critique
Who acts: careful written judgement, teacher, critique, Her, We · What happens: write, say, be, judge, comment, critique · To what, where: something, critique, story, play, other poems, class · Speech: someone speaks here
«critique» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: critique in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A careful written judgement of a book, play or work, saying what is good and what is weak.
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 judgement | det |
| 2 | careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 judgement | amod |
| 3 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 judgement | amod |
| 4 | judgement | judgement | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 book | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 book | det |
| 7 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 judgement | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 play | punct |
| 9 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 book | conj |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 work | cc |
| 11 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 book | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 saying | punct |
| 13 | saying | say | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 judgement | acl |
| 14 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 16 good | nsubj |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 good | cop |
| 16 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 saying | ccomp |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 weak | cc |
| 18 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 20 weak | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 weak | cop |
| 20 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 good | conj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 judgement | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | participle | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | a careful written judgement of a book and play or work not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | good property | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | is | present | weak property | 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
Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.
To judge and comment on something in this careful way.
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 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 comment | cc |
| 4 | comment | comment | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 judge | conj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 something | case |
| 6 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 comment | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 way | case |
| 8 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 way | det |
| 9 | careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 way | amod |
| 10 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 comment | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 judge | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | judge | to-infinitive | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | comment speech: other | infinitive | something | in this careful way | vn lecture-37.11-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 1
The teacher wrote a critique of my story.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 teacher | det |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wrote | nsubj |
| 3 | wrote | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 critique | det |
| 5 | critique | critique | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wrote | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 story | case |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 story | nmod:poss |
| 8 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 critique | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrote | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | past | the teacher | a critique of my story | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent critique=Theme | ||||
| 2 | critique | my story | nom critique «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Example 2
Her critique of the play was fair.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 critique | nmod:poss |
| 2 | critique | critique | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fair | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 play | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 play | det |
| 5 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 critique | nmod |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 fair | cop |
| 7 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 fair | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Her critique of the play | fair property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | critique | Her = she | the play | nom critique «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
Example 3
We critiqued each other's poems in class.
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 critiqued | nsubj |
| 2 | critiqued | critique | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 poems | det |
| 4 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 poems | amod |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 other | case |
| 6 | poems | poem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 critiqued | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 class | case |
| 8 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 poems | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 critiqued | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | critique | past | We | each other poems | class | tree rules |
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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