disparage Who acts: way, you, they, she, sister, critic · What happens: speak, show, think, not be, belittle, not disparage · To what, where: drawing, best, new film, ideas, people, cook · Speech: someone speaks here
«disparage» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: disparage in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.
To speak about someone or something in a way that shows you think they are not important or not good; to belittle.
The tree, 22 words mark advcl case obl cc conj case det nmod nsubj acl:relcl nsubj ccomp nsubj cop advmod ccomp cc advmod conj punct mark punct root To PART speak VERB about ADP someone PRON or CCONJ something PRON in ADP a DET way NOUN that PRON shows VERB you PRON think VERB they PRON are AUX not PART important ADJ or CCONJ not PART good ADJ ; PUNCT to PART belittle VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 speak mark 2 speak speak VERB VerbForm=Inf 23 belittle advcl 3 about about ADP _ 4 someone case 4 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 speak obl 5 or or CCONJ _ 6 something cc 6 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 4 someone conj 7 in in ADP _ 9 way case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 way det 9 way way NOUN Number=Sing 6 something nmod 10 that that PRON PronType=Rel 11 shows nsubj 11 shows show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 way acl:relcl 12 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 13 think nsubj 13 think think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 shows ccomp 14 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 17 important nsubj 15 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 important cop 16 not not PART Polarity=Neg 17 important advmod 17 important important ADJ Degree=Pos 13 think ccomp 18 or or CCONJ _ 20 good cc 19 not not PART Polarity=Neg 20 good advmod 20 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 17 important conj 21 ; ; PUNCT _ 23 belittle punct 22 to to PART _ 23 belittle mark 23 belittle belittle VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 24 . . PUNCT _ 23 belittle punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 speak speech: other to-infinitive about someone vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about someone=Topic 2 show present a way vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 think speech: other present you vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 not is present they important property tree rules 5 not be they not said here tree rules 6 belittle to-infinitive vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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 Don't disparage your sister's drawing — she tried her best.
aux advmod nmod:poss nmod:poss case obj punct nsubj advcl nmod:poss obj punct root Do AUX n't PART disparage VERB your PRON sister NOUN 's PART drawing NOUN — PUNCT she PRON tried VERB her PRON best ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 disparage aux 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 3 disparage advmod 3 disparage disparage VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 sister nmod:poss 5 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 7 drawing nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 sister case 7 drawing drawing NOUN Number=Sing 3 disparage obj 8 — - PUNCT _ 10 tried punct 9 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 tried nsubj 10 tried try VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 disparage advcl 11 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 best nmod:poss 12 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 10 tried obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 disparage punct
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1 not disparage imperative · do-support you not said here your sister's drawing vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drawing=Theme 2 try past she her best vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality 3 draw your sister nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 2 The critic disparaged the new film.
det nsubj det amod obj punct root The DET critic NOUN disparaged VERB the DET new ADJ film NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 critic det 2 critic critic NOUN Number=Sing 3 disparaged nsubj 3 disparaged disparage VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 film det 5 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 6 film amod 6 film film NOUN Number=Sing 3 disparaged obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 disparaged punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 disparage past the critic the new film vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Theme
Example 3 He disparaged his rival's ideas without listening to them.
nsubj nmod:poss nmod:poss case obj mark advcl case obl punct root He PRON disparaged VERB his PRON rival NOUN 's PART ideas NOUN without SCONJ listening VERB to ADP them PRON . 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 disparaged nsubj 2 disparaged disparage VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 rival nmod:poss 4 rival rival NOUN Number=Sing 6 ideas nmod:poss 5 's 's PART _ 4 rival case 6 ideas idea NOUN Number=Plur 2 disparaged obj 7 without without SCONJ _ 8 listening mark 8 listening listen VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 disparaged advcl 9 to to ADP _ 10 them case 10 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 listening obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 disparaged punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 disparage past He his rival's ideas vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Theme 2 listen gerund He not said here ideas = idea vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to they=Theme
Example 4 It is wrong to disparage people because of where they come from.
nsubj cop mark csubj obj mark fixed advmod nsubj advcl obl punct root It PRON is AUX wrong ADJ to PART disparage VERB people NOUN because SCONJ of ADP where ADV they PRON come VERB from ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 wrong nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wrong cop 3 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to PART _ 5 disparage mark 5 disparage disparage VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 wrong csubj 6 people people NOUN Number=Plur 5 disparage obj 7 because because SCONJ _ 11 come mark 8 of of ADP _ 7 because fixed 9 where where ADV PronType=Rel 11 come advmod 10 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 come nsubj 11 come come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 disparage advcl 12 from from ADP _ 11 come obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 wrong punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present It wrong property tree rules 2 disparage to-infinitive people vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme 3 come present people vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 5 Without wishing to disparage the cook, the soup was cold.
