demeanour Who acts: demeanour, they, way, She, cheerful demeanour, everyone · What happens: be, look, behave, show, keep, make · To what, where: way, mood, calm demeanour, everyone, nervous demeanour, serious demeanour
«demeanour» 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: demeanour in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Someone's demeanour is the way they look and behave, which shows their mood or character.
The tree, 16 words nmod:poss case nsubj cop det nsubj acl:relcl cc conj punct nsubj parataxis nmod:poss obj cc conj punct root Someone PRON 's PART demeanour NOUN is AUX the DET way NOUN they PRON look VERB and CCONJ behave VERB , PUNCT which PRON shows VERB their PRON mood NOUN or CCONJ character NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 3 demeanour nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Someone case 3 demeanour demeanour NOUN Number=Sing 6 way nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 way cop 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 way det 6 way way NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 look nsubj 8 look look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 way acl:relcl 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 behave cc 10 behave behave VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 look conj 11 , , PUNCT _ 13 shows punct 12 which which PRON PronType=Rel 13 shows nsubj 13 shows show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 way parataxis 14 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 15 mood nmod:poss 15 mood mood NOUN Number=Sing 13 shows obj 16 or or CCONJ _ 17 character cc 17 character character NOUN Number=Sing 15 mood conj 18 . . PUNCT _ 6 way punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Someone's demeanour the way tree rules 2 look present they the way not said here vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Attribute 3 behave present they not said here vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent 4 show present the way their mood or character vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mood=Recipient
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 She kept a calm demeanour during the exam.
nsubj det amod obj case det obl punct root She PRON kept VERB a DET calm ADJ demeanour NOUN during ADP the DET exam NOUN . PUNCT 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 kept nsubj 2 kept keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 demeanour det 4 calm calm ADJ Degree=Pos 5 demeanour amod 5 demeanour demeanour NOUN Number=Sing 2 kept obj 6 during during ADP _ 8 exam case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 exam det 8 exam exam NOUN Number=Sing 2 kept obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 kept punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep past She a calm demeanour during the exam vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demeanour=Theme
Example 2 His cheerful demeanour made everyone smile.
nmod:poss amod nsubj obj xcomp punct root His PRON cheerful ADJ demeanour NOUN made VERB everyone PRON smile VERB . PUNCT 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 demeanour nmod:poss 2 cheerful cheerful ADJ Degree=Pos 3 demeanour amod 3 demeanour demeanour NOUN Number=Sing 4 made nsubj 4 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 4 made obj 6 smile smile VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 made xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 made punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make past His cheerful demeanour everyone tree rules 2 smile infinitive everyone not said here vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 3 The detective noticed the man's nervous demeanour.
det nsubj det nmod:poss case amod obj punct root The DET detective NOUN noticed VERB the DET man NOUN 's PART nervous ADJ demeanour NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 detective det 2 detective detective NOUN Number=Sing 3 noticed nsubj 3 noticed notice VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 man det 5 man man NOUN Number=Sing 8 demeanour nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 man case 7 nervous nervous ADJ Degree=Pos 8 demeanour amod 8 demeanour demeanour NOUN Number=Sing 3 noticed obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 noticed punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 notice past the detective the man's nervous demeanour vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer demeanour=Stimulus
Example 4 The judge had a serious demeanour.
det nsubj det amod obj punct root The DET judge NOUN had VERB a DET serious ADJ demeanour NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 judge det 2 judge judge NOUN Number=Sing 3 had nsubj 3 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 demeanour det 5 serious serious ADJ Degree=Pos 6 demeanour amod 6 demeanour demeanour NOUN Number=Sing 3 had obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 had punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have past the judge a serious demeanour vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demeanour=Patient
Example 5 Her demeanour changed when she heard the good news.
nmod:poss nsubj advmod nsubj advcl det amod obj punct root Her PRON demeanour NOUN changed VERB when ADV she PRON heard VERB the DET good ADJ news NOUN . 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 demeanour nmod:poss 2 demeanour demeanour NOUN Number=Sing 3 changed nsubj 3 changed change VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 when when ADV PronType=Int 6 heard advmod 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 heard nsubj 6 heard hear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 changed advcl 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 news det 8 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 9 news amod 9 news news NOUN Number=Sing 6 heard obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 changed punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 change past Her demeanour vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 hear past demeanour the good news vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer news=Stimulus
Example 6 The new teacher's friendly demeanour put us at ease.
det amod nmod:poss case amod nsubj obj case obl punct root The DET new ADJ teacher NOUN 's PART friendly ADJ demeanour NOUN put VERB us PRON at ADP ease NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 teacher det 2 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 3 teacher amod 3 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 6 demeanour nmod:poss 4 's 's PART _ 3 teacher case 5 friendly friendly ADJ Degree=Pos 6 demeanour amod 6 demeanour demeanour NOUN Number=Sing 7 put nsubj 7 put put VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 7 put obj 9 at at ADP _ 10 ease case 10 ease ease NOUN Number=Sing 7 put obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 7 put punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 put past the new teacher's friendly demeanour us ease vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent we=Theme at ease=Destination
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