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portly

Who acts: portly gentleman, portly innkeeper, portly mayor, portly cook, broad portly person, person · What happens: sit, laugh, show, puff up, love, hide · To what, where: armchair, joke, Father Christmas, stairs, own cakes, slender lovely Babette

«portly» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: portly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: of a person, usually an older man — kept apart, not parsed.

Rather fat, with a large round body; a polite or old-fashioned word.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rather	rather	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fat	det
2	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 body	punct
4	with	with	ADP	_	8 body	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 body	det
6	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 body	amod
7	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 body	amod
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fat	conj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 word	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 word	det
11	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 word	amod
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 fashioned	cc
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 fashioned	amod
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 old	punct
15	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 polite	conj
16	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fat	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fat	punct

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

Example 1

A portly gentleman sat in the armchair.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 gentleman	det
2	portly	portly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gentleman	amod
3	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sat	nsubj
4	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 armchair	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 armchair	det
7	armchair	armchair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sat	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	a portly gentleman			the armchair			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in armchair=Location

Example 2

The portly innkeeper laughed at the joke.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 innkeeper	det
2	portly	portly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 innkeeper	amod
3	innkeeper	innkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughed	nsubj
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 joke	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 joke	det
7	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	the portly innkeeper			the joke			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Father Christmas is often shown as portly and jolly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Father	Father	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Christmas	flat
2	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 shown	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shown	aux:pass
4	often	often	ADV	_	5 shown	advmod
5	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 portly	case
7	portly	portly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shown	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 jolly	cc
9	jolly	jolly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 portly	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 shown	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · passive		Father Christmas				as portly; often property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Example 4

The portly mayor puffed up the stairs.

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	portly	portly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mayor	amod
3	mayor	mayor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	puffed	puff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 mayor	acl
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 puffed	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stairs	det
7	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 puffed	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mayor	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	puff up	participle	the portly mayor not said here	the stairs					vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stair=Source

Example 5

The story's portly cook loved her own cakes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 story	det
2	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cook	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 story	case
4	portly	portly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cook	amod
5	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 loved	nsubj
6	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 cakes	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cakes	amod
9	cakes	cake	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 loved	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 loved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	past	the story's portly cook	cook's own cakes					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cake=Stimulus

Example 6

His broad, portly person, hid the slender, lovely Babette; but she came forward and glanced at him with her bright, dark eyes.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 person	nmod:poss
2	broad	broad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct
4	portly	portly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	amod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hid	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct
7	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Babette	det
9	slender	slender	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Babette	amod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Babette	punct
11	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Babette	amod
12	Babette	Babette	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 hid	obj
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 came	punct
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 came	cc
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 came	nsubj
16	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 hid	parataxis
17	forward	forward	ADV	_	16 came	advmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 glanced	cc
19	glanced	glance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 came	conj
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 him	case
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 glanced	obl
22	with	with	ADP	_	27 eyes	case
23	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 eyes	nmod:poss
24	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 eyes	amod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 eyes	punct
26	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 eyes	amod
27	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 glanced	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 hid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	His broad portly person	the slender lovely Babette					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent babette=Patient
2	come forward	past	person					forward property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	glance	past	person not said here					at him = he; with person's bright dark eyes	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme

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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