firmness Who acts: Firmness, you, Mum, boy, bully · What happens: be, not be, decide, not give, surprise, show · To what, where: way, others, her, firmness, no., followers · Speech: someone speaks here
«firmness» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: firmness in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Firmness is being hard or solid, not soft.
nsubj cop cop cc conj punct advmod conj punct root Firmness NOUN is AUX being AUX hard ADJ or CCONJ solid ADJ , PUNCT not PART soft ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Firmness firmness NOUN Number=Sing 4 hard nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 hard cop 3 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 hard cop 4 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 or or CCONJ _ 6 solid cc 6 solid solid ADJ Degree=Pos 4 hard conj 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 soft punct 8 not not PART Polarity=Neg 9 soft advmod 9 soft soft ADJ Degree=Pos 4 hard conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 hard punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Firmness hard property tree rules 2 be Firmness not said here tree rules 3 not be Firmness not said here tree rules
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 Firmness is being steady and strong in what you decide, not giving way to others.
The tree, 15 words nsubj cop cop cc conj case obl nsubj acl:relcl punct advmod advcl obj case obl punct root Firmness NOUN is AUX being AUX steady ADJ and CCONJ strong ADJ in ADP what PRON you PRON decide VERB , PUNCT not PART giving VERB way NOUN to ADP others NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Firmness firmness NOUN Number=Sing 4 steady nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 steady cop 3 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 steady cop 4 steady steady ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 strong cc 6 strong strong ADJ Degree=Pos 4 steady conj 7 in in ADP _ 8 what case 8 what what PRON PronType=Rel 6 strong obl 9 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 10 decide nsubj 10 decide decide VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 what acl:relcl 11 , , PUNCT _ 13 giving punct 12 not not PART Polarity=Neg 13 giving advmod 13 giving give VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 steady advcl 14 way way NOUN Number=Sing 13 giving obj 15 to to ADP _ 16 others case 16 others other NOUN Number=Plur 13 giving obl 17 . . PUNCT _ 4 steady punct
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1 is present Firmness steady property tree rules 2 be Firmness not said here tree rules 3 decide present you vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 not give gerund Firmness not said here way others vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent way=Theme to other=Recipient
Example 1 The firmness of the bed surprised her.
det nsubj case det nmod obj punct root The DET firmness NOUN of ADP the DET bed NOUN surprised VERB her PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 firmness det 2 firmness firmness NOUN Number=Sing 6 surprised nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 5 bed case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 bed det 5 bed bed NOUN Number=Sing 2 firmness nmod 6 surprised surprise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 surprised obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 6 surprised punct
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1 surprise past the firmness of the bed her = she vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer
Example 2 Mum showed firmness and said no.
nsubj obj cc conj obj root Mum NOUN showed VERB firmness NOUN and CCONJ said VERB no. NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 2 showed nsubj 2 showed show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 firmness firmness NOUN Number=Sing 2 showed obj 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 said cc 5 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 showed conj 6 no. no. NOUN Abbr=Yes Number=Sing 5 said obj
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1 show past Mum firmness vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent firmness=Recipient 2 say speech: assert past Mum not said here no. vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no.=Topic
Example 3 The hero's firmness saved his followers.
det nmod:poss case nsubj nmod:poss obj punct root The DET hero NOUN 's PART firmness NOUN saved VERB his PRON followers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 hero det 2 hero hero NOUN Number=Sing 4 firmness nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 hero case 4 firmness firmness NOUN Number=Sing 5 saved nsubj 5 saved save VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 followers nmod:poss 7 followers follower NOUN Number=Plur 5 saved obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 saved punct
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1 save past the hero's firmness firmness's followers vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent follower=Theme
Example 4 With firmness, the boy told the bully to stop.
case obl punct det nsubj det obj mark xcomp punct root With ADP firmness NOUN , PUNCT the DET boy NOUN told VERB the DET bully NOUN to PART stop VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 With with ADP _ 2 firmness case 2 firmness firmness NOUN Number=Sing 6 told obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 firmness punct 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 boy det 5 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 6 told nsubj 6 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 bully det 8 bully bully NOUN Number=Sing 6 told obj 9 to to PART _ 10 stop mark 10 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 told xcomp 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 told punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert past the boy the bully with firmness vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent bully=Recipient clause=Topic 2 stop not said to happen to-infinitive the bully not said here vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
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