masterful

Who acts: pianist, Badger, Toad, She, captain, masterful way · What happens: show, like, give, speak, obey, score · To what, where: orders, masterful performance, masterful voice, masterful goal, masterful way, masterful story · Speech: someone speaks here

«masterful» 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: masterful in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Showing great skill: «a masterful performance».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Showing	show	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 skill	amod
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 skill	amod
3	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 skill	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 performance	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 performance	det
7	masterful	masterful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 performance	amod
8	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 skill	conj
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 performance	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 skill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	gerund							vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «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.

Meaning 2

Strong, sure and in control, liking to give orders: «a masterful manner».

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 control	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 sure	punct
3	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Strong	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 control	cc
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 control	case
6	control	control	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 liking	punct
8	liking	like	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 control	nmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 give	mark
10	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 liking	xcomp
11	orders	order	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 give	obj
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 control	punct
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 manner	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 manner	det
15	masterful	masterful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 manner	amod
16	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 control	parataxis
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 manner	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 control	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	gerund							vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	give not said to happen	to-infinitive		orders					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme

Example 1

The pianist gave a masterful performance.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pianist	det
2	pianist	pianist	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 performance	det
5	masterful	masterful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 performance	amod
6	performance	performance	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 pianist	a masterful performance					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent performance=Theme

Example 2

Badger spoke in a masterful voice and Toad obeyed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 voice	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 voice	det
5	masterful	masterful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 voice	amod
6	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spoke	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 obeyed	cc
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 obeyed	nsubj
9	obeyed	obey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spoke	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	Badger			a masterful voice			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	obey	past	Toad						vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 3

She scored a masterful goal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scored	nsubj
2	scored	score	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 goal	det
4	masterful	masterful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 goal	amod
5	goal	goal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 scored	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 scored	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	score	past	She	a masterful goal					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goal=Theme

Example 4

The captain had a masterful way of giving orders.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 captain	det
2	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 way	det
5	masterful	masterful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 giving	mark
8	giving	give	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 way	acl
9	orders	order	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 giving	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the captain	a masterful way					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient
2	give	gerund	a masterful way not said here	orders					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme

Example 5

The book is a masterful story of friendship.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 book	det
2	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 story	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 story	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 story	det
5	masterful	masterful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 story	amod
6	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 friendship	case
8	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 story	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 story	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the book	a masterful story				of friendship	tree rules

Example 6

Toad imagined himself a masterful motorist.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 imagined	nsubj
2	imagined	imagine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 imagined	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 motorist	det
5	masterful	masterful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 motorist	amod
6	motorist	motorist	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 imagined	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 imagined	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	imagine	past	Toad	Toad					tree rules

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