pleasingly

Who acts: way, answer, garden, pattern, bath, picture · What happens: give, satisfy, come out, be, click · To what, where: pleasure, 100, place

«pleasingly» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: pleasingly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In a way that gives pleasure, satisfaction or a good feeling.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 way	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 way	det
3	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 gives	nsubj
5	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 way	acl:relcl
6	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gives	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 satisfaction	punct
8	satisfaction	satisfaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pleasure	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 feeling	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 feeling	det
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 feeling	amod
12	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pleasure	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	a way	pleasure and satisfaction or a good feeling					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Theme

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

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

Pleasantly, nicely, to a satisfying degree: pleasingly warm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pleasantly	pleasantly	ADV	_	3 nicely	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Pleasantly	punct
3	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	8 degree	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 nicely	punct
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 degree	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 degree	det
7	satisfying	satisfy	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 degree	amod
8	degree	degree	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 degree	punct
10	pleasingly	pleasingly	ADV	_	11 warm	advmod
11	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 degree	amod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 degree	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	satisfy	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Example 1

The answer came out pleasingly neat: exactly 100.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 answer	det
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADV	_	3 came	advmod
5	pleasingly	pleasingly	ADV	_	6 neat	advmod
6	neat	neat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 came	xcomp
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 100	punct
8	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	9 100	advmod
9	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 came	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come out	past	the answer	100				neat, out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

Example 2

The garden was pleasingly quiet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 garden	det
2	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 quiet	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 quiet	cop
4	pleasingly	pleasingly	ADV	_	5 quiet	advmod
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 quiet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the garden					pleasingly, quiet property	tree rules

Example 3

The pattern is pleasingly symmetrical.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pattern	det
2	pattern	pattern	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 symmetrical	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 symmetrical	cop
4	pleasingly	pleasingly	ADV	_	5 symmetrical	advmod
5	symmetrical	symmetrical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 symmetrical	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the pattern					pleasingly, symmetrical property	tree rules

Example 4

The bath was pleasingly warm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bath	det
2	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 warm	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 warm	cop
4	pleasingly	pleasingly	ADV	_	5 warm	advmod
5	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 warm	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the bath					pleasingly, warm property	tree rules

Example 5

Her picture was pleasingly bright and colourful.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 picture	nmod:poss
2	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bright	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bright	cop
4	pleasingly	pleasingly	ADV	_	5 bright	advmod
5	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 colourful	cc
7	colourful	colourful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bright	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 bright	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her picture					bright, pleasingly property	tree rules
2	be		Her picture not said here						tree rules

Example 6

The test results were pleasingly good.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 results	det
2	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 results	compound
3	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 good	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 good	cop
5	pleasingly	pleasingly	ADV	_	6 good	advmod
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 good	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the test results					good, pleasingly property	tree rules

Example 7

The puzzle pieces clicked pleasingly into place.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pieces	det
2	puzzle	puzzle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pieces	compound
3	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 clicked	nsubj
4	clicked	click	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	pleasingly	pleasingly	ADV	_	4 clicked	advmod
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 place	case
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clicked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 clicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	click	past	the puzzle pieces			place		pleasingly property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent into place=Recipient

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