complacently

Who acts: That, Smee, She, He, his · What happens: need, check, improve, be, say, sit · To what, where: pleased satisfied way, chair, messy sums, sums · Speech: someone speaks here

«complacently» 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: complacently in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In a pleased, too-satisfied way, as if nothing needs checking or improving.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	8 way	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 way	det
3	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 pleased	punct
5	too	too	ADV	_	7 satisfied	advmod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 too	punct
7	satisfied	satisfied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 needs	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 way	punct
10	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	12 nothing	case
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 as	fixed
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 needs	obl
13	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	checking	check	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 needs	xcomp
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 improving	cc
16	improving	improve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 checking	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 needs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	need	present	a pleased satisfied way	as nothing	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	check not said to happen	gerund			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	improve	gerund			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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

"That is all right," Smee said complacently.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 right	punct
2	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 right	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 right	cop
4	all	all	ADV	_	5 right	advmod
5	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
8	Smee	Smee	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 right	conj
10	complacently	complacently	ADV	_	9 said	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	That					all, right property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	Smee					complacently property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 2

She sat complacently on her chair, sure she had won.

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 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	complacently	complacently	ADV	_	2 sat	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 chair	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 chair	nmod:poss
6	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sat	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sure	punct
8	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sat	parataxis
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 won	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 won	aux
11	won	win	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 sure	ccomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	She			her chair		complacently property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chair=Location
2	win	past · perfect	she						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

He smiled complacently at his messy sums, without checking them.

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 smiled	nsubj
2	smiled	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	complacently	complacently	ADV	_	2 smiled	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 sums	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 sums	nmod:poss
6	messy	messy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sums	amod
7	sums	sum	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 smiled	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 checking	punct
9	without	without	SCONJ	_	10 checking	mark
10	checking	check	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 smiled	advcl
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 checking	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 smiled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	smile	past	He		his messy sums	complacently property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	check	gerund	He not said here	sums = sum			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	sum		his = he				nom sum «possession transitive»: poss=agent

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