contemptuous

Who acts: you, Showing, He, my, She, bully · What happens: show, think, be, give, draw, not be · To what, where: someone, contemptuous sneer, drawing, contemptuous remark · Speech: someone speaks here

«contemptuous» 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: contemptuous in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Showing that you think someone or something is worthless or beneath you; scornful.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Showing	show	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 worthless	csubj
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 think	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 think	nsubj
4	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Showing	ccomp
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 think	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 someone	cc
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 someone	conj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 worthless	cop
9	worthless	worthless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 you	cc
11	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	12 you	case
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 worthless	conj
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 scornful	punct
14	scornful	scornful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 worthless	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 worthless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	show	gerund				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	think speech: other	present	you	someone		vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot someone=Theme
3	is	present	Showing		worthless property	tree rules
4	be		Showing not said here			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.

Example 1

He gave a contemptuous sneer at my drawing.

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sneer	det
4	contemptuous	contemptuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sneer	amod
5	sneer	sneer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 drawing	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 drawing	nmod:poss
8	drawing	drawing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	He	a contemptuous sneer		my drawing			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent sneer=Theme at drawing=Asset
2	draw		my						nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

She was contemptuous of anyone who was not rich.

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	3 contemptuous	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 contemptuous	cop
3	contemptuous	contemptuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 anyone	case
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 contemptuous	obl
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 rich	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 rich	cop
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 rich	advmod
9	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 anyone	acl:relcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 contemptuous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					of anyone; contemptuous property	tree rules
2	not is	past						rich property	tree rules

Example 3

The bully made a contemptuous remark about my shoes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bully	det
2	bully	bully	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 remark	det
5	contemptuous	contemptuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 remark	amod
6	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 shoes	case
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 shoes	nmod:poss
9	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 remark	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the bully	a contemptuous remark				about my shoes	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset remark=Product

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