portray Who acts: painter, book, actor · What happens: portray, be, draw, photograph · To what, where: someone, them, story, something, words, queen
«portray» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: portray in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To portray someone is to paint, draw or photograph them.
mark advcl obj cop mark punct conj cc conj obj punct root To PART portray VERB someone PRON is AUX to PART paint VERB , PUNCT draw VERB or CCONJ photograph VERB them PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 portray mark 2 portray portray VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 paint advcl 3 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 portray obj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 paint cop 5 to to PART _ 6 paint mark 6 paint paint VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 draw punct 8 draw draw VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 6 paint conj 9 or or CCONJ _ 10 photograph cc 10 photograph photograph VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 6 paint conj 11 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 photograph obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 6 paint punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 portray to-infinitive someone vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent someone=Theme 2 is present paint property tree rules 3 draw infinitive vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 photograph infinitive them = they vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 To portray someone is to show them in a story or on stage as a certain kind of person.
The tree, 19 words mark advcl obj cop mark obj case det obl cc case conj case det amod obl case nmod punct root To PART portray VERB someone PRON is AUX to PART show VERB them PRON in ADP a DET story NOUN or CCONJ on ADP stage NOUN as ADP a DET certain ADJ kind NOUN of ADP person NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 portray mark 2 portray portray VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 show advcl 3 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 portray obj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 show cop 5 to to PART _ 6 show mark 6 show show VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 7 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 show obj 8 in in ADP _ 10 story case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 story det 10 story story NOUN Number=Sing 6 show obl 11 or or CCONJ _ 13 stage cc 12 on on ADP _ 13 stage case 13 stage stage NOUN Number=Sing 10 story conj 14 as as ADP _ 17 kind case 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 17 kind det 16 certain certain ADJ Degree=Pos 17 kind amod 17 kind kind NOUN Number=Sing 6 show obl 18 of of ADP _ 19 person case 19 person person NOUN Number=Sing 17 kind nmod 20 . . PUNCT _ 6 show punct
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1 portray to-infinitive someone vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent someone=Theme 2 is present a story or stage as a certain kind of person; show property tree rules
Meaning 3 To portray something is to describe it in words.
mark advcl obj cop mark obj case obl punct root To PART portray VERB something PRON is AUX to PART describe VERB it PRON in ADP words NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 portray mark 2 portray portray VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 describe advcl 3 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 portray obj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 describe cop 5 to to PART _ 6 describe mark 6 describe describe VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 describe obj 8 in in ADP _ 9 words case 9 words word NOUN Number=Plur 6 describe obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 describe punct
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1 portray to-infinitive something vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent something=Theme 2 is present words describe property tree rules
Example 1 The painter portrayed the queen in gold and blue.
det nsubj det obj case nmod cc conj punct root The DET painter NOUN portrayed VERB the DET queen NOUN in ADP gold NOUN and CCONJ blue ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 painter det 2 painter painter NOUN Number=Sing 3 portrayed nsubj 3 portrayed portray VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 queen det 5 queen queen NOUN Number=Sing 3 portrayed obj 6 in in ADP _ 7 gold case 7 gold gold NOUN Number=Sing 5 queen nmod 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 blue cc 9 blue blue ADJ Degree=Pos 7 gold conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 portrayed punct
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1 portray past the painter the queen gold vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent queen=Theme
Example 2 The book portrays the sea as cruel.
det nsubj det obj case obl punct root The DET book NOUN portrays VERB the DET sea NOUN as ADP cruel ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 book det 2 book book NOUN Number=Sing 3 portrays nsubj 3 portrays portray VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 sea det 5 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 3 portrays obj 6 as as ADP _ 7 cruel case 7 cruel cruel ADJ Degree=Pos 3 portrays obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 portrays punct
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1 portray present the book the sea as cruel vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sea=Theme as cruel=Attribute
Example 3 The actor portrays the wicked king on stage.
det nsubj det amod obj case nmod punct root The DET actor NOUN portrays VERB the DET wicked ADJ king NOUN on ADP stage NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 actor det 2 actor actor NOUN Number=Sing 3 portrays nsubj 3 portrays portray VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 king det 5 wicked wicked ADJ Degree=Pos 6 king amod 6 king king NOUN Number=Sing 3 portrays obj 7 on on ADP _ 8 stage case 8 stage stage NOUN Number=Sing 6 king nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 portrays punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 portray present the actor the wicked king stage vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent king=Theme
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