optimistic

Who acts: Hopeful good things, Hoping, She, we, coach, That · What happens: believe, happen, hope, be, lose, stay · To what, where: more, whole house, optimistic guess, 100 people, you

«optimistic» 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: optimistic in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Hopeful and believing good things will happen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hopeful	hopeful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 things	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 believing	cc
3	believing	believe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Hopeful	conj
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 things	amod
5	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 happen	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 happen	aux
7	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	gerund	Hopeful good things not said here						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	happen	future	Hopeful good things						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 a guess or plan — kept apart, not parsed.

Hoping for more than is likely (an optimistic estimate).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hoping	hope	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 likely	csubj
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 more	case
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	1 Hoping	obj
4	than	than	ADP	_	3 more	fixed
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 likely	cop
6	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	(	(	PUNCT	_	10 estimate	punct
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 estimate	det
9	optimistic	optimistic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 estimate	amod
10	estimate	estimate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 likely	appos
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	10 estimate	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 likely	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hope	gerund		more					tree rules
2	is	present	Hoping					likely property	tree rules

Example 1

She's optimistic about the test tomorrow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 optimistic	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 optimistic	cop
3	optimistic	optimistic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 test	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 test	det
6	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 optimistic	obl
7	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 test	nmod:unmarked
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 optimistic	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					about the test tomorrow; optimistic property	tree rules

Example 2

Even when we lose, our coach stays optimistic.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Even	even	ADV	_	2 when	advmod
2	when	when	SCONJ	_	4 lose	mark
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 lose	nsubj
4	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stays	advcl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 lose	punct
6	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 coach	nmod:poss
7	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stays	nsubj
8	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	optimistic	optimistic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stays	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 stays	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present	we						vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stay	present	our coach					optimistic property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

Ten minutes to tidy the whole house? That's optimistic!

Sentence 1: Ten minutes to tidy the whole house?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 minutes	nummod
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 tidy	mark
4	tidy	tidy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 minutes	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 house	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 house	amod
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tidy	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 minutes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tidy	to-infinitive		the whole house					tree rules

Sentence 2: That's optimistic!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 optimistic	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 optimistic	cop
3	optimistic	optimistic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 optimistic	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	That					optimistic property	tree rules

Example 4

I'm optimistic it will stop raining.

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	3 optimistic	nsubj
2	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 optimistic	cop
3	optimistic	optimistic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stop	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 stop	aux
6	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 optimistic	parataxis
7	raining	rain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 stop	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 optimistic	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	I	optimistic property	tree rules
2	stop	future	it		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	rain	gerund			vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

Example 5

He gave an optimistic guess of 100 people coming.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 guess	det
4	optimistic	optimistic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 guess	amod
5	guess	guess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 people	case
7	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 people	nummod
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 guess	nmod
9	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 people	acl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	past	He	a optimistic guess of 100 people	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guess=Theme
2	come	gerund	100 people not said here		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	guess			100 people	nom guess «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 6

Being optimistic helps you keep trying.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 optimistic	cop
2	optimistic	optimistic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 helps	csubj
3	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 helps	obj
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 helps	xcomp
6	trying	try	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 keep	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	gerund			optimistic property	tree rules
2	help	present		you		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme
3	keep	infinitive	you not said here			tree rules
4	try	gerund	you not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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