conversational

Who acts: She, He, chatbot, Letters, I · What happens: do, have, write, speak, say, be · To what, where: simple conversations, language, book, conversational style, conversational French, it · Speech: someone speaks here

«conversational» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: conversational in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To do with conversation, or like ordinary friendly talk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 do	mark
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 conversation	case
4	conversation	conversation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 do	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 talk	punct
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 talk	cc
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 talk	case
8	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 talk	amod
9	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 talk	amod
10	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conversation	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	to-infinitive						with conversation or ordinary friendly talk	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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.

Meaning 2

Good enough to have simple conversations in a language, as in «conversational French».

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	enough	enough	ADV	_	1 Good	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 have	mark
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Good	advcl
5	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 conversations	amod
6	conversations	conversation	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 language	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 language	det
9	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conversations	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 French	punct
11	as	as	ADP	_	15 French	case
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 French	case
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 French	punct
14	conversational	conversational	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 French	amod
15	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 conversations	appos
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 French	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Good	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	to-infinitive		simple conversations		a language			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conversation=Patient

Example 1

The book is written in a conversational style.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 book	det
2	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 written	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 written	aux:pass
4	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 style	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 style	det
7	conversational	conversational	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 style	amod
8	style	style	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 written	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 written	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present · passive		the book		a conversational style			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in style=Destination

Example 2

She speaks conversational French.

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 speaks	nsubj
2	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	conversational	conversational	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 French	amod
4	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 speaks	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 speaks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	She	conversational French					tree rules

Example 3

He said it in a conversational tone.

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 tone	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tone	det
6	conversational	conversational	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tone	amod
7	tone	tone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He	it		a conversational tone			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent it=Theme in tone=Manner

Example 4

The chatbot is a conversational program.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chatbot	det
2	chatbot	chatbot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 program	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 program	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 program	det
5	conversational	conversational	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 program	amod
6	program	program	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 program	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the chatbot	a conversational program					tree rules

Example 5

Letters to friends can be conversational.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 conversational	nsubj
2	to	to	ADP	_	3 friends	case
3	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Letters	nmod
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 conversational	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 conversational	cop
6	conversational	conversational	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 conversational	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	Letters to friends					conversational property	tree rules

Example 6

I'm working on my conversational Spanish.

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	3 working	nsubj
2	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 working	aux
3	working	work	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 Spanish	case
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 Spanish	nmod:poss
6	conversational	conversational	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Spanish	amod
7	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 working	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 working	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present · progressive	I					on my conversational Spanish	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on spanish=Theme

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.

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