combative Who acts: Combative, combative goat, He, She, combative tennis player, debate · What happens: mean, fight, argue, play, butt, come · To what, where: sport, everyone, combative mood, combative tennis player
«combative» 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: combative in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Combative means ready and eager to fight or argue.
nsubj xcomp cc conj mark xcomp cc conj punct root Combative ADJ means VERB ready ADJ and CCONJ eager ADJ to PART fight VERB or CCONJ argue VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Combative combative ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 ready ready ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 eager cc 5 eager eager ADJ Degree=Pos 3 ready conj 6 to to PART _ 7 fight mark 7 fight fight VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 eager xcomp 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 argue cc 9 argue argue VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 fight conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Combative ready property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 fight to-infinitive Combative not said here vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 argue speech: disagree infinitive Combative not said here vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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 In sport, combative means playing hard and strongly against the other side.
case obl punct nsubj xcomp advmod cc conj case det amod obl punct root In ADP sport NOUN , PUNCT combative ADJ means VERB playing VERB hard ADV and CCONJ strongly ADV against ADP the DET other ADJ side NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 2 sport case 2 sport sport NOUN Number=Sing 5 means obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 sport punct 4 combative combative ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means nsubj 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 playing play VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 means xcomp 7 hard hard ADV Degree=Pos 6 playing advmod 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 strongly cc 9 strongly strongly ADV _ 7 hard conj 10 against against ADP _ 13 side case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 side det 12 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 13 side amod 13 side side NOUN Number=Sing 6 playing obl 14 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct
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1 mean present combative sport vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 play not said to happen gerund combative not said here against the other side; hard property vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1 The combative goat butted everyone who came near.
det amod nsubj obj nsubj acl:relcl advmod punct root The DET combative ADJ goat NOUN butted VERB everyone PRON who PRON came VERB near ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 goat det 2 combative combative ADJ Degree=Pos 3 goat amod 3 goat goat NOUN Number=Sing 4 butted nsubj 4 butted butt VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 4 butted obj 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 7 came nsubj 7 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 everyone acl:relcl 8 near near ADV _ 7 came advmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 butted punct
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1 butt past the combative goat everyone vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent everyone=Instrument 2 come past near property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 2 He was in a combative mood and argued with everyone.
nsubj cop case det amod cc conj case obl punct root He PRON was AUX in ADP a DET combative ADJ mood NOUN and CCONJ argued VERB with ADP everyone PRON . PUNCT 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 6 mood nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 mood cop 3 in in ADP _ 6 mood case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 mood det 5 combative combative ADJ Degree=Pos 6 mood amod 6 mood mood NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 argued cc 8 argued argue VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 mood conj 9 with with ADP _ 10 everyone case 10 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 8 argued obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 mood punct
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1 is past He a combative mood tree rules 2 argue speech: disagree past He not said here with everyone vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with everyone=Co-Agent
Example 3 She is a combative tennis player who never gives up.
nsubj cop det amod compound nsubj advmod acl:relcl compound:prt punct root She PRON is AUX a DET combative ADJ tennis NOUN player NOUN who PRON never ADV gives VERB up ADP . PUNCT 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 6 player nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 player cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 player det 4 combative combative ADJ Degree=Pos 6 player amod 5 tennis tennis NOUN Number=Sing 6 player compound 6 player player NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 who who PRON PronType=Rel 9 gives nsubj 8 never never ADV PronType=Neg 9 gives advmod 9 gives give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 player acl:relcl 10 up up ADP _ 9 gives compound:prt 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 player punct
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1 is a present She a combative tennis player tree rules 2 not give up present a combative tennis player vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 4 The debate became combative and loud.
det nsubj xcomp cc conj punct root The DET debate NOUN became VERB combative ADJ and CCONJ loud ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 debate det 2 debate debate NOUN Number=Sing 3 became nsubj 3 became become VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 combative combative ADJ Degree=Pos 3 became xcomp 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 loud cc 6 loud loud ADJ Degree=Pos 4 combative conj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 became punct
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1 become past the debate combative property vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
Example 5 Our dog is friendly, not combative.
nmod:poss nsubj cop punct advmod conj punct root Our PRON dog NOUN is AUX friendly ADJ , PUNCT not PART combative ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 dog nmod:poss 2 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 4 friendly nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 friendly cop 4 friendly friendly ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 combative punct 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 7 combative advmod 7 combative combative ADJ Degree=Pos 4 friendly conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 friendly punct
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1 is present Our dog friendly property tree rules 2 not be Our dog not said here tree rules
Example 6 Try not to be combative when someone disagrees with you.
advmod mark cop xcomp mark nsubj advcl case obl punct root Try VERB not PART to PART be AUX combative ADJ when SCONJ someone PRON disagrees VERB with ADP you PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Try try VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 not not PART Polarity=Neg 5 combative advmod 3 to to PART _ 5 combative mark 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 combative cop 5 combative combative ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Try xcomp 6 when when SCONJ _ 8 disagrees mark 7 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 8 disagrees nsubj 8 disagrees disagree VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Try advcl 9 with with ADP _ 10 you case 10 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 8 disagrees obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 1 Try punct
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1 try imperative you not said here vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer 2 not is not said to happen to-infinitive you not said here combative property tree rules 3 disagree present someone with you vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with you=Co-Agent
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