imperious

Who acts: Imperious, it, you, she, queen, eyes · What happens: mean, command, use, obey, be, come · To what, where: proud kind, imperious voice, imperious look, him · Speech: someone speaks here

«imperious» 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: imperious in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Imperious means bossy and commanding, used to being obeyed, though it can also be a proud kind of charm.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Imperious	imperious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bossy	bossy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 commanding	cc
5	commanding	command	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 bossy	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 used	punct
7	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 commanding	parataxis
8	to	to	SCONJ	_	10 obeyed	mark
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 obeyed	aux:pass
10	obeyed	obey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 used	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 kind	punct
12	though	though	SCONJ	_	19 kind	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 kind	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 kind	aux
15	also	also	ADV	_	19 kind	advmod
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 kind	cop
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 kind	det
18	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 kind	amod
19	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 obeyed	conj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 charm	case
21	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 kind	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Imperious		bossy property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	command	gerund	Imperious not said here			vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent
3	use	participle				vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	obey	gerund · passive				vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»
5	is a	can	it	a proud kind	of charm	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.

Example 1

"Come here at once," she said in an imperious voice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Come	punct
2	Come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 Come	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 once	case
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 Come	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 Come	advcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 voice	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 voice	det
12	imperious	imperious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 voice	amod
13	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come in a quote	imperative	you not said here			here			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location
2	say speech: assert	past	she			a imperious voice			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in voice=Manner

Example 2

The queen gave an imperious look.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 queen	det
2	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 look	det
5	imperious	imperious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 look	amod
6	look	look	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 queen	a imperious look					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Theme

Example 3

Her eyes held him with imperious tenderness.

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 eyes	nmod:poss
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 held	nsubj
3	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 held	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 tenderness	case
6	imperious	imperious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tenderness	amod
7	tenderness	tenderness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 held	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 held	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	Her eyes	him = he				with imperious tenderness	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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