supercilious

Who acts: Supercilious, others, tall Rocket, you · What happens: mean, look down, not be, notice, look, do

«supercilious» 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: supercilious in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Supercilious means proud and looking down on others, as if they were not worth noticing.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Supercilious	Supercilious	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 looking	cc
5	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	conj
6	down	down	ADV	_	5 looking	advmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 others	case
8	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 looking	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 noticing	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 noticing	mark
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 worth	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 worth	nsubj
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 worth	cop
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 worth	advmod
15	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 noticing	advcl
16	noticing	notice	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 looking	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Supercilious	proud property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	look down	gerund	Supercilious not said here	on others; down property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on other=Theme
3	not is a condition, not said to happen	past	others = other	worth property	tree rules
4	notice	gerund	Supercilious not said here		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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 tall Rocket looked supercilious.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Rocket	det
2	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Rocket	amod
3	Rocket	rocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looked	nsubj
4	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	supercilious	supercilious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 looked	xcomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the tall Rocket					supercilious property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 2

Don't be so supercilious with your friends.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 supercilious	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 supercilious	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 supercilious	advmod
5	supercilious	supercilious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Do	ccomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 friends	case
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 friends	nmod:poss
8	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 supercilious	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is	infinitive	you not said here					with your friends; supercilious property	tree rules

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