eloquence
Who acts: skill, way, He, eloquence, gift · What happens: speak, write, move, win, make, gift · To what, where: way, people, vote, fine speaker, her, eloquence · Speech: someone speaks here
«eloquence» 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: eloquence in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
The skill of speaking or writing well in a way that moves people.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 skill | det |
| 2 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 4 speaking | mark |
| 4 | speaking | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 skill | acl |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 writing | cc |
| 6 | writing | write | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 speaking | conj |
| 7 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 writing | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 way | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 way | det |
| 10 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 writing | obl |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 moves | nsubj |
| 12 | moves | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 way | acl:relcl |
| 13 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 moves | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 skill | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | gerund | the skill not said here | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | write | gerund | the skill not said here | a way | well property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in way=Destination | |||
| 3 | move | present | a way | people | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme people=Result |
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 spoke with great eloquence.
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 spoke | nsubj |
| 2 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 eloquence | case |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 eloquence | amod |
| 5 | eloquence | eloquence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 spoke | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 spoke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | past | He | with great eloquence | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with eloquence=Co-Agent |
Example 2
Her eloquence won the vote.
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 eloquence | nmod:poss |
| 2 | eloquence | eloquence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 won | nsubj |
| 3 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 vote | det |
| 5 | vote | vote | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 won | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 won | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | past | Her eloquence | the vote | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Eventuality |
Example 3
The gift of eloquence made her a fine speaker.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 gift | det |
| 2 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 eloquence | case |
| 4 | eloquence | eloquence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gift | nmod |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 made | obj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 speaker | det |
| 8 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 speaker | amod |
| 9 | speaker | speaker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the gift of eloquence | a fine speaker | her = she | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary speaker=Product | |||
| 2 | gift | eloquence | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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