patronizing

Who acts: Patronizing, talk, you, I, She, giant · What happens: describe, treat, be, do, not be, give · To what, where: talk, someone, it, patronizing smile, him, patronizing voice · Speech: someone speaks here

«patronizing» 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: patronizing in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Patronizing describes talk or manners that treat someone as if they are less clever or less important, in a kind but proud way.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Patronizing	patronizing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 describes	nsubj
2	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 describes	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 manners	cc
5	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 talk	conj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 treat	nsubj
7	treat	treat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 talk	acl:relcl
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 treat	obj
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 clever	mark
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 clever	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 clever	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 clever	cop
13	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	14 clever	advmod
14	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 treat	advcl
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 important	cc
16	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	17 important	advmod
17	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 clever	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 kind	punct
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 kind	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 kind	det
21	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 clever	parataxis
22	but	but	CCONJ	_	24 way	cc
23	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 way	amod
24	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 kind	conj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	describe	present	Patronizing	talk or manners			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent talk=Theme
2	treat	present	talk or manners		someone		vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient
3	is	present	talk			clever, less property	tree rules
4	be		talk not said here			less property	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 be so patronizing; I can do it myself.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 patronizing	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 patronizing	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 patronizing	advmod
5	patronizing	patronize	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Do	advcl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 do	punct
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 do	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 do	aux
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Do	parataxis
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 do	obj
11	myself	myself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	9 do	obl:unmarked
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is	infinitive	you not said here		patronize property	tree rules
3	do	can	I	it	myself obl:unmarked	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Example 2

She gave him a patronizing smile.

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 smile	det
5	patronizing	patronize	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 smile	amod
6	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	She	a patronizing smile	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient smile=Theme
2	patronize	gerund							vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Example 3

The giant spoke in a patronizing voice to the children.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 giant	det
2	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 spoke	nsubj
3	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 voice	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 voice	det
6	patronizing	patronize	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 voice	amod
7	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoke	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 children	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 children	det
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 spoke	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	the giant			a patronizing voice		to the children	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to child=Co-Agent
2	patronize	gerund							vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

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