stately
Who acts: stately castle, swans, old lady, pigs · What happens: mean, stand, glide in, sit, move · To what, where: grand, hill, fashion, lake, chair, stately rows
«stately» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: stately in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Stately means grand, dignified and impressive, and often slow and calm in movement or appearance.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stately | stately | ADV | _ | 2 means | advmod |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 dignified | punct |
| 5 | dignified | dignified | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 grand | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 impressive | cc |
| 7 | impressive | impressive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 grand | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 slow | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 slow | cc |
| 10 | often | often | ADV | _ | 11 slow | advmod |
| 11 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | conj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 calm | cc |
| 13 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 slow | conj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 movement | case |
| 15 | movement | movement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 slow | obl |
| 16 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 appearance | cc |
| 17 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 movement | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | grand | stately property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grand=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
The stately castle stood on the hill.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 castle | det |
| 2 | stately | stately | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 castle | amod |
| 3 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stood | nsubj |
| 4 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 hill | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hill | det |
| 7 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stood | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 stood | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | the stately castle | the hill | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on hill=Location |
Example 2
The swans glided across the lake in stately fashion.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 swans | det |
| 2 | swans | swan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 glided | nsubj |
| 3 | glided | glide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | across | across | ADP | _ | 6 lake | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lake | det |
| 6 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 glided | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 glided | compound:prt |
| 8 | stately | stately | ADV | _ | 9 fashion | advmod |
| 9 | fashion | fashion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 glided | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 glided | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glide in | past | the swans | fashion | the lake | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across lake=Trajectory |
Example 3
A stately old lady sat in the chair.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 lady | det |
| 2 | stately | stately | ADV | _ | 3 old | advmod |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 lady | amod |
| 4 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sat | nsubj |
| 5 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 chair | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 chair | det |
| 8 | chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sat | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | past | a old lady | the chair | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chair=Location |
Example 4
The pigs moved in stately rows across the yard.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pigs | det |
| 2 | pigs | pig | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 moved | nsubj |
| 3 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 rows | case |
| 5 | stately | stately | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 rows | amod |
| 6 | rows | row | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 moved | obl |
| 7 | across | across | ADP | _ | 9 yard | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 yard | det |
| 9 | yard | yard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moved | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 moved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | past | the pigs | stately rows | across the yard | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme in row=Source across yard=Trajectory |
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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