characterize Who acts: it, mark, clever animals, snub nose, strict rules, kindness · What happens: characterize, be, make · To what, where: something, mark, story, him, Many fables, whole tale
«characterize» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: characterize in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To characterize something is to show what it is like by its special features.
The tree, 14 words mark advcl obj cop mark ccomp nsubj cop case case nmod:poss amod nsubj punct root To PART characterize VERB something PRON is AUX to PART show VERB what PRON it PRON is AUX like ADP by ADP its PRON special ADJ features NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 characterize mark 2 characterize characterize VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 show advcl 3 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 characterize obj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 show cop 5 to to PART _ 6 show mark 6 show show VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 7 what what PRON PronType=Int 6 show ccomp 8 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 features nsubj 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 features cop 10 like like ADP _ 14 features case 11 by by ADP _ 14 features case 12 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 14 features nmod:poss 13 special special ADJ Degree=Pos 14 features amod 14 features feature NOUN Number=Plur 7 what nsubj 15 . . PUNCT _ 6 show punct
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1 characterize to-infinitive something vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent something=Theme 2 is present show property tree rules 3 is present it like its special features tree rules
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 To characterize is to be the mark that makes something what it is.
mark advcl cop mark cop det nsubj acl:relcl obj nmod nsubj acl:relcl punct root To PART characterize VERB is AUX to PART be AUX the DET mark NOUN that PRON makes VERB something PRON what PRON it PRON is VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 characterize mark 2 characterize characterize VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 mark advcl 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 mark cop 4 to to PART _ 7 mark mark 5 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 7 mark cop 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 mark det 7 mark mark NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 that that PRON PronType=Rel 9 makes nsubj 9 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 mark acl:relcl 10 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 9 makes obj 11 what what PRON PronType=Rel 10 something nmod 12 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 is nsubj 13 is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 what acl:relcl 14 . . PUNCT _ 7 mark punct
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1 characterize to-infinitive vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent 2 is a present the mark tree rules 3 make present the mark something vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product 4 be present mark vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 1 The story is characterized by clever animals.
det nsubj:pass aux:pass case amod obl:agent punct root The DET story NOUN is AUX characterized VERB by ADP clever ADJ animals NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 story det 2 story story NOUN Number=Sing 4 characterized nsubj:pass 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 characterized aux:pass 4 characterized characterize VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 by by ADP _ 7 animals case 6 clever clever ADJ Degree=Pos 7 animals amod 7 animals animal NOUN Number=Plur 4 characterized obl:agent 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 characterized punct
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1 characterize present · passive clever animals the story vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
Example 2 His snub nose and fat back characterized him.
nmod:poss compound nsubj cc conj advmod obj punct root His PRON snub NOUN nose NOUN and CCONJ fat NOUN back ADV characterized VERB him PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 nose nmod:poss 2 snub snub NOUN Number=Sing 3 nose compound 3 nose nose NOUN Number=Sing 7 characterized nsubj 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 fat cc 5 fat fat NOUN Number=Sing 3 nose conj 6 back back ADV _ 7 characterized advmod 7 characterized characterize VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 characterized obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 7 characterized punct
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1 characterize past His snub nose and fat him = he vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Theme
Example 3 Many fables are characterized by strict rules.
amod nsubj:pass aux:pass case amod obl:agent punct root Many ADJ fables NOUN are AUX characterized VERB by ADP strict ADJ rules NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Many many ADJ Degree=Pos 2 fables amod 2 fables fable NOUN Number=Plur 4 characterized nsubj:pass 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 characterized aux:pass 4 characterized characterize VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 by by ADP _ 7 rules case 6 strict strict ADJ Degree=Pos 7 rules amod 7 rules rule NOUN Number=Plur 4 characterized obl:agent 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 characterized punct
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1 characterize present · passive strict rules Many fables vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
Example 4 Her kindness characterizes the whole tale.
nmod:poss nsubj det amod obj punct root Her PRON kindness NOUN characterizes VERB the DET whole ADJ tale NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 kindness nmod:poss 2 kindness kindness NOUN Number=Sing 3 characterizes nsubj 3 characterizes characterize VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 tale det 5 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 6 tale amod 6 tale tale NOUN Number=Sing 3 characterizes obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 characterizes punct
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1 characterize present Her kindness the whole tale vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent tale=Theme
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