chivalrous

Who acts: Chivalrous, chivalrous prince, It, her, He · What happens: mean, be, save, let, go, give up · To what, where: knights, maiden, her, seat, old lady

«chivalrous» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: chivalrous in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Chivalrous means brave, polite and kind, especially to women and the weak, as knights were meant to be.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chivalrous	Chivalrous	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 polite	punct
5	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brave	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 kind	cc
7	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brave	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 women	punct
9	especially	especially	ADV	_	11 women	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 women	case
11	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 means	parataxis
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 weak	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 weak	det
14	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 women	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 meant	punct
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 meant	mark
17	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 meant	nsubj:pass
18	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 meant	aux:pass
19	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	parataxis
20	to	to	PART	_	21 be	mark
21	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 meant	xcomp
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Chivalrous		brave property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	mean	past · passive		knights		tree rules
3	be not said to happen	to-infinitive				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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.

Example 1

The chivalrous prince saved the maiden.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prince	det
2	chivalrous	chivalrous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 prince	amod
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saved	nsubj
4	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 maiden	det
6	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saved	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 saved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past	the chivalrous prince	the maiden					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme

Example 2

It was chivalrous of him to let her go first.

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 chivalrous	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chivalrous	cop
3	chivalrous	chivalrous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chivalrous	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 let	mark
7	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 chivalrous	advcl
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 let	obj
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 let	xcomp
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 go	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 chivalrous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	It		of him = he; chivalrous property	tree rules
2	let	to-infinitive		her = she		tree rules
3	go	infinitive	her = she not said here		first property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

He gave up his seat to the old lady, a chivalrous act.

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	up	up	ADP	_	2 gave	compound:prt
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 seat	nmod:poss
5	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 lady	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lady	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lady	amod
9	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 act	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 act	det
12	chivalrous	chivalrous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 act	amod
13	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lady	appos
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give up	past	He	his seat	the old lady				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent seat=Theme to lady=Recipient

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