proverbial

Who acts: Proverbial, people, thing, fox, noisy class, beauty · What happens: mean, know, mention, be, sort, have · To what, where: thing, saying, proverbial cunning, proverbial patience · Speech: someone speaks here

«proverbial» 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: proverbial in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Proverbial means well known, the sort of thing people always mention, as if it were a saying or proverb.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Proverbial	proverbial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 known	advmod
4	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sort	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sort	det
7	sort	sort	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 thing	case
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sort	nmod
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 mention	nsubj
11	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	12 mention	advmod
12	mention	mention	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 thing	acl:relcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 saying	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 saying	mark
15	if	if	SCONJ	_	19 saying	mark
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 saying	nsubj
17	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 saying	cop
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 saying	det
19	saying	saying	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mention	parataxis
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 proverb	cc
21	proverb	proverb	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 saying	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Proverbial			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	know	participle			well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	mention speech: other	present	people	thing not said here	always property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
4	is a a condition, not said to happen	past	thing	a saying or proverb		tree rules
5	sort			thing		nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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 fox has a proverbial cunning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cunning	det
5	proverbial	proverbial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cunning	amod
6	cunning	cunning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the fox	a proverbial cunning					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cunning=Patient

Example 2

Her proverbial patience was tested by the noisy class.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 patience	nmod:poss
2	proverbial	proverbial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 patience	amod
3	patience	patience	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tested	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 tested	aux:pass
5	tested	test	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 class	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 class	det
8	noisy	noisy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 class	amod
9	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tested	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 tested	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	past · passive	the noisy class	Her proverbial patience					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Example 3

His beauty became proverbial in the land.

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	2 beauty	nmod:poss
2	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	nsubj
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	proverbial	proverbial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 became	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 land	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 land	det
7	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 proverbial	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	His beauty					proverbial property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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