condescendingly

Who acts: way, you, Turritella, your, He, She · What happens: show, think, be, talk down, not refuse, say · To what, where: others, request, sum · Speech: someone speaks here

«condescendingly» 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: condescendingly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In a way that shows you think you are better than others; talking down to them.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 way	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 way	det
3	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 shows	nsubj
5	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 way	acl:relcl
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 think	nsubj
7	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shows	ccomp
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 better	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 better	cop
10	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 think	ccomp
11	than	than	ADP	_	12 others	case
12	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 better	obl
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 talking	punct
14	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 shows	conj
15	down	down	ADV	_	14 talking	advmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 them	case
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 talking	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	show	present	a way			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	think speech: other	present	you			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	you		than others; good property	tree rules
4	talk down	gerund	a way not said here	others = other	down property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to they=Co-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

"I won't refuse your request," said Turritella condescendingly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 refuse	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 refuse	nsubj
3	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 refuse	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 refuse	advmod
5	refuse	refuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 said	ccomp
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 request	nmod:poss
7	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 refuse	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 refuse	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 refuse	punct
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	Turritella	Turritella	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 said	nsubj
12	condescendingly	condescendingly	ADV	_	10 said	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not refuse in a quote	future	Turritella	your request		vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	Turritella		condescendingly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	request in a quote		your			nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

He smiled condescendingly at the younger children.

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	condescendingly	condescendingly	ADV	_	2 smiled	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 children	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 children	det
6	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 children	amod
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 smiled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 smiled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smile	past	He					at the younger children; condescendingly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

She explained the sum condescendingly, as if I were stupid.

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 explained	nsubj
2	explained	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sum	det
4	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 explained	obj
5	condescendingly	condescendingly	ADV	_	2 explained	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 stupid	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 stupid	mark
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 stupid	mark
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 stupid	nsubj
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 stupid	cop
11	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 explained	parataxis
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 explained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	past	She	the sum				condescendingly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Topic
2	is a condition, not said to happen	past	I					stupid property	tree rules

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