sagacious
Who acts: sagacious owl, Athene, sagacious dog · What happens: judge, understand, be, give, find · To what, where: good advice, way · Speech: someone speaks here
«sagacious» 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: sagacious in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Wise and clever, able to judge well and understand what is best.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 clever | cc |
| 3 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Wise | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 able | punct |
| 5 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Wise | conj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 judge | mark |
| 7 | judge | judge | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 able | xcomp |
| 8 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 judge | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 understand | cc |
| 10 | understand | understand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 judge | conj |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 13 best | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 best | cop |
| 13 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 understand | ccomp |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wise | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | judge | to-infinitive | well property | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | understand | infinitive | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | good property | tree rules |
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 sagacious owl gave good advice.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 owl | det |
| 2 | sagacious | sagacious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 owl | amod |
| 3 | owl | owl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 advice | amod |
| 6 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the sagacious owl | good advice | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme |
Example 2
Athene was the most sagacious of her father's counsellors.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Athene | Athene | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 sagacious | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sagacious | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sagacious | det |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 sagacious | advmod |
| 5 | sagacious | sagacious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 counsellors | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 father | nmod:poss |
| 8 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 counsellors | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 father | case |
| 10 | counsellors | counsellor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sagacious | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sagacious | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Athene | of Athene's father's counsellors; sagacious property | tree rules |
Example 3
The sagacious dog found its way home.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dog | det |
| 2 | sagacious | sagacious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 dog | amod |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 found | nsubj |
| 4 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 way | nmod:poss |
| 6 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 found | obj |
| 7 | home | home | ADV | _ | 6 way | advmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 found | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | the sagacious dog | dog's way | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |
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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