matronly

Who acts: Matronly, matronly lady, matronly manner, everyone, Hera · What happens: mean, dignify, scold, run, make, sit up · To what, where: boys, everyone, matronly look

«matronly» 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: matronly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Matronly means like a sensible, dignified, older married woman, often a little plump and serious.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Matronly	matronly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	SCONJ	_	11 woman	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 woman	det
5	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 woman	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 dignified	punct
7	dignified	dignify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 woman	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 woman	punct
9	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 woman	amod
10	married	married	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 woman	amod
11	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 plump	punct
13	often	often	ADV	_	16 plump	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 plump	det
15	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 plump	amod
16	plump	plump	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 woman	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 serious	cc
18	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 plump	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Matronly						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	dignify	participle							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

The matronly lady scolded the boys for running.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lady	det
2	matronly	matronly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lady	amod
3	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scolded	nsubj
4	scolded	scold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boys	det
6	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 scolded	obj
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 running	mark
8	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 scolded	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 scolded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scold	past	the matronly lady	the boys					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme
2	run	gerund	the matronly lady not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Her matronly manner made everyone sit up straight.

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	3 manner	nmod:poss
2	matronly	matronly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 manner	amod
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 made	obj
6	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 made	xcomp
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 sit	compound:prt
8	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 sit	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	Her matronly manner	everyone					tree rules
2	sit up	infinitive	everyone not said here					straight property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Hera had a matronly look of strict virtue.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hera	Hera	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 look	det
4	matronly	matronly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 look	amod
5	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 virtue	case
7	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 virtue	amod
8	virtue	virtue	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 look	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Hera	a matronly look of strict virtue					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Patient

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