mark advcl mark xcomp det obj punct det nsubj cop punct root Without SCONJ wishing VERB to PART disparage VERB the DET cook NOUN , PUNCT the DET soup NOUN was AUX cold ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Without without SCONJ _ 2 wishing mark 2 wishing wish VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 11 cold advcl 3 to to PART _ 4 disparage mark 4 disparage disparage VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 wishing xcomp 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 cook det 6 cook cook NOUN Number=Sing 4 disparage obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 2 wishing punct 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 soup det 9 soup soup NOUN Number=Sing 11 cold nsubj 10 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 cold cop 11 cold cold ADJ Degree=Pos root root 12 . . PUNCT _ 11 cold punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wish gerund the soup not said here vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme 2 disparage not said to happen to-infinitive the soup not said here the cook vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cook=Theme 3 is past the soup cold property tree rules
Example 6 She never disparages other teams, even when they lose.
nsubj advmod amod obj punct advmod mark nsubj conj punct root She PRON never ADV disparages VERB other ADJ teams NOUN , PUNCT even ADV when SCONJ they PRON lose VERB . 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 3 disparages nsubj 2 never never ADV PronType=Neg 3 disparages advmod 3 disparages disparage VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 5 teams amod 5 teams team NOUN Number=Plur 3 disparages obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 lose punct 7 even even ADV _ 10 lose advmod 8 when when SCONJ _ 10 lose mark 9 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 lose nsubj 10 lose lose VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 disparages conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 disparages punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not disparage present She other teams vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Theme 2 lose present teams = team vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 7 Among the spectators was a Countryman, who disparaged the Clown's performance and announced that he would give a much superior exhibition of the same trick on the following day.
The tree, 30 words case det obl cop det punct nsubj acl:relcl det nmod:poss case obj cc conj mark nsubj aux ccomp det amod amod obj case det amod nmod case det amod obl punct root Among ADP the DET spectators NOUN was AUX a DET Countryman PROPN , PUNCT who PRON disparaged VERB the DET Clown PROPN 's PART performance NOUN and CCONJ announced VERB that SCONJ he PRON would AUX give VERB a DET much ADJ superior ADJ exhibition NOUN of ADP the DET same ADJ trick NOUN on ADP the DET following VERB day NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Among among ADP _ 3 spectators case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 spectators det 3 spectators spectator NOUN Number=Plur 6 Countryman obl 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 Countryman cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 Countryman det 6 Countryman Countryman PROPN Number=Sing root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 disparaged punct 8 who who PRON PronType=Rel 9 disparaged nsubj 9 disparaged disparage VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 Countryman acl:relcl 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 Clown det 11 Clown Clown PROPN Number=Sing 13 performance nmod:poss 12 's 's PART _ 11 Clown case 13 performance performance NOUN Number=Sing 9 disparaged obj 14 and and CCONJ _ 15 announced cc 15 announced announce VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 disparaged conj 16 that that SCONJ _ 19 give mark 17 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 19 give nsubj 18 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 19 give aux 19 give give VERB VerbForm=Inf 15 announced ccomp 20 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 23 exhibition det 21 much much ADJ Degree=Pos 23 exhibition amod 22 superior superior ADJ Degree=Pos 23 exhibition amod 23 exhibition exhibition NOUN Number=Sing 19 give obj 24 of of ADP _ 27 trick case 25 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 27 trick det 26 same same ADJ Degree=Pos 27 trick amod 27 trick trick NOUN Number=Sing 23 exhibition nmod 28 on on ADP _ 31 day case 29 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 31 day det 30 following follow VERB VerbForm=Ger 31 day amod 31 day day NOUN Number=Sing 19 give obl 32 . . PUNCT _ 6 Countryman punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past a Countryman among the spectators tree rules 2 disparage past a Countryman the Clown's performance vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent performance=Theme 3 announce speech: other past a Countryman not said here vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 4 give would he a much superior exhibition of the same trick day vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent exhibition=Theme 5 follow gerund vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 6 perform the Clown nom performance «communication transitive»: poss=agent 7 exhibit the same trick nom exhibition «act transitive»: of=patient
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