lenient

Who acts: people, supply teacher, us, Mum, judge, referee · What happens: punish, make, follow, give, expect, be · To what, where: people, rules, lighter punishment, us, lenient sentence, first crime · Speech: someone speaks here

«lenient» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: lenient in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Not strict; gentle in punishing people or in making them follow rules.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 strict	advmod
2	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 gentle	punct
4	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 strict	conj
5	in	in	SCONJ	_	6 punishing	mark
6	punishing	punish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 strict	advcl
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 punishing	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 making	cc
9	in	in	SCONJ	_	10 making	mark
10	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 punishing	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 making	obj
12	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 making	xcomp
13	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 follow	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 strict	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	punish	gerund		people	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient
2	make	gerund		people	tree rules
3	follow	infinitive	people not said here	rules	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: law — kept apart, not parsed.

Giving a lighter punishment than expected.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 punishment	det
3	lighter	light	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 punishment	amod
4	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Giving	obj
5	than	than	SCONJ	_	6 expected	mark
6	expected	expect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 punishment	acl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Giving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	gerund		a lighter punishment					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent punishment=Theme
2	expect	participle		a lighter punishment not said here					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Our supply teacher was very lenient and let us talk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 teacher	nmod:poss
2	supply	supply	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teacher	compound
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lenient	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 lenient	cop
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 lenient	advmod
6	lenient	lenient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 let	cc
8	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 lenient	conj
9	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 let	obj
10	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 let	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 lenient	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	Our supply teacher		lenient property	tree rules
2	let	infinitive	Our supply teacher not said here	us		tree rules
3	talk	infinitive	us not said here			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

Mum is lenient with my little brother.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lenient	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lenient	cop
3	lenient	lenient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 brother	case
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 brother	nmod:poss
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 brother	amod
7	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lenient	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lenient	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Mum					with my little brother; lenient property	tree rules

Example 3

The judge gave a lenient sentence because it was his first crime.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	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 sentence	det
5	lenient	lenient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sentence	amod
6	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 crime	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 crime	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 crime	cop
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 crime	nmod:poss
11	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 crime	amod
12	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	advcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the judge	a lenient sentence					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Theme
2	is a	past	judge	his first crime					tree rules

Example 4

The referee was too lenient and didn't give a yellow card.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 referee	det
2	referee	referee	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lenient	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lenient	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 lenient	advmod
5	lenient	lenient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 give	cc
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 give	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 give	advmod
9	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 lenient	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 card	det
11	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 card	amod
12	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 give	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 lenient	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the referee					lenient property	tree rules
2	not give	past · do-support	the referee not said here	a yellow card					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme

Example 5

Some people think the new rules are too lenient.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 people	det
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 think	nsubj
3	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rules	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rules	amod
6	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lenient	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 lenient	cop
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 lenient	advmod
9	lenient	lenient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 think	ccomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	some people						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the new rules					lenient property	tree rules

Example 6

Grandma is more lenient about bedtime than Dad.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lenient	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lenient	cop
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 lenient	advmod
4	lenient	lenient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 bedtime	case
6	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lenient	obl
7	than	than	ADP	_	8 Dad	case
8	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 lenient	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lenient	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Grandma					about bedtime; than Dad; lenient property	tree rules

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