glib

Who acts: Glib, talk, skin, they, mouths, salesman · What happens: describe, be, say, mean, make, tell · To what, where: talk, skin, mouths, glib answer, teacher, homework · Speech: someone speaks here

«glib» 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: glib in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Glib describes talk that is too smooth and quick, said easily without real thought.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Glib	Glib	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 describes	nsubj
2	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 describes	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 smooth	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 smooth	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 smooth	advmod
7	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 talk	acl:relcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 quick	cc
9	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 smooth	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 smooth	conj
12	easily	easily	ADV	_	11 said	advmod
13	without	without	ADP	_	15 thought	case
14	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 thought	amod
15	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 said	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	present	Glib	talk		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent talk=Theme
2	is	present	talk		smooth property	tree rules
3	be		talk not said here			tree rules
4	say speech: assert	past	talk not said here		without real thought; easily property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that 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.

Meaning 2

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

Glib means smooth or slippery, as in the tales of skin made smooth with oil.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Glib	Glib	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 slippery	cc
5	slippery	slippery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 smooth	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tales	punct
7	as	as	ADP	_	10 tales	case
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 tales	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tales	det
10	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 means	parataxis
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 skin	case
12	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tales	nmod
13	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 skin	acl
14	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 made	xcomp
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 oil	case
16	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 smooth	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Glib		smooth property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	make	participle		skin not said here	smooth property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	tell		skin			nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Example 1

Then they rubbed their mouths with fish-oil, so that they became very smooth and glib.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 rubbed	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 rubbed	nsubj
3	rubbed	rub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mouths	nmod:poss
5	mouths	mouth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rubbed	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 oil	case
7	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 oil	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 fish	punct
9	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rubbed	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 became	punct
11	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	14 became	mark
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 so	fixed
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 became	nsubj
14	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rubbed	conj
15	very	very	ADV	_	16 smooth	advmod
16	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 became	xcomp
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 glib	cc
18	glib	glib	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 smooth	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rubbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	past	they	their mouths			then	with fish oil	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent mouth=Destination with oil=Theme
2	become	past	mouths = mouth					smooth property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Example 2

The salesman gave a glib answer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 salesman	det
2	salesman	salesman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 answer	det
5	glib	glib	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 answer	amod
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the salesman	a glib answer					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme

Example 3

Her glib excuse did not fool the teacher.

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 excuse	nmod:poss
2	glib	glib	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 excuse	amod
3	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fool	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fool	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 fool	advmod
6	fool	fool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 teacher	det
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fool	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 fool	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not fool	past · do-support	Her glib excuse	the teacher					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Patient
2	excuse		Her = she						nom excuse «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

He is glib, but he never does his homework.

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	3 glib	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 glib	cop
3	glib	glib	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 does	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 does	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 does	nsubj
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 does	advmod
8	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 glib	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 homework	nmod:poss
10	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 does	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 glib	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					glib property	tree rules
2	not do	present	he	his homework					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality

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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