gratifying

Who acts: you, it · What happens: please, give, listen, gratify, find · To what, where: satisfaction, them, oneself

«gratifying» 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: gratifying in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

pleasing, giving satisfaction or happiness.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	pleasing	please	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 giving	punct
3	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 pleasing	conj
4	satisfaction	satisfaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 giving	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 happiness	cc
6	happiness	happiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 satisfaction	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 pleasing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	please	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	give	gerund		satisfaction or happiness					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent satisfaction=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

Listen to them; it is very gratifying.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Listen	listen	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	3 them	case
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Listen	obl
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 gratifying	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 gratifying	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 gratifying	aux
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 gratifying	advmod
8	gratifying	gratify	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Listen	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Listen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	imperative	you not said here		them = they				vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to they=Theme
2	gratify	present · progressive	it						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus

Example 2

It is most gratifying to find oneself popular.

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 gratifying	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gratifying	aux
3	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 gratifying	nsubj
4	gratifying	gratify	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 find	mark
6	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 gratifying	xcomp
7	oneself	oneself	PRON	Case=Acc Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 find	obj
8	popular	popular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 find	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gratifying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gratify	present · progressive	It						tree rules
2	find	to-infinitive		oneself				popular property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oneself=Topic

Example 3

A gratifying prize for a good deed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 prize	det
2	gratifying	gratify	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 prize	amod
3	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 deed	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 deed	det
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 deed	amod
7	deed	deed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prize	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 prize	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gratify	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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