politic

Who acts: one, They, Little Klaus, that, It, king · What happens: do, get on, avoid, be, say, speak · To what, where: trouble, politic race, politic, nothing · Speech: someone speaks here

«politic» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: politic in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Wise and careful in what one does, so as to get on well and avoid trouble.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 careful	cc
3	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Wise	conj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 what	case
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 careful	obl
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 does	nsubj
7	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 what	acl:relcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 get	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 get	advmod
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 get	mark
11	to	to	PART	_	12 get	mark
12	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Wise	parataxis
13	on	on	ADV	_	12 get	advmod
14	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 get	advmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 avoid	cc
16	avoid	avoid	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 get	conj
17	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 avoid	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Wise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	present	one			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get on	to-infinitive			well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	avoid	infinitive		trouble		vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent trouble=Location

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

Clever in a sly way, sometimes a little unfair.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clever	Clever	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 way	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 way	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	sly	sly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 unfair	punct
7	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 unfair	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 little	det
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 unfair	obl:unmarked
10	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	parataxis
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

They were a very politic race.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 race	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 race	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 race	det
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 politic	advmod
5	politic	politic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 race	amod
6	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 race	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	They	a politic race					tree rules

Example 2

'Oh!' said Little Klaus, 'that was just so politic of me.'

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
2	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Oh	punct
4	'	'	PUNCT	_	2 Oh	punct
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Little	Little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Klaus	amod
7	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
9	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 politic	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 politic	cop
12	just	just	ADV	_	14 politic	advmod
13	so	so	ADV	_	14 politic	advmod
14	politic	politic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	ccomp
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 me	case
16	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 politic	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 politic	punct
18	'	'	PUNCT	_	14 politic	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Little Klaus						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	that	politic				of me	tree rules

Example 3

It was politic to say nothing until the king had spoken.

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 politic	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 politic	cop
3	politic	politic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 say	mark
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 politic	xcomp
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 say	obj
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 spoken	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 spoken	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 spoken	aux
11	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 say	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 politic	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	It		politic property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive		nothing		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
3	speak speech: other	past · perfect	the king			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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