complaisance

Who acts: He, Good manners · What happens: please, be, oblige, show, give, make · To what, where: others, complaisance, seat, old man, friends, Kindness

«complaisance» 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: complaisance in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Old use: politeness and a readiness to please others, being kind and obliging.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 use	amod
2	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 politeness	punct
4	politeness	politeness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	conj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 readiness	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 readiness	det
7	readiness	readiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 politeness	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 please	mark
9	please	please	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 readiness	acl
10	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 please	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 kind	punct
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 kind	cop
13	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 use	parataxis
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 obliging	cc
15	obliging	oblige	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 kind	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	please	to-infinitive	others		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus other=Experiencer
2	is	gerund		kind property	tree rules
3	oblige	gerund			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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.

Example 1

He showed complaisance by giving his seat to the old man.

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 showed	nsubj
2	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	complaisance	complaisance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 showed	obj
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 giving	mark
5	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 showed	advcl
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 seat	nmod:poss
7	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 giving	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 man	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 man	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 man	amod
11	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 giving	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 showed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	He	complaisance					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent complaisance=Recipient
2	give	gerund	He not said here	his seat	the old man				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent seat=Theme to man=Recipient

Example 2

Good manners and complaisance make friends.

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	5 make	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 complaisance	cc
4	complaisance	complaisance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 manners	conj
5	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 make	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Good manners and complaisance	friends					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product

Example 3

Kindness and complaisance are often rewarded.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rewarded	nsubj:pass
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 complaisance	cc
3	complaisance	complaisance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kindness	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rewarded	aux:pass
5	often	often	ADV	_	6 rewarded	advmod
6	rewarded	reward	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 rewarded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reward	present · passive		Kindness and complaisance				often property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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