mien
Who acts: face, queen, lion · What happens: seem, have, turn · To what, where: way, kind mien
«mien» 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: mien in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A person's look or bearing, the way their face and manner seem.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 look | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 person | case |
| 4 | look | look | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 bearing | cc |
| 6 | bearing | bearing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 look | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 way | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 way | det |
| 9 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 look | conj |
| 10 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 face | nmod:poss |
| 11 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 seem | nsubj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 manner | cc |
| 13 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 face | conj |
| 14 | seem | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 way | acl:relcl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 look | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seem | present | look's face and manner | the way not said here | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme 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
The queen had a kind mien.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 queen | det |
| 2 | queen | queen | 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 mien | det |
| 5 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 mien | amod |
| 6 | mien | mien | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the queen | a kind mien | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mien=Patient |
Example 2
The lion turned with an angry mien.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lion | det |
| 2 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turned | nsubj |
| 3 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 mien | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 mien | det |
| 6 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 mien | amod |
| 7 | mien | mien | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turned | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 turned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | the lion | with a angry mien | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Example 3
Her graceful mien pleased everyone at court.
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 mien | nmod:poss |
| 2 | graceful | graceful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 mien | amod |
| 3 | mien | mien | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 everyone | amod |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 mien | conj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 court | case |
| 7 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 everyone | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 mien | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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