obedient Who acts: parent, dog, Soldiers, someone, puppy, obedient servant · What happens: do, tell, train, follow, be, sit · To what, where: you, commands, obedient children, Soldiers, something, everything · Speech: someone speaks here
«obedient» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: obedient in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Doing what you are told by a parent, teacher, rule or owner.
The tree, 12 words obj nsubj:pass aux:pass acl:relcl case det obl punct conj punct conj cc conj punct root Doing VERB what PRON you PRON are AUX told VERB by ADP a DET parent NOUN , PUNCT teacher NOUN , PUNCT rule NOUN or CCONJ owner NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Doing do VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 what what PRON PronType=Int 1 Doing obj 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 told nsubj:pass 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 told aux:pass 5 told tell VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 what acl:relcl 6 by by ADP _ 8 parent case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 parent det 8 parent parent NOUN Number=Sing 5 told obl 9 , , PUNCT _ 10 teacher punct 10 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 8 parent conj 11 , , PUNCT _ 12 rule punct 12 rule rule NOUN Number=Sing 8 parent conj 13 or or CCONJ _ 14 owner cc 14 owner owner NOUN Number=Sing 12 rule conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 1 Doing punct
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1 do gerund vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality 2 tell speech: assert present · passive a parent and teacher and rule or owner you vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
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: of animals — kept apart, not parsed.
Trained to follow commands, as in "an obedient dog".
mark xcomp obj punct case case punct det amod parataxis punct punct root Trained VERB to PART follow VERB commands NOUN , PUNCT as ADP in ADP " PUNCT an DET obedient ADJ dog NOUN " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Trained train VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 2 to to PART _ 3 follow mark 3 follow follow VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Trained xcomp 4 commands command NOUN Number=Plur 3 follow obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 11 dog punct 6 as as ADP _ 11 dog case 7 in in ADP _ 11 dog case 8 " " PUNCT _ 11 dog punct 9 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 dog det 10 obedient obedient ADJ Degree=Pos 11 dog amod 11 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 3 follow parataxis 12 " " PUNCT _ 11 dog punct 13 . . PUNCT _ 1 Trained punct
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1 train participle vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute 2 follow to-infinitive commands tree rules
Example 1 Our dog is very obedient; he sits when told.
nmod:poss nsubj cop advmod punct nsubj parataxis advmod advcl punct root Our PRON dog NOUN is AUX very ADV obedient ADJ ; PUNCT he PRON sits VERB when ADV told VERB . PUNCT 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 2 dog nmod:poss 2 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 5 obedient nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 obedient cop 4 very very ADV _ 5 obedient advmod 5 obedient obedient ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 ; ; PUNCT _ 8 sits punct 7 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 sits nsubj 8 sits sit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 obedient parataxis 9 when when ADV PronType=Int 10 told advmod 10 told tell VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 sits advcl 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 obedient punct
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1 is present Our dog obedient property tree rules 2 sit present dog vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 tell speech: assert participle dog not said here vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 2 The obedient children lined up quietly.
det amod nsubj:pass compound:prt advmod punct root The DET obedient ADJ children NOUN lined VERB up ADP quietly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 children det 2 obedient obedient ADJ Degree=Pos 3 children amod 3 children child NOUN Number=Plur 4 lined nsubj:pass 4 lined line VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 up up ADP _ 4 lined compound:prt 6 quietly quietly ADV _ 4 lined advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 lined punct
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1 line up participle · passive the obedient children quietly property vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination
Example 3 Soldiers are trained to be obedient.
nsubj:pass aux:pass mark cop xcomp punct root Soldiers NOUN are AUX trained VERB to PART be AUX obedient ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Soldiers soldier NOUN Number=Plur 3 trained nsubj:pass 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 trained aux:pass 3 trained train VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 to to PART _ 6 obedient mark 5 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 6 obedient cop 6 obedient obedient ADJ Degree=Pos 3 trained xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 trained punct
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1 train present · passive Soldiers vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme 2 is to-infinitive Soldiers not said here obedient property tree rules
Example 4 Being obedient doesn't mean doing something dangerous because someone says so.
cop csubj aux advmod xcomp obj amod mark nsubj advcl advmod punct root Being AUX obedient ADJ does AUX n't PART mean VERB doing VERB something PRON dangerous ADJ because SCONJ someone PRON says VERB so ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 obedient cop 2 obedient obedient ADJ Degree=Pos 5 mean csubj 3 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 mean aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 mean advmod 5 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 doing do VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 mean xcomp 7 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 6 doing obj 8 dangerous dangerous ADJ Degree=Pos 7 something amod 9 because because SCONJ _ 11 says mark 10 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 11 says nsubj 11 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 mean advcl 12 so so ADV _ 11 says advmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 mean punct
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1 is gerund obedient property tree rules 2 not mean present · do-support vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 do not said to happen gerund something vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality 4 say speech: assert present someone vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Example 5 The puppy became more obedient after training.
det nsubj advmod xcomp case obl punct root The DET puppy NOUN became VERB more ADV obedient ADJ after ADP training NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 puppy det 2 puppy puppy NOUN Number=Sing 3 became nsubj 3 became become VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 5 obedient advmod 5 obedient obedient ADJ Degree=Pos 3 became xcomp 6 after after ADP _ 7 training case 7 training training NOUN Number=Sing 3 became obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 became punct
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1 become past the puppy after training obedient property vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
Example 6 In the story, the obedient servant did everything the king asked.
case det obl punct det amod nsubj obj det nsubj acl:relcl punct root In ADP the DET story NOUN , PUNCT the DET obedient ADJ servant NOUN did VERB everything PRON the DET king NOUN asked VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 story case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 story det 3 story story NOUN Number=Sing 8 did obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 story punct 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 servant det 6 obedient obedient ADJ Degree=Pos 7 servant amod 7 servant servant NOUN Number=Sing 8 did nsubj 8 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 everything everything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 8 did obj 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 king det 11 king king NOUN Number=Sing 12 asked nsubj 12 asked ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 everything acl:relcl 13 . . PUNCT _ 8 did punct
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1 do past the obedient servant everything the story vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality 2 ask speech: ask past the king vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 7 Sheepdogs are clever and obedient.
nsubj cop cc conj punct root Sheepdogs NOUN are AUX clever ADJ and CCONJ obedient ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sheepdogs sheepdog NOUN Number=Plur 3 clever nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 clever cop 3 clever clever ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 obedient cc 5 obedient obedient ADJ Degree=Pos 3 clever conj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 clever punct
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1 is present Sheepdogs clever property tree rules 2 be Sheepdogs not said here tree rules
Example 8 I am still your obedient child.
nsubj cop advmod nmod:poss amod punct root I PRON am AUX still ADV your PRON obedient ADJ child NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 child nsubj 2 am be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 child cop 3 still still ADV _ 6 child advmod 4 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 child nmod:poss 5 obedient obedient ADJ Degree=Pos 6 child amod 6 child child NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 child punct
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1 is a present I your obedient child still tree rules
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