placid
Who acts: old horse, baby, Cows, river, He · What happens: be, placi, graze, flow, have, not shout · To what, where: lake, meadow, placid nature
«placid» 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: placid in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Calm, peaceful and not easily upset or excited: «a placid horse».
The tree, 11 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 horse | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 peaceful | punct |
| 3 | peaceful | peaceful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Calm | conj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 upset | cc |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 upset | advmod |
| 6 | easily | easily | ADV | _ | 7 upset | advmod |
| 7 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Calm | conj |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 excited | cc |
| 9 | excited | excited | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 upset | conj |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 horse | punct |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 14 horse | punct |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 horse | det |
| 13 | placid | placid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 horse | amod |
| 14 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 horse | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 horse | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 2
Usage: of water — kept apart, not parsed.
Still and smooth: «a placid lake».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Still | still | ADV | _ | 3 smooth | advmod |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 smooth | cc |
| 3 | smooth | smooth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 lake | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 lake | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 lake | det |
| 7 | placid | placid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 lake | amod |
| 8 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 smooth | parataxis |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 lake | punct |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 smooth | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
The old horse was placid and gentle.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 horse | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 horse | amod |
| 3 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 placid | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 placid | cop |
| 5 | placid | placid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 gentle | cc |
| 7 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 placid | conj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 placid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the old horse | placid property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the old horse not said here | tree rules |
Example 2
The lake was placid in the early morning.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lake | det |
| 2 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 placid | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 placid | aux:pass |
| 4 | placid | placi | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 morning | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 morning | det |
| 7 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 morning | amod |
| 8 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 placid | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 placid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | placi | past · passive | the lake | morning | tree rules |
Example 3
Our baby is very placid.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 baby | nmod:poss |
| 2 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 placid | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 placid | cop |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 placid | advmod |
| 5 | placid | placid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 placid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Our baby | placid property | tree rules |
Example 4
Cows grazed placidly in the meadow.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cows | cow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grazed | nsubj |
| 2 | grazed | graze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | placidly | placidly | ADV | _ | 2 grazed | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 meadow | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 meadow | det |
| 6 | meadow | meadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grazed | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 grazed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | graze | past | Cows | the meadow | placidly property | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 5
The river flowed placid and slow.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 river | det |
| 2 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 flowed | nsubj |
| 3 | flowed | flow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | placid | placid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 flowed | xcomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 slow | cc |
| 6 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 placid | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 flowed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flow | past | the river | placid property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 6
He has a placid nature and never shouts.
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 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 nature | det |
| 4 | placid | placid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 nature | amod |
| 5 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 shouts | cc |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 shouts | advmod |
| 8 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 has | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | He | a placid nature | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not shout speech: express | present | He not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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