tact

Who acts: Tact skill, Tact, quick cleverness, She, He · What happens: be, say, do, upset, deal, show · To what, where: Tact skill, right thing, people, quick cleverness, tact, bad news · Speech: someone speaks here

«tact» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: tact in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Tact is skill in saying or doing the right thing without upsetting people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tact	tact	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 skill	compound
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 skill	cop
3	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	SCONJ	_	5 saying	mark
5	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 skill	acl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 doing	cc
7	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 saying	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 thing	det
9	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 thing	amod
10	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 doing	obj
11	without	without	SCONJ	_	12 upsetting	mark
12	upsetting	upset	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 doing	advcl
13	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 upsetting	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 skill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present		Tact skill	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	gerund	Tact skill not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	do	gerund	Tact skill not said here	the right thing	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality
4	upset	gerund	Tact skill not said here	people	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=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.

Meaning 2

Tact is quick cleverness in dealing with a person or a difficult job.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tact	tact	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cleverness	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cleverness	cop
3	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cleverness	amod
4	cleverness	cleverness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	SCONJ	_	6 dealing	mark
6	dealing	deal	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 cleverness	acl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 person	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dealing	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 job	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 job	det
12	difficult	difficult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 job	amod
13	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 person	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cleverness	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Tact	quick cleverness					tree rules
2	deal	gerund	quick cleverness not said here					with a person or a difficult job	vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with person=Theme

Example 1

She showed tact when she told him the bad news.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 showed	nsubj
2	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tact	tact	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 showed	obj
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 told	advmod
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 told	nsubj
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 showed	advcl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 told	iobj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 news	det
9	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 news	amod
10	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 showed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	She	tact					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tact=Recipient
2	tell speech: assert	past	she	the bad news	him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient news=Topic

Example 2

He used tact to calm the angry neighbour.

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 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tact	tact	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 calm	mark
5	calm	calm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 neighbour	det
7	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 neighbour	amod
8	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 calm	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	He	tact					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tact=Patient
2	calm	to-infinitive	He not said here	the angry neighbour					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus neighbour=Experiencer

Example 3

With his usual tact, he persuaded the hero to come back.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	4 tact	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 tact	nmod:poss
3	usual	usual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tact	amod
4	tact	tact	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 persuaded	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tact	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 persuaded	nsubj
7	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hero	det
9	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 persuaded	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 come	mark
11	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 persuaded	advcl
12	back	back	ADV	_	11 come	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 persuaded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	persuade	past	he	the hero				with his usual tact	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hero=Patient
2	come back	to-infinitive	he not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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