embellish Who acts: ones, We, Grandpa, you, She · What happens: make, add, not be, embellish, like, not embellish · To what, where: something, decorations, extra details, story, cards, dress
«embellish» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: embellish in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To make something more beautiful by adding decorations.
mark obj advmod xcomp mark advcl obj punct root To PART make VERB something PRON more ADV beautiful ADJ by SCONJ adding VERB decorations NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 make mark 2 make make VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 make obj 4 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 5 beautiful advmod 5 beautiful beautiful ADJ Degree=Pos 2 make xcomp 6 by by SCONJ _ 7 adding mark 7 adding add VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 beautiful advcl 8 decorations decoration NOUN Number=Plur 7 adding obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 make punct
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1 make to-infinitive something beautiful property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product 2 add speech: assert gerund decorations vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decoration=Patient
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.
Meaning 2 To add extra details to a story to make it more exciting, often ones that are not true.
The tree, 18 words mark amod obj case det obl mark advcl obj advmod xcomp punct advmod conj nsubj cop advmod acl:relcl punct root To PART add VERB extra ADJ details NOUN to ADP a DET story NOUN to PART make VERB it PRON more ADV exciting ADJ , PUNCT often ADV ones NOUN that PRON are AUX not PART true ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 add mark 2 add add VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 extra extra ADJ Degree=Pos 4 details amod 4 details detail NOUN Number=Plur 2 add obj 5 to to ADP _ 7 story case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 story det 7 story story NOUN Number=Sing 2 add obl 8 to to PART _ 9 make mark 9 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 add advcl 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 make obj 11 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 12 exciting advmod 12 exciting exciting ADJ Degree=Pos 9 make xcomp 13 , , PUNCT _ 15 ones punct 14 often often ADV _ 15 ones advmod 15 ones one NOUN Number=Plur 12 exciting conj 16 that that PRON PronType=Rel 19 true nsubj 17 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 19 true cop 18 not not PART Polarity=Neg 19 true advmod 19 true true ADJ Degree=Pos 15 ones acl:relcl 20 . . PUNCT _ 2 add punct
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1 add speech: assert to-infinitive extra details to a story vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent detail=Patient to story=Co-Patient 2 make to-infinitive story exciting property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product 3 not is present ones true property tree rules
Example 1 We embellished our cards with glitter and stars.
nsubj nmod:poss obj case obl cc conj punct root We PRON embellished VERB our PRON cards NOUN with ADP glitter NOUN and CCONJ stars NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 embellished nsubj 2 embellished embellish VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 cards nmod:poss 4 cards card NOUN Number=Plur 2 embellished obj 5 with with ADP _ 6 glitter case 6 glitter glitter NOUN Number=Sing 2 embellished obl 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 stars cc 8 stars star NOUN Number=Plur 6 glitter conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 embellished punct
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1 embellish past We our cards with glitter and stars vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent card=Destination with glitter=Theme
Example 2 The queen's dress was embellished with pearls.
det nmod:poss case nsubj:pass aux:pass case obl punct root The DET queen NOUN 's PART dress NOUN was AUX embellished VERB with ADP pearls NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 queen det 2 queen queen NOUN Number=Sing 4 dress nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 queen case 4 dress dress NOUN Number=Sing 6 embellished nsubj:pass 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 embellished aux:pass 6 embellished embellish VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 7 with with ADP _ 8 pearls case 8 pearls pearl NOUN Number=Plur 6 embellished obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 embellished punct
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1 embellish past · passive the queen's dress with pearls vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with pearl=Theme
Example 3 Grandpa likes to embellish his fishing stories.
nsubj mark xcomp nmod:poss compound obj punct root Grandpa NOUN likes VERB to PART embellish VERB his PRON fishing NOUN stories NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandpa grandpa NOUN Number=Sing 2 likes nsubj 2 likes like VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 embellish mark 4 embellish embellish VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 likes xcomp 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 stories nmod:poss 6 fishing fishing NOUN Number=Sing 7 stories compound 7 stories story NOUN Number=Plur 4 embellish obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 likes punct
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1 like present Grandpa vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme 2 embellish not said to happen to-infinitive Grandpa not said here Grandpa's fishing stories vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme story=Destination
Example 4 Don't embellish the facts in a news report.
aux advmod det obj case det compound obl punct root Do AUX n't PART embellish VERB the DET facts NOUN in ADP a DET news NOUN report NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 embellish aux 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 3 embellish advmod 3 embellish embellish VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 facts det 5 facts fact NOUN Number=Plur 3 embellish obj 6 in in ADP _ 9 report case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 report det 8 news news NOUN Number=Sing 9 report compound 9 report report NOUN Number=Sing 3 embellish obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 embellish punct
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1 not embellish imperative · do-support you not said here the facts a news report vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fact=Destination
Example 5 She embellished her poem with lovely describing words.
nsubj nmod:poss obj case amod amod obl punct root She PRON embellished VERB her PRON poem NOUN with ADP lovely ADJ describing VERB words 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 embellished nsubj 2 embellished embellish VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 poem nmod:poss 4 poem poem NOUN Number=Sing 2 embellished obj 5 with with ADP _ 8 words case 6 lovely lovely ADJ Degree=Pos 8 words amod 7 describing describe VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 words amod 8 words word NOUN Number=Plur 2 embellished obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 embellished punct
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1 embellish past She her poem with lovely describing words vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent poem=Destination with word=Theme 2 describe gerund vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
Example 6 The book cover was embellished with gold letters.
det compound nsubj:pass aux:pass case compound obl punct root The DET book NOUN cover NOUN was AUX embellished VERB with ADP gold NOUN letters NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 cover det 2 book book NOUN Number=Sing 3 cover compound 3 cover cover NOUN Number=Sing 5 embellished nsubj:pass 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 embellished aux:pass 5 embellished embellish VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 with with ADP _ 8 letters case 7 gold gold NOUN Number=Sing 8 letters compound 8 letters letter NOUN Number=Plur 5 embellished obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 embellished punct
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1 embellish past · passive the book cover with gold letters vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with letter=Theme
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