disparaging Who acts: you, someone, He, coach, She, Disparaging · What happens: show, think, not be, be, disparage, make · To what, where: quiet way, remarks, comments, sandcastle, words, much · Speech: someone speaks here
«disparaging» 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: disparaging in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Showing that you think someone or something is not good or not important; insulting in a quiet way: «disparaging remarks».
The tree, 20 words mark nsubj ccomp nsubj cc conj cop advmod ccomp cc advmod conj punct conj case det amod obl punct punct conj obj punct punct root Showing VERB that SCONJ you PRON think VERB someone PRON or CCONJ something PRON is AUX not PART good ADJ or CCONJ not PART important ADJ ; PUNCT insulting ADJ in ADP a DET quiet ADJ way NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT disparaging VERB remarks NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Showing show VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 that that SCONJ _ 4 think mark 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 think nsubj 4 think think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Showing ccomp 5 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 10 good nsubj 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 something cc 7 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 5 someone conj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 good cop 9 not not PART Polarity=Neg 10 good advmod 10 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 4 think ccomp 11 or or CCONJ _ 13 important cc 12 not not PART Polarity=Neg 13 important advmod 13 important important ADJ Degree=Pos 10 good conj 14 ; ; PUNCT _ 15 insulting punct 15 insulting insulting ADJ Degree=Pos 10 good conj 16 in in ADP _ 19 way case 17 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 19 way det 18 quiet quiet ADJ Degree=Pos 19 way amod 19 way way NOUN Number=Sing 15 insulting obl 20 : : PUNCT _ 1 Showing punct 21 « « PUNCT _ 22 disparaging punct 22 disparaging disparage VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Showing conj 23 remarks remark NOUN Number=Plur 22 disparaging obj 24 » » PUNCT _ 22 disparaging punct 25 . . PUNCT _ 1 Showing punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 show gerund vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 think speech: other present you vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 not is present someone good property tree rules 4 not be someone not said here tree rules 5 be someone not said here a quiet way tree rules 6 disparage in a quote gerund remarks vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remark=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 He made disparaging remarks about her clothes.
nsubj xcomp obj case nmod:poss nmod punct root He PRON made VERB disparaging VERB remarks NOUN about ADP her PRON clothes NOUN . 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 made nsubj 2 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 disparaging disparage VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 made xcomp 4 remarks remark NOUN Number=Plur 3 disparaging obj 5 about about ADP _ 7 clothes case 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 clothes nmod:poss 7 clothes clothes NOUN Number=Ptan 4 remarks nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 made punct
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1 make past He tree rules 2 disparage gerund He not said here remarks about her clothes vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remark=Theme
Example 2 The coach would not allow disparaging comments about the other team.
det nsubj aux advmod xcomp obj case det amod nmod punct root The DET coach NOUN would AUX not PART allow VERB disparaging VERB comments NOUN about ADP the DET other ADJ team NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 coach det 2 coach coach NOUN Number=Sing 5 allow nsubj 3 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 allow aux 4 not not PART Polarity=Neg 5 allow advmod 5 allow allow VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 disparaging disparage VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 allow xcomp 7 comments comment NOUN Number=Plur 6 disparaging obj 8 about about ADP _ 11 team case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 team det 10 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 11 team amod 11 team team NOUN Number=Sing 7 comments nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 allow punct
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1 not allow would the coach vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality 2 disparage not said to happen gerund the coach not said here comments about the other team vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comment=Theme
Example 3 She gave my sandcastle a disparaging look.
nsubj nmod:poss obj det amod obj punct root She PRON gave VERB my PRON sandcastle NOUN a DET disparaging VERB look 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 gave nsubj 2 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 sandcastle nmod:poss 4 sandcastle sandcastle NOUN Number=Sing 2 gave obj 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 look det 6 disparaging disparage VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 look amod 7 look look NOUN Number=Sing 2 gave obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 gave punct
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1 give past She my sandcastle vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent sandcastle=Recipient look=Theme 2 disparage gerund vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
Example 4 Disparaging words can hurt as much as a push.
csubj obj aux advmod obj case det nmod punct root Disparaging VERB words NOUN can AUX hurt VERB as ADV much ADJ as ADP a DET push NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Disparaging disparage VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 hurt csubj 2 words word NOUN Number=Plur 1 Disparaging obj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 hurt aux 4 hurt hurt VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 as as ADV _ 6 much advmod 6 much much ADJ Degree=Pos 4 hurt obj 7 as as ADP _ 9 push case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 push det 9 push push NOUN Number=Sing 6 much nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 hurt punct
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1 disparage gerund words vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme 2 hurt can Disparaging much as a push vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer much=Patient
Example 5 The review was very disparaging about the new restaurant.
det nsubj aux advmod case det amod obl punct root The DET review NOUN was AUX very ADV disparaging VERB about ADP the DET new ADJ restaurant NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 review det 2 review review NOUN Number=Sing 5 disparaging nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 disparaging aux 4 very very ADV _ 5 disparaging advmod 5 disparaging disparage VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 about about ADP _ 9 restaurant case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 restaurant det 8 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 9 restaurant amod 9 restaurant restaurant NOUN Number=Sing 5 disparaging obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 disparaging punct
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1 disparage past · progressive the review about the new restaurant vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
Example 6 Grandma never says anything disparaging about anyone.
nsubj advmod obj acl case obl punct root Grandma NOUN never ADV says VERB anything PRON disparaging VERB about ADP anyone PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandma grandma NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 2 never never ADV PronType=Neg 3 says advmod 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 anything anything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 3 says obj 5 disparaging disparage VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 anything acl 6 about about ADP _ 7 anyone case 7 anyone anyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 5 disparaging obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct
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1 not say speech: assert present Grandma anything vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic 2 disparage gerund about anyone vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
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