genteel

Who acts: Genteel, fashioned way, musician, They, It · What happens: mean, belong, be, live, keep · To what, where: genteel part, dinner

«genteel» 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: genteel in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Genteel means polite and well-mannered, in an old-fashioned way belonging to a respectable, well-off class.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Genteel	Genteel	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 mannered	cc
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 mannered	advmod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 well	punct
7	mannered	mannered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 polite	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 way	punct
9	in	in	ADP	_	14 way	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 way	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 fashioned	amod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 old	punct
13	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 way	amod
14	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
15	belonging	belong	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 way	acl
16	to	to	ADP	_	23 class	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 class	det
18	respectable	respectable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 class	amod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 class	punct
20	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	23 class	advmod
21	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 well	punct
22	off	off	ADP	_	23 class	case
23	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 belonging	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Genteel					polite property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	belong	gerund	a fashioned way not said here					to a respectable class	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

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 musician was very genteel.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 musician	det
2	musician	musician	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 genteel	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 genteel	cop
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 genteel	advmod
5	genteel	genteel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 genteel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the musician					genteel property	tree rules

Example 2

They lived in a genteel part of town.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lived	nsubj
2	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 part	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 part	det
5	genteel	genteel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 part	amod
6	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lived	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 town	case
8	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 part	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	They			a genteel part of town			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in part=Location

Example 3

It is more genteel to keep quiet at a dinner.

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	4 genteel	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 genteel	cop
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 genteel	advmod
4	genteel	genteel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 keep	mark
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 genteel	xcomp
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 keep	xcomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 dinner	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dinner	det
10	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keep	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 genteel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					genteel property	tree rules
2	keep	to-infinitive				a dinner		quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at dinner=Location

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