communicative

Who acts: He, teenage brother, French lessons, lots, Good leaders, Dolphins · What happens: talk, share, do, learn, be, tell · To what, where: information, language, us, communicative approach, communicative animals · Speech: someone speaks here

«communicative» 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: communicative in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Willing and happy to talk and share information with others.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Willing	willing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 happy	cc
3	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Willing	conj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 talk	mark
5	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 happy	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 share	cc
7	share	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 talk	conj
8	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 share	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 others	case
10	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 information	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Willing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	to-infinitive							vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	share	present		information				with others	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 do with communication (communicative skills, a communicative approach to learning a language).

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 do	mark
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 communication	case
4	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 do	obl
5	(	(	PUNCT	_	7 skills	punct
6	communicative	communicative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 skills	amod
7	skills	skill	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 communication	appos
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 approach	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 approach	det
10	communicative	communicative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 approach	amod
11	approach	approach	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 skills	nmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 learning	case
13	learning	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 approach	nmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 language	det
15	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 learning	obj
16	)	)	PUNCT	_	7 skills	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	to-infinitive						with communication	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	learn	gerund		a language					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Topic

Example 1

He's very communicative and always tells us about his day.

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	4 communicative	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 communicative	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 communicative	advmod
4	communicative	communicative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 tells	cc
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 tells	advmod
7	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 communicative	conj
8	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 tells	iobj
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 day	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 day	nmod:poss
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tells	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 communicative	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					communicative property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	present	He not said here		us		day	always property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient

Example 2

My teenage brother isn't very communicative in the mornings.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 brother	nmod:poss
2	teenage	teenage	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brother	amod
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 communicative	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 communicative	cop
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 communicative	advmod
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 communicative	advmod
7	communicative	communicative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 mornings	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mornings	det
10	mornings	morning	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 communicative	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 communicative	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	My teenage brother				morning	communicative property	tree rules

Example 3

Our French lessons use a communicative approach with lots of talking.

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	3 lessons	nmod:poss
2	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lessons	amod
3	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 use	nsubj
4	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 approach	det
6	communicative	communicative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 approach	amod
7	approach	approach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 use	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 lots	case
9	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 use	obl
10	of	of	SCONJ	_	11 talking	mark
11	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 lots	acl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	Our French lessons	a communicative approach				with lots	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent approach=Patient
2	talk	gerund	lots not said here						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

Good leaders are communicative and clear.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 leaders	amod
2	leaders	leader	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 communicative	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 communicative	cop
4	communicative	communicative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 clear	cc
6	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 communicative	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 communicative	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Good leaders					communicative property	tree rules
2	be		Good leaders not said here						tree rules

Example 5

Dolphins are highly communicative animals.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dolphins	dolphin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 animals	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 animals	cop
3	highly	highly	ADV	_	4 communicative	advmod
4	communicative	communicative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 animals	amod
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 animals	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Dolphins	communicative animals					tree rules

Example 6

Babies become more communicative as they learn to babble.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 become	nsubj
2	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 communicative	advmod
4	communicative	communicative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 become	xcomp
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 learn	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 learn	nsubj
7	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 communicative	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 babble	mark
9	babble	babble	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 learn	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 become	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	become	present	Babies	communicative property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	learn	present	Babies = baby		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	babble	to-infinitive	Babies = baby not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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