ostentation
Who acts: Ostentation, house, She · What happens: show off, notice, display, be, speak, not be · To what, where: wealth · Speech: someone speaks here
«ostentation» 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: ostentation in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Ostentation is showing off to be noticed, with too much display of wealth or fine things.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ostentation | ostentation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 showing | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 showing | aux |
| 3 | showing | show | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 showing | compound:prt |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 noticed | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 noticed | aux:pass |
| 7 | noticed | notice | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 showing | parataxis |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 display | punct |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 display | case |
| 10 | too | too | ADV | _ | 11 much | advmod |
| 11 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 display | amod |
| 12 | display | display | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 noticed | parataxis |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 wealth | case |
| 14 | wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 display | nmod |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 things | cc |
| 16 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 things | amod |
| 17 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 display | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 showing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show off | present · progressive | Ostentation | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | notice | to-infinitive · passive | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING» | ||||||
| 3 | display | wealth | nom display «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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 rich man's house was full of ostentation.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 house | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 man | case |
| 5 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 full | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 full | cop |
| 7 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 ostentation | case |
| 9 | ostentation | ostentation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 full | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 full | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the rich man's house | of ostentation; full property | tree rules |
Example 2
She spoke with ostentation about her new car.
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 | 2 spoke | nsubj |
| 2 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 ostentation | case |
| 4 | ostentation | ostentation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 spoke | obl |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 car | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 car | nmod:poss |
| 7 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 car | amod |
| 8 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 spoke | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 spoke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | past | She | with ostentation; about her new car | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.topic»: agent=Agent with ostentation=Co-Agent about car=Topic |
Example 3
Ostentation is not the same as true kindness.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ostentation | ostentation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 same | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 same | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 same | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 same | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 kindness | case |
| 7 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 kindness | amod |
| 8 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 same | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 same | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | Ostentation | as true kindness; same property | tree rules |
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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