sententiously

Who acts: way, weather, Uncle Remus, Patience, he · What happens: mean, speak, sound, give, change, say · To what, where: heavy sounding words, lesson, best cure · Speech: someone speaks here

«sententiously» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: sententiously in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Sententiously means in a way that speaks in heavy, wise-sounding words, as if giving a lesson.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sententiously	sententiously	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 way	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 way	det
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 speaks	nsubj
7	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	acl:relcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	14 words	case
9	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 words	amod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 heavy	punct
11	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sounding	amod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 wise	punct
13	sounding	sound	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 words	amod
14	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 speaks	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 giving	punct
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 giving	mark
17	if	if	SCONJ	_	18 giving	mark
18	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	advcl
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 lesson	det
20	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 giving	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present				in a way; sententiously property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute
2	speak speech: other	present	a way		heavy sounding words		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	sound	gerund					vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
4	give	gerund		a lesson			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=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.

Example 1

"The weather will change soon," said Uncle Remus sententiously.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 change	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 weather	det
3	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 change	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 change	aux
5	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 said	ccomp
6	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 change	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 change	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 change	punct
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Remus	compound
11	Remus	Remus	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
12	sententiously	sententiously	ADV	_	9 said	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change in a quote	future	the weather					soon property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	Uncle Remus					sententiously property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 2

"Patience is the best cure," he said sententiously.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 cure	punct
2	Patience	patience	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cure	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cure	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cure	det
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 cure	amod
6	cure	cure	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cure	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 cure	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	sententiously	sententiously	ADV	_	10 said	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	Patience	the best cure					tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	he					sententiously property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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