gauche

Who acts: you, gauche, He, his, It, her · What happens: behave, say, do, mean, leave, feel · To what, where: wrong things, French, first dance, much dress cost, people · Speech: someone speaks here

«gauche» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: gauche in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

Awkward and clumsy in how you behave with other people, saying or doing slightly wrong things.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Awkward	awkward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 clumsy	cc
3	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Awkward	conj
4	in	in	SCONJ	_	7 behave	mark
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 behave	advmod
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 behave	nsubj
7	behave	behave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 clumsy	advcl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 people	case
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 people	amod
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 behave	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 saying	punct
12	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 people	appos
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 doing	cc
14	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 saying	conj
15	slightly	slightly	ADV	_	16 wrong	advmod
16	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 things	amod
17	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 doing	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Awkward	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	behave	present	you		with other people	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	gerund				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	do	gerund		wrong things		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality

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

Usage: French — kept apart, not parsed.

«gauche» means «left» in French: à gauche = to the left.

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 gauche	punct
2	gauche	gauche	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 gauche	punct
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 left	punct
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 means	ccomp
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 left	punct
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 French	case
9	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 left	obl
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 gauche	punct
11	à	à	ADP	_	12 gauche	case
12	gauche	gauche	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 means	conj
13	=	=	SYM	_	16 left	punct
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 left	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 left	det
16	left	left	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gauche	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	gauche						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	leave in a quote	participle						in French result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in french=Result

Example 1

He felt gauche and shy at his first dance.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	gauche	gauche	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 shy	cc
5	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gauche	conj
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 dance	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dance	nmod:poss
8	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 dance	amod
9	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	He			his first dance		gauche property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	dance		his = he						nom dance «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

It was a bit gauche to ask how much her dress cost.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gauche	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 gauche	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gauche	obl:unmarked
5	gauche	gauche	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 ask	mark
7	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 gauche	csubj
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 much	advmod
9	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cost	amod
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 cost	nmod:poss
11	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cost	compound
12	cost	cost	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ask	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 gauche	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	It		a bit obl:unmarked; gauche property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive		her much dress cost		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cost=Recipient
3	cost		her = she			nom cost «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

In French, «gauche» means left and «droite» means right.

The tree, 9 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 French	case
2	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 means	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 gauche	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 gauche	punct
5	gauche	gauche	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	nsubj
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 gauche	punct
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 means	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 means	cc
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 droite	punct
11	droite	droite	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 means	nsubj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 droite	punct
13	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 means	conj
14	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 means	xcomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present	gauche	French		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	leave not said to happen	participle	gauche not said here			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	mean	present	droite		right property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Example 4

Tournez à gauche! — Turn left!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tournez	Tournez	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Turn	nsubj
2	à	à	ADP	_	3 gauche	case
3	gauche	gauche	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tournez	nmod
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Tournez	punct
5	—	-	PUNCT	_	6 Turn	punct
6	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	left	left	ADV	_	6 Turn	advmod
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 Turn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	infinitive	Tournez à gauche					left property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

Her gauche manners made people smile kindly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 manners	nmod:poss
2	gauche	gauche	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 manners	amod
3	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	obj
6	smile	smile	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 made	xcomp
7	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	6 smile	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	Her gauche manners	people					tree rules
2	smile	infinitive	people not said here					kindly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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