	amod
6	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characteristic	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	He	his characteristic and loud laugh					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characteristic=Theme

Example 6

It is characteristic of cats to sleep a lot.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 characteristic	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 characteristic	cop
3	characteristic	characteristic	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 cats	case
5	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 characteristic	nmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 sleep	mark
7	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 characteristic	acl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lot	det
9	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sleep	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 characteristic	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	characteristic				of cats	tree rules
2	sleep	to-infinitive		a lot					vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme

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