impassive

Who acts: Impassive, calm face, face, guard, He, crowd · What happens: mean, show, not change, be, stand, stay · To what, where: feeling, all, gate

«impassive» 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: impassive in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Impassive means showing no feeling at all, with a calm face that does not change.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Impassive	Impassive	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	showing	show	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 feeling	det
5	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showing	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 feeling	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 face	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 face	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 face	det
11	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 face	amod
12	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showing	obl
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 change	nsubj
14	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 change	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 change	advmod
16	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 face	acl:relcl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Impassive				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	show not said to happen	gerund	Impassive not said here	no feeling	all	with a calm face	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent feeling=Recipient
3	not change	present · do-support	a calm face				vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: 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

Her face was impassive.

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	2 face	nmod:poss
2	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 impassive	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 impassive	cop
4	impassive	impassive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 impassive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her face					impassive property	tree rules

Example 2

The guard stood impassive at the gate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guard	det
2	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	nsubj
3	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	impassive	impassive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stood	xcomp
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 gate	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gate	det
7	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the guard			the gate		impassive property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at gate=Location

Example 3

He stayed impassive while the crowd shouted.

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	2 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	impassive	impassive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stayed	xcomp
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 shouted	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crowd	det
6	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shouted	nsubj
7	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stayed	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	He					impassive property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	shout speech: express	past	the crowd						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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