civilised
Who acts: people, Good manners · What happens: live, civilise, have, grow, be · To what, where: organised society, Many countries, schools, kings, part
«civilised» 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: civilised in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Living in an organised society with laws, good manners, towns and government, not wild or rough.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Living | live | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 17 wild | csubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 society | case |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 society | det |
| 4 | organised | organised | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 society | amod |
| 5 | society | society | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Living | obl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 laws | case |
| 7 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Living | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 manners | punct |
| 9 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 manners | amod |
| 10 | manners | manners | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 7 laws | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 towns | punct |
| 12 | towns | town | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 laws | conj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 government | cc |
| 14 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 laws | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 wild | punct |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 wild | advmod |
| 17 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 18 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 19 rough | cc |
| 19 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 wild | conj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 wild | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | gerund | a organised society | with laws and good manners and towns and government | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in society=Location |
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
Many countries are civilised and have schools.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 countries | amod |
| 2 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 civilised | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 civilised | aux:pass |
| 4 | civilised | civilise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 have | cc |
| 6 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 civilised | conj |
| 7 | schools | school | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 have | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 civilised | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | civilise | present · passive | Many countries | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | have | present | schools | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Patient |
Example 2
As people grew more civilised, they had kings and queens.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 3 grew | mark |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 grew | nsubj |
| 3 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 had | advcl |
| 4 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 civilised | advmod |
| 5 | civilised | civilise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 grew | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 grew | punct |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 had | nsubj |
| 8 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 had | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 queens | cc |
| 11 | queens | queen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 kings | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | past | people | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | civilise | participle | people not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | have | past | people | kings and queens | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient |
Example 3
Good manners are part of being civilised.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 manners | amod |
| 2 | manners | manners | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 4 part | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 part | cop |
| 4 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 7 civilised | mark |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 civilised | aux:pass |
| 7 | civilised | civilise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 part | acl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 part | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Good manners | part | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | civilise | gerund · passive | part not said here | tree rules |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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