especial

Who acts: dog, I, She · What happens: mean, be, have, take · To what, where: especial liking, especial care

«especial» 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: especial in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Special or particular; more than usual, and meant for one person or thing.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 particular	cc
3	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Special	conj
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Special	punct
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Special	advmod
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 usual	case
7	usual	usual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 more	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 meant	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 meant	cc
10	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Special	parataxis
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 person	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 person	nummod
13	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 meant	obl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 thing	cc
15	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 person	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Special	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	past						for one person or thing	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot for person=Attribute

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

The dog was of especial value to the hunter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 value	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 value	cop
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 value	case
5	especial	especial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 value	amod
6	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 hunter	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hunter	det
9	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 value	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 value	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the dog					of especial value; to the hunter	tree rules

Example 2

I have a especial liking for this tale.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 liking	det
4	especial	especial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 liking	amod
5	liking	liking	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 tale	case
7	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 tale	det
8	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 liking	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	I	a especial liking				for this tale	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liking=Patient

Example 3

She took especial care with the old book.

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 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	especial	especial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 care	amod
4	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 book	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 book	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 book	amod
8	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	She	especial care				with the old book	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme

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