expressive

Who acts: She, face, voice · What happens: show, have, be · To what, where: feelings, expressive eyes

«expressive» 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: expressive in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Showing feelings or thoughts clearly, especially in the face, the eyes or the voice.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Showing	show	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 face	csubj
2	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Showing	obj
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 thoughts	cc
4	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 feelings	conj
5	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	1 Showing	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 face	punct
7	especially	especially	ADV	_	10 face	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 face	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 face	det
10	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 eyes	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 eyes	det
13	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 face	conj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 voice	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 voice	det
16	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 face	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 face	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	gerund		feelings or thoughts				clearly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent feeling=Recipient

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

She had expressive eyes.

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	expressive	expressive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 eyes	amod
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	expressive eyes					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

Example 2

His face was earnest and expressive.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 face	nmod:poss
2	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 earnest	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 earnest	cop
4	earnest	earn	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 expressive	cc
6	expressive	expressive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 earnest	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 earnest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	His face					earn property	tree rules
2	be		His face not said here						tree rules

Example 3

The actor's voice was very expressive.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 actor	det
2	actor	actor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 voice	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 actor	case
4	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 expressive	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 expressive	cop
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 expressive	advmod
7	expressive	expressive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 expressive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the actor's voice					expressive property	tree rules

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