condescend

Who acts: you, something, I · What happens: do, think, be, agree, see, not condescend · To what, where: dignity, something, rude question, house, queen, village school

«condescend» 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: condescend in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To do something you think is below your dignity, or to agree to do something kindly as a favour to someone you see as lower than you.

The tree, 27 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	VerbForm=Inf	13 agree	advcl
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 dignity	nsubj
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 think	nsubj
5	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 something	acl:relcl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 dignity	cop
7	below	below	ADP	_	9 dignity	case
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dignity	nmod:poss
9	dignity	dignity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 do	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 agree	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 agree	cc
12	to	to	PART	_	13 agree	mark
13	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	to	to	PART	_	15 do	mark
15	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 agree	xcomp
16	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	15 do	obj
17	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	15 do	advmod
18	as	as	ADP	_	20 favour	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 favour	det
20	favour	favour	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 do	obl
21	to	to	ADP	_	22 someone	case
22	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	20 favour	nmod
23	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	24 see	nsubj
24	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 someone	acl:relcl
25	as	as	ADP	_	26 lower	case
26	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	24 see	obl
27	than	than	ADP	_	28 you	case
28	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	26 lower	obl
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 agree	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	to-infinitive					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	think speech: other	present	you				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	something		your dignity		tree rules
4	agree speech: agree	to-infinitive					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	do not said to happen	to-infinitive		something		as a favour to someone; kindly property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
6	see	present	you			as lower	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as low=Attribute

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

I would not condescend to answer such a rude question.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 condescend	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 condescend	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 condescend	advmod
4	condescend	condescend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 answer	mark
6	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 condescend	xcomp
7	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	10 question	det:predet
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 question	det
9	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 question	amod
10	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 answer	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 condescend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not condescend	would	I						tree rules
2	answer speech: assert	to-infinitive	I not said here	such rude question					vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality

Example 2

Please condescend to enter our house.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	2 condescend	discourse
2	condescend	condescend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 enter	mark
4	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 condescend	xcomp
5	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 house	nmod:poss
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enter	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 condescend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	condescend	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	enter	to-infinitive	you not said here	our house					vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Destination

Example 3

The queen condescended to visit the village school.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 queen	det
2	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	condescended	condescend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 queen	acl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 visit	mark
5	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 condescended	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 school	det
7	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 school	compound
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 visit	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 queen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	condescend	participle		the queen not said here					tree rules
2	visit	to-infinitive		the village school					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Co-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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condescend/