roguish
Who acts: Roguish, He, cat, two boys · What happens: mean, give, have, be · To what, where: playful little naughty, roguish grin, roguish look
«roguish» 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: roguish in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Roguish means playful and a little naughty or sly, as in a cheeky smile or a twinkle in the eye.
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roguish | roguish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | playful | playful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 naughty | amod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 naughty | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 naughty | det |
| 6 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 naughty | amod |
| 7 | naughty | naughty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obj |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 sly | cc |
| 9 | sly | sly | ADV | _ | 7 naughty | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 smile | punct |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 15 smile | case |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 smile | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 smile | det |
| 14 | cheeky | cheeky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 smile | amod |
| 15 | smile | smile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 naughty | conj |
| 16 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 18 twinkle | cc |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 twinkle | det |
| 18 | twinkle | twinkle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 smile | conj |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 eye | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 eye | det |
| 21 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 twinkle | nmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Roguish | a playful little naughty and a cheeky smile or a twinkle in the eye | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent naughty=Topic |
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
He gave a roguish grin.
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 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 grin | det |
| 4 | roguish | roguish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 grin | amod |
| 5 | grin | grin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | He | a roguish grin | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grin=Theme |
Example 2
The cat had a roguish look.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cat | det |
| 2 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 look | det |
| 5 | roguish | roguish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 look | amod |
| 6 | look | look | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the cat | a roguish look | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Patient |
Example 3
The two boys were bold and roguish.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 boys | det |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 boys | nummod |
| 3 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 bold | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 bold | cop |
| 5 | bold | bold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 roguish | cc |
| 7 | roguish | roguish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bold | conj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 bold | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the two boys | bold property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the two boys not said here | tree rules |
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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