pompous

Who acts: Toad, He, you, pompous butler, King · What happens: act, use, show off, make, be, talk · To what, where: grand words, pompous speech, pompous mayor, pompous style, nose, pompous announcement

«pompous» 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: pompous in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Acting too important and too serious, using grand words to show off.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Acting	act	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	too	too	ADV	_	3 important	advmod
3	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Acting	ccomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 serious	cc
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 serious	advmod
6	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 important	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 using	punct
8	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Acting	conj
9	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 words	amod
10	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 using	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 show	mark
12	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 using	advcl
13	off	off	ADP	_	12 show	compound:prt
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Acting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	act	gerund		vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	use	gerund	grand words	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient
3	show off	to-infinitive		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: of speech or writing — kept apart, not parsed.

Full of big, showy words.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	6 words	case
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 words	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 big	punct
5	showy	showy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 words	amod
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Full	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Full	punct

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

Example 1

Toad made a pompous speech about how clever he was.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 speech	det
4	pompous	pompous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 speech	amod
5	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
6	about	about	SCONJ	_	8 clever	mark
7	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 clever	advmod
8	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 speech	nmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 clever	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 clever	cop
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	Toad	a pompous speech					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Product
2	is	past	Toad					clever property	tree rules

Example 2

The pompous mayor talked for an hour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mayor	det
2	pompous	pompous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mayor	amod
3	mayor	mayor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	talked	talk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 mayor	acl
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 hour	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hour	det
7	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 talked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mayor	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	participle		the pompous mayor not said here			hour		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

He wrote in a pompous style full of long words.

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 wrote	nsubj
2	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 style	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 style	det
5	pompous	pompous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 style	amod
6	style	style	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrote	obl
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 style	amod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 words	case
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 words	amod
10	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 full	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wrote	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past	He			a pompous style			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in style=Destination

Example 4

Don't be so pompous!

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 pompous	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 pompous	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 pompous	advmod
5	pompous	pompous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Do	advcl
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	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					pompous property	tree rules

Example 5

The pompous butler looked down his nose at us.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 butler	det
2	pompous	pompous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 butler	amod
3	butler	butler	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looked	nsubj
4	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 looked	compound:prt
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 nose	nmod:poss
7	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looked	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 us	case
9	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 looked	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look down	past	the pompous butler	butler's nose				at us	vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme nose=Attribute

Example 6

The King made a pompous announcement at the trial.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 announcement	det
5	pompous	pompous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 announcement	amod
6	announcement	announcement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 trial	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 trial	det
9	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the King	a pompous announcement		the trial			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent announcement=Product

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