portrayed

Who acts: way, past form, painting · What happens: portray, mean, paint, draw, describe, be · To what, where: certain way, past form, wizard, horse, green field, witch · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

Portrayed means was painted, drawn or described in a certain way; it is the past form of portray.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Portrayed	portray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 painted	aux:pass
4	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 drawn	punct
6	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 painted	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 described	cc
8	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 drawn	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 way	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 way	det
11	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 way	amod
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 described	obl
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 form	punct
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 form	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 form	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 form	det
17	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 form	amod
18	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
19	of	of	SCONJ	_	20 portray	mark
20	portray	portray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 form	acl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	portray	past				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	paint	past · passive				vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»
4	draw	participle				vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	describe	participle			a certain way	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
6	is a	present	way	the past form		tree rules
7	portray	infinitive	the past form not said here			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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.

Example 1

The wizard is portrayed as wise and kind.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wizard	det
2	wizard	wizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 portrayed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 portrayed	aux:pass
4	portrayed	portray	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 wise	case
6	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 portrayed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 kind	cc
8	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wise	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 portrayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	portray	present · passive		the wizard				as wise	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as wise=Attribute

Example 2

The painting portrayed a horse in a green field.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 painting	det
2	painting	painting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 portrayed	nsubj
3	portrayed	portray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 horse	det
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 portrayed	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 field	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 field	det
8	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 field	amod
9	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 portrayed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 portrayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	portray	past	the painting	a horse		a green field			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent horse=Theme

Example 3

In the tale the witch is portrayed as cruel.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 tale	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tale	det
3	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 portrayed	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 witch	det
5	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 portrayed	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 portrayed	aux:pass
7	portrayed	portray	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	as	as	ADP	_	9 cruel	case
9	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 portrayed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 portrayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	portray	present · passive		the witch		the tale		as cruel	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as cruel=Attribute

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