genial
Who acts: Genial, old farmer, sun, genial voice, us · What happens: mean, be, smile, give, make, feel · To what, where: everyone, genial warmth, flowers, us
«genial» 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: genial in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Genial means friendly, warm and kind in manner, cheerful and pleasant.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Genial | genial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 warm | punct |
| 5 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 friendly | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 kind | cc |
| 7 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 friendly | conj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 manner | case |
| 9 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 kind | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 cheerful | punct |
| 11 | cheerful | cheerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 friendly | conj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 pleasant | cc |
| 13 | pleasant | pleasant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 cheerful | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Genial | friendly 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 farmer was genial and smiled at everyone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 farmer | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 farmer | amod |
| 3 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 genial | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 genial | cop |
| 5 | genial | genial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 smiled | cc |
| 7 | smiled | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 genial | conj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 everyone | case |
| 9 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 smiled | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 genial | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the old farmer | genial property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | smile | past | the old farmer not said here | everyone | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
The sun gave genial warmth to the flowers.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sun | det |
| 2 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | nsubj |
| 3 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | genial | genial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 warmth | amod |
| 5 | warmth | warmth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 flowers | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 flowers | det |
| 8 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 gave | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the sun | genial warmth | the flowers | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent warmth=Theme to flower=Recipient |
Example 3
Her genial voice made us feel welcome.
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 voice | nmod:poss |
| 2 | genial | genial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 voice | amod |
| 3 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | nsubj |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 made | obj |
| 6 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 made | xcomp |
| 7 | welcome | welcome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 feel | xcomp |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | Her genial voice | us | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | feel | infinitive | us not said here | welcome property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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