insolent

Who acts: Insolent, insolent boy, insolent prince, you · What happens: mean, laugh, refuse, not bow, not give, answer · To what, where: rude

«insolent» 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: insolent in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Insolent means rude and cheeky in a proud, disrespectful way, especially to someone in charge.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Insolent	insolent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 cheeky	cc
5	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rude	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	11 way	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 way	det
8	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 way	amod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 proud	punct
10	disrespectful	disrespectful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 way	amod
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 someone	punct
13	especially	especially	ADV	_	15 someone	advmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 someone	case
15	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 way	appos
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 charge	case
17	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 someone	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Insolent	rude				in a proud disrespectful way	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot rude=Theme in way=Attribute

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

An insolent boy laughed at the teacher.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 boy	det
2	insolent	insolent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 boy	compound
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughed	nsubj
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 teacher	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 teacher	det
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	a insolent boy					at the teacher	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The insolent prince refused to bow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prince	det
2	insolent	insolent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prince	compound
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 refused	nsubj
4	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 bow	mark
6	bow	bow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 refused	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 refused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	the insolent prince						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not bow	to-infinitive	the insolent prince not said here						vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Do not give an insolent answer to your mother.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 give	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 give	advmod
3	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 insolent	det
5	insolent	insolent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 answer	nsubj
6	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 give	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 mother	case
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mother	nmod:poss
9	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 answer	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not give	imperative · do-support	you not said here						vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	answer speech: assert	infinitive	a insolent					to your mother	vn subordinate-95.2.1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to mother=Co-Agent

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