diction

Who acts: Diction, person, words, old book, Good diction · What happens: be, choose, say, speak, hear, have · To what, where: way, words, word, stiff formal diction, actor · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

Diction is the way a person chooses and says words, especially how clear or grand their speech or writing is.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Diction	diction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 way	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 way	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 way	det
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chooses	nsubj
7	chooses	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 way	acl:relcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 says	cc
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 chooses	conj
10	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 says	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 clear	punct
12	especially	especially	ADV	_	14 clear	advmod
13	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	14 clear	advmod
14	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 way	parataxis
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 grand	cc
16	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 clear	conj
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 speech	nmod:poss
18	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 clear	parataxis
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 writing	cc
20	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 speech	conj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 clear	cop
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Diction	the way		tree rules
2	choose	present	a person	the way not said here		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme
3	say speech: assert	present	a person not said here	words		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
4	is	present			clear, especially property	tree rules
5	be					tree rules
6	speak		words = word			nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=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

Her diction was so clear that every word could be heard.

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 diction	nmod:poss
2	diction	diction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 clear	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 clear	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 clear	advmod
5	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 heard	mark
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 word	det
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 heard	nsubj:pass
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 heard	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 heard	aux:pass
11	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 clear	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 clear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her diction					clear property	tree rules
2	hear	could · passive		every word					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus

Example 2

The old book has a stiff, formal diction.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 book	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 book	amod
3	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 diction	det
6	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 diction	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 stiff	punct
8	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 diction	amod
9	diction	diction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the old book	a stiff formal diction					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diction=Patient

Example 3

Good diction helps an actor to be understood.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 diction	amod
2	diction	diction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 helps	nsubj
3	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 actor	det
5	actor	actor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 helps	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	8 understood	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 understood	aux:pass
8	understood	understand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 helps	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Good diction	a actor					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent actor=Beneficiary
2	understand	to-infinitive · passive	Good diction not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»

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