elegance

Who acts: Grace, It, She, vase, plain jug · What happens: look, move, make, be, want, have · To what, where: elegance, floor

«elegance» 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: elegance in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Grace and good taste in the way something looks, moves or is made.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grace	Grace	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 looks	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 taste	cc
3	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 taste	amod
4	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grace	conj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 way	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 way	det
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taste	nmod
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 looks	nsubj
9	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 moves	punct
11	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 looks	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 made	cc
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 made	aux:pass
14	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 moves	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 looks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	look	present	Grace and good taste in the way	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	move	present	Grace and good taste in the way not said here	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	make	present · passive	Grace and good taste in the way not said here	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»

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

"It was a little rough; it wanted elegance."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 rough	punct
2	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 rough	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 rough	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 little	det
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rough	obl:unmarked
6	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 wanted	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wanted	nsubj
9	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 rough	parataxis
10	elegance	elegance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wanted	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 rough	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 rough	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	It					a little obl:unmarked; rough property	tree rules
2	want in a quote	past	it	elegance					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot elegance=Theme

Example 2

She moved with great elegance across the floor.

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 moved	nsubj
2	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 elegance	case
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 elegance	amod
5	elegance	elegance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 moved	obl
6	across	across	ADP	_	8 floor	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 floor	det
8	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 moved	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 moved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past	She			the floor		with great elegance	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme across floor=Trajectory

Example 3

The vase had an elegance that the plain jug lacked.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vase	det
2	vase	vase	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 elegance	det
5	elegance	elegance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 lacked	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 jug	det
8	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 jug	amod
9	jug	jug	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lacked	nsubj
10	lacked	lack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 had	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the vase	a elegance					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elegance=Patient
2	lack	past	the plain jug						tree rules

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