fatherly

Who acts: Fatherly, old man, She, grandad · What happens: mean, give, lose, have · To what, where: fatherly smile, me, fatherly advice, lost boy, fatherly way

«fatherly» 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: fatherly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Fatherly means kind, caring and protective, like a good father.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fatherly	Fatherly	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 caring	punct
5	caring	caring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kind	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 protective	cc
7	protective	protective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kind	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 father	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	12 father	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 father	det
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 father	amod
12	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kind	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Fatherly					kind property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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 old man gave me a fatherly smile.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 gave	iobj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 smile	det
7	fatherly	fatherly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 smile	amod
8	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the old man	a fatherly smile	me				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient smile=Theme

Example 2

She gave the lost boy fatherly advice.

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 boy	amod
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	iobj
6	fatherly	fatherly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 advice	amod
7	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	She	fatherly advice	the lost boy				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient advice=Theme
2	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

My grandad has a fatherly way with the dog.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 grandad	nmod:poss
2	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 way	det
5	fatherly	fatherly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 dog	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dog	det
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 way	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	My grandad	a fatherly way				with the dog	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient

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