officious

Who acts: Officious, help, nobody, person, they, officious clerk · What happens: mean, give, order, ask, describe, behave · To what, where: help, person, us, bag, cup · Speech: someone speaks here

«officious» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: officious in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Officious means too eager to give help or orders when nobody asked for them.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Officious	Officious	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 eager	advmod
4	eager	eager	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 give	mark
6	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 eager	xcomp
7	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 orders	cc
9	orders	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 help	acl:relcl
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 asked	advmod
11	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 asked	nsubj
12	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 orders	ccomp
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 them	case
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 asked	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Officious		eager property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	give	to-infinitive	Officious not said here	help		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Theme
3	order	present	help not said here			vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	ask speech: ask	past	nobody		for them = they	vn inquire-37.1.2 «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

Officious describes a person who behaves as if they are in charge.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Officious	Officious	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 describes	nsubj
2	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 person	det
4	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 describes	obj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 behaves	nsubj
6	behaves	behave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 person	acl:relcl
7	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	12 charge	case
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 as	fixed
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 charge	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 charge	cop
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 charge	case
12	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 behaves	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	present	Officious	a person		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme
2	behave	present	a person			vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	they		as charge	tree rules

Example 1

The officious clerk kept telling us what to do.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 clerk	det
2	officious	officious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 clerk	amod
3	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 kept	xcomp
6	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 telling	iobj
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 do	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 do	mark
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 telling	ccomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	keep	past	the officious clerk		tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	gerund	the officious clerk not said here	us	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic
3	do not said to happen	to-infinitive			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

Example 2

The officious guard checked every bag twice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 guard	det
2	officious	officious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 guard	amod
3	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 checked	nsubj
4	checked	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 bag	det
6	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 checked	obj
7	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 checked	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 checked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	past	the officious guard	every bag				twice property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme

Example 3

Her officious helpers filled his cup again and again.

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 helpers	nmod:poss
2	officious	officious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 helpers	amod
3	helpers	helper	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 filled	nsubj
4	filled	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 cup	nmod:poss
6	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 filled	obj
7	again	again	ADV	_	4 filled	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 again	cc
9	again	again	ADV	_	7 again	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 filled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	past	Her officious helpers	his cup			again		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cup=Patient

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