criticise Who acts: you, coach, friend, local people, Critics, We · What happens: say, think, be, judge, review, point · To what, where: good points, work, book, team, drawing, new road · Speech: someone speaks here
«criticise» 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: criticise in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To say what you think is bad or wrong about someone or something.
mark nsubj nsubj acl:relcl cop ccomp cc conj case obl cc conj punct root To PART say VERB what PRON you PRON think VERB is AUX bad ADJ or CCONJ wrong ADJ about ADP someone PRON or CCONJ something PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 say mark 2 say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 what what PRON PronType=Int 7 bad 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 what acl:relcl 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 bad cop 7 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 2 say ccomp 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 wrong cc 9 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 7 bad conj 10 about about ADP _ 11 someone case 11 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 7 bad obl 12 or or CCONJ _ 13 something cc 13 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 11 someone conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 say punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert to-infinitive vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 think speech: other present you vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 is present about someone; bad property tree rules 4 be 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.
Meaning 2 To judge the good and bad points of a book, film or work (to review it).
The tree, 16 words mark det amod cc conj obj case det nmod punct conj cc conj punct mark conj obj punct punct root To PART judge VERB the DET good ADJ and CCONJ bad ADJ points NOUN of ADP a DET book NOUN , PUNCT film NOUN or CCONJ work NOUN ( PUNCT to PART review VERB it PRON ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 judge mark 2 judge judge VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 points det 4 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 7 points amod 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 bad cc 6 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 4 good conj 7 points point NOUN Number=Plur 2 judge obj 8 of of ADP _ 10 book case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 book det 10 book book NOUN Number=Sing 7 points nmod 11 , , PUNCT _ 12 film punct 12 film film NOUN Number=Sing 10 book conj 13 or or CCONJ _ 14 work cc 14 work work NOUN Number=Sing 10 book conj 15 ( ( PUNCT _ 17 review punct 16 to to PART _ 17 review mark 17 review review VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 2 judge conj 18 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 17 review obj 19 ) ) PUNCT _ 17 review punct 20 . . PUNCT _ 2 judge punct
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1 judge to-infinitive the good points of a book and film or work vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent point=Value 2 review to-infinitive work vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme 3 point a book and film or work nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient
Example 1 The coach criticised the team for being late.
det nsubj det obj mark cop advcl punct root The DET coach NOUN criticised VERB the DET team NOUN for SCONJ being AUX late ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 coach det 2 coach coach NOUN Number=Sing 3 criticised nsubj 3 criticised criticise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 team det 5 team team NOUN Number=Sing 3 criticised obj 6 for for SCONJ _ 8 late mark 7 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 late cop 8 late late ADJ Degree=Pos 3 criticised advcl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 criticised punct
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1 criticise past the coach the team tree rules 2 is gerund the coach not said here late property tree rules
Example 2 Don't criticise your friend's drawing; help instead.
aux advmod nmod:poss nmod:poss case obj punct conj advmod punct root Do AUX n't PART criticise VERB your PRON friend NOUN 's PART drawing NOUN ; PUNCT help VERB instead ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 criticise aux 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 3 criticise advmod 3 criticise criticise VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 friend nmod:poss 5 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 7 drawing nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 friend case 7 drawing drawing NOUN Number=Sing 3 criticise obj 8 ; ; PUNCT _ 9 help punct 9 help help VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 criticise conj 10 instead instead ADV _ 9 help advmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 criticise punct
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1 not criticise imperative · do-support you not said here your friend's drawing tree rules 2 help infinitive you not said here instead property vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent 3 draw your friend nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 3 The new road was criticised by local people.
det amod nsubj:pass aux:pass case amod obl punct root The DET new ADJ road NOUN was AUX criticised VERB by ADP local ADJ people NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 road det 2 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 3 road amod 3 road road NOUN Number=Sing 5 criticised nsubj:pass 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 criticised aux:pass 5 criticised criticise VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 by by ADP _ 8 people case 7 local local ADJ Degree=Pos 8 people amod 8 people people NOUN Number=Plur 5 criticised obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 criticised punct
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1 criticise past · passive local people the new road tree rules
Example 4 Critics criticised the film for being too long.
nsubj det obj case cop advmod obl punct root Critics NOUN criticised VERB the DET film NOUN for ADP being AUX too ADV long ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Critics critic NOUN Number=Plur 2 criticised nsubj 2 criticised criticise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 film det 4 film film NOUN Number=Sing 2 criticised obj 5 for for ADP _ 8 long case 6 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 long cop 7 too too ADV _ 8 long advmod 8 long long ADV Degree=Pos 2 criticised obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 criticised punct
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1 criticise past Critics the film tree rules 2 is gerund long property tree rules
Example 5 It's easy to criticise but hard to do better.
expl cop mark xcomp cc conj mark xcomp advmod punct root It PRON 's AUX easy ADJ to PART criticise VERB but CCONJ hard ADJ to PART do VERB better ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 easy expl 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 easy cop 3 easy easy ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to PART _ 5 criticise mark 5 criticise criticise VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 easy xcomp 6 but but CCONJ _ 7 hard cc 7 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 3 easy conj 8 to to PART _ 9 do mark 9 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 hard xcomp 10 better well ADV Degree=Cmp 9 do advmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 easy punct
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1 is present easy property tree rules 2 criticise to-infinitive tree rules 3 be tree rules 4 do to-infinitive well property vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 6 We learned to criticise arguments, not the person.
nsubj mark xcomp obj punct advmod det conj punct root We PRON learned VERB to PART criticise VERB arguments NOUN , PUNCT not PART the DET person NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 learned nsubj 2 learned learn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 criticise mark 4 criticise criticise VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 learned xcomp 5 arguments argument NOUN Number=Plur 4 criticise obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 person punct 7 not not PART Polarity=Neg 9 person advmod 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 person det 9 person person NOUN Number=Sing 4 criticise conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 learned punct
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1 learn past We vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 criticise to-infinitive We not said here arguments tree rules
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