overstate Who acts: it, you, project, your, advert, toy · What happens: overstate, be, sound, exaggerate, not overstate, project · To what, where: something, important water, danger, news, score, us · Speech: someone speaks here
«overstate» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: overstate in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To overstate something is to make it sound bigger, better or more important than it really is; to exaggerate.
The tree, 19 words mark csubj obj cop mark obj xcomp xcomp punct advmod cc advmod conj mark nsubj advmod advcl punct mark parataxis punct root To PART overstate VERB something PRON is AUX to PART make VERB it PRON sound VERB bigger ADJ , PUNCT better ADV or CCONJ more ADV important ADJ than SCONJ it PRON really ADV is VERB ; PUNCT to PART exaggerate VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 overstate mark 2 overstate overstate VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 make csubj 3 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 overstate obj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 make cop 5 to to PART _ 6 make mark 6 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 make obj 8 sound sound VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 make xcomp 9 bigger big ADJ Degree=Cmp 8 sound xcomp 10 , , PUNCT _ 14 important punct 11 better well ADV Degree=Cmp 14 important advmod 12 or or CCONJ _ 13 more cc 13 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 14 important advmod 14 important important ADJ Degree=Pos 9 bigger conj 15 than than SCONJ _ 18 is mark 16 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 18 is nsubj 17 really really ADV _ 18 is advmod 18 is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 important advcl 19 ; ; PUNCT _ 21 exaggerate punct 20 to to PART _ 21 exaggerate mark 21 exaggerate exaggerate VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 6 make parataxis 22 . . PUNCT _ 6 make punct
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1 overstate speech: other to-infinitive something vn overstate-37.12 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme 2 is present make property tree rules 3 sound infinitive big property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus 4 be present it vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 5 exaggerate to-infinitive tree rules
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 Don't overstate how good your project is.
aux advmod advmod ccomp nmod:poss nsubj cop punct root Do AUX n't PART overstate VERB how ADV good ADJ your PRON project NOUN is AUX . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 overstate aux 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 3 overstate advmod 3 overstate overstate VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 how how ADV PronType=Int 5 good advmod 5 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 3 overstate ccomp 6 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 project nmod:poss 7 project project NOUN Number=Sing 5 good nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 good cop 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 overstate punct
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1 not overstate speech: other imperative · do-support you not said here vn overstate-37.12 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 is present your project good property tree rules 3 project your nom project «act transitive»: poss=agent
Example 2 It is hard to overstate how important water is.
expl cop mark csubj advmod amod obj cop punct root It PRON is AUX hard ADJ to PART overstate VERB how ADV important ADJ water NOUN is AUX . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 hard expl 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 hard cop 3 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to PART _ 5 overstate mark 5 overstate overstate VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 hard csubj 6 how how ADV PronType=Int 7 important advmod 7 important important ADJ Degree=Pos 8 water amod 8 water water NOUN Number=Sing 5 overstate obj 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 hard cop 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 hard punct
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1 is present hard property tree rules 2 overstate speech: other to-infinitive important water vn overstate-37.12 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
Example 3 The advert overstated what the toy could do.
det nsubj obj det nsubj aux ccomp punct root The DET advert NOUN overstated VERB what PRON the DET toy NOUN could AUX do VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 advert det 2 advert advert NOUN Number=Sing 3 overstated nsubj 3 overstated overstate VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 what what PRON PronType=Int 8 do obj 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 toy det 6 toy toy NOUN Number=Sing 8 do nsubj 7 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 do aux 8 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 overstated ccomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 overstated punct
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1 overstate speech: other past the advert tree rules 2 do could the toy vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
Example 4 The danger was overstated in the news.
det nsubj:pass aux:pass case det obl punct root The DET danger NOUN was AUX overstated VERB in ADP the DET news NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 danger det 2 danger danger NOUN Number=Sing 4 overstated nsubj:pass 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 overstated aux:pass 4 overstated overstate VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 in in ADP _ 7 news case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 news det 7 news news NOUN Number=Sing 4 overstated obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 overstated punct
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1 overstate speech: other past · passive the danger the news vn overstate-37.12 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
Example 5 He overstated his score to impress us.
nsubj nmod:poss obj mark advcl obj punct root He PRON overstated VERB his PRON score NOUN to PART impress VERB us PRON . PUNCT 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 overstated nsubj 2 overstated overstate VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 score nmod:poss 4 score score NOUN Number=Sing 2 overstated obj 5 to to PART _ 6 impress mark 6 impress impress VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 overstated advcl 7 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 impress obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 overstated punct
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1 overstate speech: other past He his score vn overstate-37.12 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent score=Theme 2 impress to-infinitive He not said here us vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus we=Experiencer 3 score his = he nom score «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
Example 6 Writers should not overstate their evidence.
nsubj aux advmod nmod:poss obj punct root Writers NOUN should AUX not PART overstate VERB their PRON evidence NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Writers writer NOUN Number=Plur 4 overstate nsubj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 overstate aux 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 4 overstate advmod 4 overstate overstate VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 evidence nmod:poss 6 evidence evidence NOUN Number=Sing 4 overstate obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 overstate punct
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1 not overstate speech: other should Writers Writers's evidence vn overstate-37.12 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Theme 2 evidence Writers = writer nom evidence «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
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