gentleness Who acts: Gentleness, quality, She, vet, Christians, teacher · What happens: be, not be, hold, treat, count, speak · To what, where: quality, baby bird, frightened dog, strength, gentleness, everyone · Speech: someone speaks here
«gentleness» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: gentleness in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Gentleness is the quality of being kind, calm and careful, not rough or harsh.
The tree, 14 words nsubj cop det mark cop acl punct conj cc conj punct advmod conj cc conj punct root Gentleness NOUN is AUX the DET quality NOUN of SCONJ being AUX kind ADJ , PUNCT calm ADJ and CCONJ careful ADJ , PUNCT not PART rough ADJ or CCONJ harsh ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gentleness gentleness NOUN Number=Sing 4 quality nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 quality cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 quality det 4 quality quality NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 of of SCONJ _ 7 kind mark 6 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 kind cop 7 kind kind ADJ Degree=Pos 4 quality acl 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 calm punct 9 calm calm ADJ Degree=Pos 7 kind conj 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 careful cc 11 careful careful ADJ Degree=Pos 7 kind conj 12 , , PUNCT _ 14 rough punct 13 not not PART Polarity=Neg 14 rough advmod 14 rough rough ADJ Degree=Pos 7 kind conj 15 or or CCONJ _ 16 harsh cc 16 harsh harsh ADJ Degree=Pos 14 rough conj 17 . . PUNCT _ 4 quality punct
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1 is a present Gentleness the quality tree rules 2 is gerund the quality not said here kind property tree rules 3 be the quality not said here tree rules 4 be the quality not said here tree rules 5 not be the quality 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 Softness or mildness: the gentleness of a breeze or a slope.
cc conj punct det conj case det nmod cc det conj punct root Softness NOUN or CCONJ mildness NOUN : PUNCT the DET gentleness NOUN of ADP a DET breeze NOUN or CCONJ a DET slope NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Softness softness NOUN Number=Sing root root 2 or or CCONJ _ 3 mildness cc 3 mildness mildness NOUN Number=Sing 1 Softness conj 4 : : PUNCT _ 6 gentleness punct 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 gentleness det 6 gentleness gentleness NOUN Number=Sing 1 Softness conj 7 of of ADP _ 9 breeze case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 breeze det 9 breeze breeze NOUN Number=Sing 6 gentleness nmod 10 or or CCONJ _ 12 slope cc 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 slope det 12 slope slope NOUN Number=Sing 9 breeze conj 13 . . PUNCT _ 1 Softness punct
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Example 1 She held the baby bird with great gentleness.
nsubj det compound obj case amod nmod punct root She PRON held VERB the DET baby NOUN bird NOUN with ADP great ADJ gentleness NOUN . PUNCT 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 held nsubj 2 held hold VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 bird det 4 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 5 bird compound 5 bird bird NOUN Number=Sing 2 held obj 6 with with ADP _ 8 gentleness case 7 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 8 gentleness amod 8 gentleness gentleness NOUN Number=Sing 5 bird nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 held punct
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1 hold past She the baby bird with great gentleness vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme
Example 2 The vet treated the frightened dog with gentleness.
det nsubj det amod obj case obl punct root The DET vet NOUN treated VERB the DET frightened ADJ dog NOUN with ADP gentleness NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 vet det 2 vet vet NOUN Number=Sing 3 treated nsubj 3 treated treat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 dog det 5 frightened frightened ADJ Degree=Pos 6 dog amod 6 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 3 treated obj 7 with with ADP _ 8 gentleness case 8 gentleness gentleness NOUN Number=Sing 3 treated obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 treated punct
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1 treat past the vet the frightened dog with gentleness vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient with gentleness=Theme
Example 3 Gentleness is a strength, not a weakness.
nsubj cop det punct advmod det conj punct root Gentleness NOUN is AUX a DET strength NOUN , PUNCT not PART a DET weakness NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gentleness gentleness NOUN Number=Sing 4 strength nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 strength cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 strength det 4 strength strength NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 weakness punct 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 8 weakness advmod 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 weakness det 8 weakness weakness NOUN Number=Sing 4 strength conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 strength punct
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1 is a present Gentleness a strength and a weakness tree rules
Example 4 Christians count gentleness among the fruit of the Spirit.
nsubj obj case det obl case det nmod punct root Christians PROPN count VERB gentleness NOUN among ADP the DET fruit NOUN of ADP the DET Spirit PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Christians Christian PROPN Number=Plur 2 count nsubj 2 count count VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 gentleness gentleness NOUN Number=Sing 2 count obj 4 among among ADP _ 6 fruit case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 fruit det 6 fruit fruit NOUN Number=Sing 2 count obl 7 of of ADP _ 9 Spirit case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 Spirit det 9 Spirit Spirit PROPN Number=Sing 6 fruit nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 count punct
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1 count present Christians gentleness among the fruit of the Spirit vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gentleness=Theme
Example 5 The teacher spoke with gentleness to the crying boy.
det nsubj case obl case det amod obl punct root The DET teacher NOUN spoke VERB with ADP gentleness NOUN to ADP the DET crying VERB boy NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 teacher det 2 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 3 spoke nsubj 3 spoke speak VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 with with ADP _ 5 gentleness case 5 gentleness gentleness NOUN Number=Sing 3 spoke obl 6 to to ADP _ 9 boy case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 boy det 8 crying cry VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 boy amod 9 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 3 spoke obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 spoke punct
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1 speak speech: other past the teacher with gentleness; to the crying boy vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to boy=Co-Agent 2 cry speech: express gerund vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 6 I like the gentleness of the summer breeze.
nsubj det obj case det compound nmod punct root I PRON like VERB the DET gentleness NOUN of ADP the DET summer NOUN breeze NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 like nsubj 2 like like VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 gentleness det 4 gentleness gentleness NOUN Number=Sing 2 like obj 5 of of ADP _ 8 breeze case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 breeze det 7 summer summer NOUN Number=Sing 8 breeze compound 8 breeze breeze NOUN Number=Sing 4 gentleness nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 like punct
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1 like present I the gentleness of the summer breeze vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gentleness=Theme
Example 7 Grandpa's gentleness made everyone feel safe.
nmod:poss case nsubj obj xcomp xcomp punct root Grandpa PROPN 's PART gentleness NOUN made VERB everyone PRON feel VERB safe ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandpa Grandpa PROPN Number=Sing 3 gentleness nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Grandpa case 3 gentleness gentleness NOUN Number=Sing 4 made nsubj 4 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 4 made obj 6 feel feel VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 made xcomp 7 safe safe ADJ Degree=Pos 6 feel xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 made punct
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1 make past Grandpa's gentleness everyone tree rules 2 feel infinitive everyone not said here safe property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Example 8 Gentleness and kind persuasion win where force and bluster fail.
nsubj cc amod conj advmod compound cc conj obl punct root Gentleness NOUN and CCONJ kind ADJ persuasion NOUN win VERB where ADV force NOUN and CCONJ bluster NOUN fail NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gentleness gentleness NOUN Number=Sing 5 win nsubj 2 and and CCONJ _ 4 persuasion cc 3 kind kind ADJ Degree=Pos 4 persuasion amod 4 persuasion persuasion NOUN Number=Sing 1 Gentleness conj 5 win win VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 where where ADV PronType=Rel 10 fail advmod 7 force force NOUN Number=Sing 10 fail compound 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 bluster cc 9 bluster bluster NOUN Number=Sing 7 force conj 10 fail fail NOUN Number=Sing 5 win obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 win punct
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1 win present Gentleness and kind persuasion force fail vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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