discreet

Who acts: you, She, her, discreet friend · What happens: not say, show, keep, be, not tell, gift · To what, where: things, surprise, anyone, secrets · Speech: someone speaks here

«discreet» 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: discreet in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Careful not to say or show things that should be kept secret; tactful.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 say	advcl
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 say	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 say	mark
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 show	cc
6	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 say	conj
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 show	obj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 kept	obj
9	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 kept	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 kept	aux:pass
11	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 things	acl:relcl
12	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 kept	xcomp
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 tactful	punct
14	tactful	tactful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 say	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	to-infinitive			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	show	infinitive	things		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient
3	keep	should · passive	things	secret property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: that=Theme

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

Be discreet and don't tell anyone the surprise.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 discreet	cop
2	discreet	discreet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tell	cc
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 tell	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 tell	advmod
6	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 discreet	conj
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 tell	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 surprise	det
9	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 discreet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	imperative	you not said here					discreet property	tree rules
2	not tell speech: assert	infinitive · do-support	you not said here	the surprise	anyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient surprise=Topic

Example 2

She was discreet about her gift.

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	3 discreet	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 discreet	cop
3	discreet	discreet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 gift	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 gift	nmod:poss
6	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 discreet	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 discreet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					about her gift; discreet property	tree rules
2	gift		her = she						nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

A discreet friend never tells secrets.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 friend	det
2	discreet	discreet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 friend	amod
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tells	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 tells	advmod
5	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tells	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 tells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert	present	a discreet friend	secrets					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent secret=Recipient

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