deferential

Who acts: respect, butler, She, knights, young doctor, surgeon · What happens: show, agree, let, decide, be, speak · To what, where: great respect, respect, deferential tone, deferential bow, queen, mistake · Speech: someone speaks here

«deferential» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: deferential in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Showing great respect and politeness to someone, often by agreeing with them or letting them decide: «a deferential bow».

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 respect	amod
3	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Showing	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 politeness	cc
5	politeness	politeness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 respect	conj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 someone	case
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Showing	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 agreeing	punct
9	often	often	ADV	_	11 agreeing	advmod
10	by	by	SCONJ	_	11 agreeing	mark
11	agreeing	agree	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Showing	conj
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 them	case
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 agreeing	obl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 letting	cc
15	letting	let	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 agreeing	conj
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 letting	obj
17	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 letting	xcomp
18	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Showing	punct
19	«	«	PUNCT	_	22 bow	punct
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 bow	det
21	deferential	deferential	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 bow	amod
22	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Showing	parataxis
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	22 bow	punct
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Showing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	show	gerund		great respect and politeness	to someone	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent respect=Recipient clause=Topic
2	agree speech: agree	gerund			with respect; often property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with they=Co-Agent
3	let	gerund		respect		tree rules
4	decide	infinitive	respect not said here			vn correspond-36.1-1 «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.

Example 1

The butler was deferential to everyone in the house.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 butler	det
2	butler	butler	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 deferential	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 deferential	cop
4	deferential	deferential	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 everyone	case
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 deferential	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 house	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 house	det
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 everyone	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 deferential	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the butler					to everyone; deferential property	tree rules

Example 2

She spoke in a deferential tone to the head teacher.

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 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 tone	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tone	det
5	deferential	deferential	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tone	compound
6	tone	tone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spoke	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 teacher	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 teacher	det
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 teacher	compound
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spoke	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	She			a deferential tone		to the head teacher	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to teacher=Co-Agent

Example 3

The knights gave a deferential bow to the queen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 knights	det
2	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bow	det
5	deferential	deferential	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bow	amod
6	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 queen	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 queen	det
9	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the knights	a deferential bow	the queen				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bow=Theme to queen=Recipient

Example 4

The young doctor was too deferential to question the surgeon's mistake.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 doctor	det
2	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 doctor	amod
3	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deferential	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 deferential	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 deferential	advmod
6	deferential	deferential	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 question	mark
8	question	question	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 deferential	csubj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 surgeon	det
10	surgeon	surgeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mistake	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 surgeon	case
12	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 question	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 deferential	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	the young doctor		deferential property	tree rules
2	question speech: other	to-infinitive		the surgeon's mistake		vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Recipient
3	mistake		the surgeon			nom mistake «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 5

In some cultures, children are expected to be deferential to older relatives.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cultures	case
2	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 cultures	det
3	cultures	culture	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 expected	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cultures	punct
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 expected	nsubj:pass
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 expected	aux:pass
7	expected	expect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	10 deferential	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 deferential	cop
10	deferential	deferential	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 expected	xcomp
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 relatives	case
12	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 relatives	amod
13	relatives	relative	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 deferential	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 expected	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expect	present · passive		children		some cultures			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is a not said to happen	to-infinitive	children not said here	deferential				to older relatives	tree rules

Example 6

His deferential manner made the visitors feel important.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 manner	nmod:poss
2	deferential	deferential	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 manner	amod
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 visitors	det
6	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 feel	nsubj
7	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 made	ccomp
8	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 feel	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	His deferential manner						tree rules
2	feel	present	the visitors					important property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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