overstated Who acts: it, way, danger, He, importance, advert · What happens: say, be, exaggerate, make, seem, overstate · To what, where: something, way, danger, many goals, hands, importance · Speech: someone speaks here
«overstated» 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: overstated in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Said to be bigger, more important or worse than it really is; exaggerated.
The tree, 13 words mark cop ccomp punct advmod conj cc conj mark nsubj advmod advcl punct conj punct root Said VERB to PART be AUX bigger ADJ , PUNCT more ADV important ADJ or CCONJ worse ADJ than SCONJ it PRON really ADV is VERB ; PUNCT exaggerated VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Said say VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 2 to to PART _ 4 bigger mark 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 bigger cop 4 bigger big ADJ Degree=Cmp 1 Said ccomp 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 important punct 6 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 7 important advmod 7 important important ADJ Degree=Pos 4 bigger conj 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 worse cc 9 worse bad ADJ Degree=Cmp 7 important conj 10 than than SCONJ _ 13 is mark 11 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 is nsubj 12 really really ADV _ 13 is advmod 13 is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 worse advcl 14 ; ; PUNCT _ 15 exaggerated punct 15 exaggerated exaggerate VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Said conj 16 . . PUNCT _ 1 Said punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert participle vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is to-infinitive big property tree rules 3 be tree rules 4 be present it vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 5 exaggerate participle 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.
Meaning 2 verb.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 verb verb NOUN Number=Sing root root 2 . . PUNCT _ 1 verb punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:
Said something in a way that made it seem bigger or more important than it truly was.
The tree, 17 words obj case det obl nsubj acl:relcl nsubj ccomp xcomp cc conj conj mark nsubj advmod advcl punct root Said VERB something PRON in ADP a DET way NOUN that PRON made VERB it PRON seem VERB bigger ADJ or CCONJ more ADJ important ADJ than SCONJ it PRON truly ADV was VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 2 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 1 Said obj 3 in in ADP _ 5 way case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 way det 5 way way NOUN Number=Sing 1 Said obl 6 that that PRON PronType=Rel 7 made nsubj 7 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 way acl:relcl 8 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 seem nsubj 9 seem seem VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Said ccomp 10 bigger big ADJ Degree=Cmp 9 seem xcomp 11 or or CCONJ _ 12 more cc 12 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 10 bigger conj 13 important important ADJ Degree=Pos 10 bigger conj 14 than than SCONJ _ 17 was mark 15 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 17 was nsubj 16 truly truly ADV _ 17 was advmod 17 was be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 13 important advcl 18 . . PUNCT _ 1 Said punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert past something a way tree rules 2 make past a way vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset 3 seem infinitive it big property vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme 4 be past way truly property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 1 The danger from the spider was overstated; it is harmless.
det nsubj:pass case det nmod aux:pass punct nsubj cop conj punct root The DET danger NOUN from ADP the DET spider NOUN was AUX overstated VERB ; PUNCT it PRON is AUX harmless ADJ . 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 7 overstated nsubj:pass 3 from from ADP _ 5 spider case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 spider det 5 spider spider NOUN Number=Sing 2 danger nmod 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 overstated aux:pass 7 overstated overstate VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 8 ; ; PUNCT _ 11 harmless punct 9 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 harmless nsubj 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 harmless cop 11 harmless harmless ADJ Degree=Pos 7 overstated conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 7 overstated punct
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1 overstate speech: other past · passive the danger from the spider vn overstate-37.12 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme 2 is present danger harmless property tree rules
Example 2 He overstated how many goals he scored.
nsubj advmod amod obj nsubj acl:relcl punct root He PRON overstated VERB how ADV many ADJ goals NOUN he PRON scored VERB . 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 how how ADV PronType=Int 4 many advmod 4 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 5 goals amod 5 goals goal NOUN Number=Plur 2 overstated obj 6 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 scored nsubj 7 scored score VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 goals acl:relcl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 overstated punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 overstate speech: other past He many goals vn overstate-37.12 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goal=Theme 2 score past he many goals not said here vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goal=Theme
Example 3 The importance of washing your hands cannot be overstated.
det nsubj:pass mark acl nmod:poss obj aux advmod aux:pass punct root The DET importance NOUN of SCONJ washing VERB your PRON hands NOUN can AUX not PART be AUX overstated VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 importance det 2 importance importance NOUN Number=Sing 10 overstated nsubj:pass 3 of of SCONJ _ 4 washing mark 4 washing wash VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 importance acl 5 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 hands nmod:poss 6 hands hand NOUN Number=Plur 4 washing obj 7 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 10 overstated aux 8 not not PART Polarity=Neg 10 overstated advmod 9 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 10 overstated aux:pass 10 overstated overstate VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 11 . . PUNCT _ 10 overstated punct
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1 wash gerund the importance not said here your hands vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient 2 not overstate speech: other can · passive the importance vn overstate-37.12 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
Example 4 The advert overstated how fast the toy car could go.
det nsubj advmod advmod det compound nsubj aux ccomp punct root The DET advert NOUN overstated VERB how ADV fast ADV the DET toy NOUN car NOUN could AUX go 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 how how ADV PronType=Int 5 fast advmod 5 fast fast ADV Degree=Pos 3 overstated advmod 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 car det 7 toy toy NOUN Number=Sing 8 car compound 8 car car NOUN Number=Sing 10 go nsubj 9 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 10 go aux 10 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 fast ccomp 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 overstated punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 overstate speech: other past the advert fast property vn overstate-37.12 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 go could the toy car vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 5 Reports of the storm damage were overstated.
nsubj:pass case det compound nmod aux:pass punct root Reports NOUN of ADP the DET storm NOUN damage NOUN were AUX overstated VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Reports report NOUN Number=Plur 7 overstated nsubj:pass 2 of of ADP _ 5 damage case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 damage det 4 storm storm NOUN Number=Sing 5 damage compound 5 damage damage NOUN Number=Sing 1 Reports nmod 6 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 overstated aux:pass 7 overstated overstate VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 overstated punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 overstate speech: other past · passive Reports of the storm damage vn overstate-37.12 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme 2 report the storm damage nom report «communication transitive»: of=patient
Example 6 She admitted she had overstated the problem.
nsubj nsubj:pass aux ccomp det obj punct root She PRON admitted VERB she PRON had AUX overstated VERB the DET problem NOUN . PUNCT 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 admitted nsubj 2 admitted admit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 overstated nsubj:pass 4 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 overstated aux 5 overstated overstate VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 admitted ccomp 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 problem det 7 problem problem NOUN Number=Sing 5 overstated obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 admitted punct
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1 admit speech: other past She vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 overstate speech: other past · perfect · passive she tree rules
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