decisive Who acts: Decisive, person, captain, goal, battle, you · What happens: describe, make, mean, have, be, end · To what, where: person, decisions, biggest effect, result, quick plans, war · Speech: someone speaks here
«decisive» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: decisive in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Decisive describes a person who can make decisions quickly and firmly.
nsubj det obj nsubj aux acl:relcl obj advmod cc conj punct root Decisive PROPN describes VERB a DET person NOUN who PRON can AUX make VERB decisions NOUN quickly ADV and CCONJ firmly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Decisive Decisive PROPN Number=Sing 2 describes nsubj 2 describes describe VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 person det 4 person person NOUN Number=Sing 2 describes obj 5 who who PRON PronType=Rel 7 make nsubj 6 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 make aux 7 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 person acl:relcl 8 decisions decision NOUN Number=Plur 7 make obj 9 quickly quickly ADV _ 7 make advmod 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 firmly cc 11 firmly firmly ADV _ 9 quickly conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 describes punct
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1 describe present Decisive a person vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme 2 make can a person decisions quickly property vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decision=Product
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 Decisive means having the biggest effect on the result: «the decisive goal», «a decisive moment».
The tree, 15 words nsubj xcomp det amod obj case det nmod punct punct det amod parataxis punct punct punct det amod parataxis punct punct root Decisive PROPN means VERB having VERB the DET biggest ADJ effect NOUN on ADP the DET result NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT the DET decisive ADJ goal NOUN » PUNCT , PUNCT « PUNCT a DET decisive ADJ moment NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Decisive Decisive PROPN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 having have VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 means xcomp 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 effect det 5 biggest big ADJ Degree=Sup 6 effect amod 6 effect effect NOUN Number=Sing 3 having obj 7 on on ADP _ 9 result case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 result det 9 result result NOUN Number=Sing 6 effect nmod 10 : : PUNCT _ 14 goal punct 11 « « PUNCT _ 14 goal punct 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 goal det 13 decisive decisive ADJ Degree=Pos 14 goal amod 14 goal goal NOUN Number=Sing 2 means parataxis 15 » » PUNCT _ 14 goal punct 16 , , PUNCT _ 20 moment punct 17 « « PUNCT _ 20 moment punct 18 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 20 moment det 19 decisive decisive ADJ Degree=Pos 20 moment amod 20 moment moment NOUN Number=Sing 14 goal parataxis 21 » » PUNCT _ 20 moment punct 22 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Decisive vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 have not said to happen gerund Decisive not said here the biggest effect the result vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient
Meaning 3 Decisive means clear, with no doubt: «a decisive victory».
nsubj xcomp punct case det obl punct punct det amod parataxis punct punct root Decisive PROPN means VERB clear ADJ , PUNCT with ADP no DET doubt NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT a DET decisive ADJ victory NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Decisive Decisive PROPN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 clear clear ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 doubt punct 5 with with ADP _ 7 doubt case 6 no no DET PronType=Neg 7 doubt det 7 doubt doubt NOUN Number=Sing 2 means obl 8 : : PUNCT _ 12 victory punct 9 « « PUNCT _ 12 victory punct 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 victory det 11 decisive decisive ADJ Degree=Pos 12 victory amod 12 victory victory NOUN Number=Sing 2 means parataxis 13 » » PUNCT _ 12 victory punct 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Decisive with no doubt; clear property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
Example 1 Our captain is decisive and makes quick plans.
nmod:poss nsubj cop cc conj amod obj punct root Our PRON captain NOUN is AUX decisive ADJ and CCONJ makes VERB quick ADJ plans NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 captain nmod:poss 2 captain captain NOUN Number=Sing 4 decisive nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 decisive cop 4 decisive decisive ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 makes cc 6 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 decisive conj 7 quick quick ADJ Degree=Pos 8 plans amod 8 plans plan NOUN Number=Plur 6 makes obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 decisive punct
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1 is present Our captain decisive property tree rules 2 make present Our captain not said here quick plans vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset plan=Product
Example 2 Her goal in the last minute was decisive.
nmod:poss nsubj case det amod nmod cop punct root Her PRON goal NOUN in ADP the DET last ADJ minute NOUN was AUX decisive ADJ . PUNCT 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 goal nmod:poss 2 goal goal NOUN Number=Sing 8 decisive nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 6 minute case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 minute det 5 last last ADJ Degree=Pos 6 minute amod 6 minute minute NOUN Number=Sing 2 goal nmod 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 decisive cop 8 decisive decisive ADJ Degree=Pos root root 9 . . PUNCT _ 8 decisive punct
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1 is past Her goal in the last minute decisive property tree rules
Example 3 The battle was decisive and ended the war.
det nsubj cop cc conj det obj punct root The DET battle NOUN was AUX decisive ADJ and CCONJ ended VERB the DET war NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 battle det 2 battle battle NOUN Number=Sing 4 decisive nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 decisive cop 4 decisive decisive ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 ended cc 6 ended end VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 decisive conj 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 war det 8 war war NOUN Number=Sing 6 ended obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 decisive punct
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1 is past the battle decisive property tree rules 2 end past the battle not said here the war vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality war=Eventuality
Example 4 Be decisive: pick a book and start reading!
cop punct parataxis det obj cc conj xcomp punct root Be AUX decisive ADJ : PUNCT pick VERB a DET book NOUN and CCONJ start VERB reading VERB ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 2 decisive cop 2 decisive decisive ADJ Degree=Pos root root 3 : : PUNCT _ 4 pick punct 4 pick pick VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 2 decisive parataxis 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 book det 6 book book NOUN Number=Sing 4 pick obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 start cc 8 start start VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 4 pick conj 9 reading read VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 start xcomp 10 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 decisive punct
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1 is imperative you not said here decisive property tree rules 2 pick infinitive a book vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Patient 3 start infinitive vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 4 read gerund vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 5 He acted decisively and called for help.
nsubj advmod cc conj case obl punct root He PRON acted VERB decisively ADV and CCONJ called VERB for ADP help NOUN . PUNCT 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 acted nsubj 2 acted act VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 decisively decisively ADV _ 2 acted advmod 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 called cc 5 called call VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 acted conj 6 for for ADP _ 7 help case 7 help help NOUN Number=Sing 5 called obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 acted punct
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1 act past He decisively property vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 call participle He not said here for help vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient
Example 6 Winning 10–0 was a decisive victory.
csubj obj case nmod cop det amod punct root Winning VERB 10 NUM – SYM 0 NUM was AUX a DET decisive ADJ victory NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Winning win VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 victory csubj 2 10 10 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 1 Winning obj 3 – – SYM ExtPos=ADP 4 0 case 4 0 0 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 10 nmod 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 victory cop 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 victory det 7 decisive decisive ADJ Degree=Pos 8 victory amod 8 victory victory NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 . . PUNCT _ 8 victory punct
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1 win gerund 10 – 0 vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 10=Eventuality 2 is a past Winning a decisive victory tree rules
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