meritorious

Who acts: it, firefighter, Her, soldier, head teacher, courage · What happens: deserve, be, use, name, receive, judge · To what, where: praise, names, awards, award, science project, meritorious conduct

«meritorious» 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: meritorious in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

Deserving praise or reward because it is very good or brave.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deserving	deserve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 good	csubj
2	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Deserving	obj
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 reward	cc
4	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 praise	conj
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 good	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 good	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 good	cop
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 good	advmod
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 brave	cc
11	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 good	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 good	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	deserve	gerund		praise or reward		tree rules
2	is	present	it		good property	tree rules
3	be					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.

Meaning 2

Usage: formal, school and army — kept apart, not parsed.

Used in names of awards, like «Meritorious Service Medal».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 names	case
3	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Used	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 awards	case
5	awards	award	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 names	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Medal	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	11 Medal	case
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 Medal	punct
9	Meritorious	Meritorious	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Service	compound
10	Service	Service	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Medal	compound
11	Medal	Medal	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Used	obl
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 Medal	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle				names of awards		like Service Medal	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	name			awards					nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

The firefighter received an award for meritorious service.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 firefighter	det
2	firefighter	firefighter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 received	nsubj
3	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 award	det
5	award	award	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 received	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 service	case
7	meritorious	meritorious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 service	amod
8	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 award	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 received	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past	the firefighter	a award				for meritorious service	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent award=Theme

Example 2

Her science project was judged meritorious.

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 project	nmod:poss
2	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 project	compound
3	project	project	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 judged	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 judged	aux:pass
5	judged	judge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	meritorious	meritorious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 judged	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 judged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	judge	past · passive		Her science project				meritorious property	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value
2	project		Her = she						nom project «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The soldier's meritorious conduct was praised.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soldier	det
2	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conduct	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 soldier	case
4	meritorious	meritorious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 conduct	amod
5	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 praised	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 praised	aux:pass
7	praised	praise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 praised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	past · passive		the soldier's meritorious conduct					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	conduct		the soldier						nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

The head teacher read out the names of pupils with meritorious work.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
2	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teacher	compound
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 read	nsubj
4	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 read	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 names	det
7	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 read	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 pupils	case
9	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 names	nmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 work	case
11	meritorious	meritorious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 work	amod
12	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pupils	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read out	past	the head teacher	the names of pupils with meritorious work					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic
2	name			pupils with meritorious work					nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 5

The medal is given for meritorious acts of courage.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 medal	det
2	medal	medal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux:pass
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 acts	case
6	meritorious	meritorious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 acts	amod
7	acts	act	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 given	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 courage	case
9	courage	courage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 acts	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		the medal				for meritorious acts of courage	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme for act=Asset
2	act		courage						nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Example 6

It was a meritorious effort, even though they lost.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 effort	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 effort	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 effort	det
4	meritorious	meritorious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 effort	amod
5	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 lost	punct
7	even	even	ADV	_	10 lost	advmod
8	though	though	SCONJ	_	10 lost	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 lost	nsubj
10	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 effort	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 effort	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a meritorious effort					tree rules
2	lose	past	they						vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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