civility
Who acts: She, you, He · What happens: treat, show, answer, be · To what, where: us, common civility, guests
«civility» 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: civility in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Polite behaviour and good manners towards others.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polite | polite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 behaviour | amod |
| 2 | behaviour | behaviour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 manners | cc |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 manners | amod |
| 5 | manners | manners | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 2 behaviour | conj |
| 6 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 7 others | case |
| 7 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 manners | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 behaviour | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
She treated us with great civility.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 treated | nsubj |
| 2 | treated | treat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 treated | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 civility | case |
| 5 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 civility | amod |
| 6 | civility | civility | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 treated | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 treated | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | treat | past | She | us | with great civility | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient with civility=Theme |
Example 2
Please show some common civility to your guests.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Please | please | INTJ | _ | 2 show | discourse |
| 2 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 civility | det |
| 4 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 civility | amod |
| 5 | civility | civility | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 show | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 guests | case |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 guests | nmod:poss |
| 8 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 show | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | imperative | you not said here | some common civility | your guests | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent civility=Topic to guest=Recipient |
Example 3
He answered with civility, even though he was cross.
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 answered | nsubj |
| 2 | answered | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 civility | case |
| 4 | civility | civility | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 answered | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 cross | punct |
| 6 | even | even | ADV | _ | 10 cross | advmod |
| 7 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 10 cross | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 cross | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 cross | cop |
| 10 | cross | cross | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 answered | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 answered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | answer speech: assert | past | He | with civility | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | past | he | cross property | 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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