tameness

Who acts: Tameness, animal, Animals, we, Critics · What happens: be, use, mean, not be, surprise, eat · To what, where: tameness, us, hand

«tameness» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: tameness in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Tameness is being tame: when an animal is gentle, used to people and not afraid of them.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tameness	tameness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tame	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tame	cop
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 tame	cop
4	tame	tame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 gentle	punct
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 gentle	advmod
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 animal	det
8	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gentle	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 gentle	cop
10	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tame	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 used	punct
12	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 gentle	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 people	case
14	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 used	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 afraid	cc
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 afraid	advmod
17	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 people	conj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 them	case
19	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 afraid	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tame	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Tameness	tame property	tree rules
2	is	present	a animal	gentle property	tree rules
3	use	participle	a animal not said here	to people	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Tameness can mean being dull, mild or not exciting enough: the tameness of a boring film.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tameness	tameness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mean	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 dull	cop
5	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mean	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mild	punct
7	mild	mild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dull	conj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 exciting	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 exciting	advmod
10	exciting	exciting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dull	conj
11	enough	enough	ADV	_	10 exciting	advmod
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 tameness	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tameness	det
14	tameness	tameness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mean	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 film	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 film	det
17	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 film	amod
18	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tameness	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	can	Tameness	the tameness of a boring film		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is not said to happen	gerund	Tameness not said here		dull property	tree rules
3	be		Tameness not said here			tree rules
4	not be		Tameness not said here		enough property	tree rules

Example 1

The tameness of the robin surprised us — it ate from my hand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tameness	det
2	tameness	tameness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 surprised	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 robin	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 robin	det
5	robin	robin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tameness	nmod
6	surprised	surprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 surprised	obj
8	—	-	PUNCT	_	10 ate	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ate	nsubj
10	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 surprised	conj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 hand	case
12	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 hand	nmod:poss
13	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ate	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 surprised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surprise	past	the tameness of the robin	us					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus we=Experiencer
2	eat	past	tameness			my hand			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from hand=Source

Example 2

Animals on the Galápagos Islands are famous for their tameness.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 famous	nsubj
2	on	on	ADP	_	5 Islands	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Islands	det
4	Galápagos	Galápagos	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Islands	compound
5	Islands	Island	PROPN	Number=Plur	1 Animals	nmod
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 famous	cop
7	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 tameness	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 tameness	nmod:poss
10	tameness	tameness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 famous	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 famous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Animals on the Galápagos Islands					for Animals's tameness; famous property	tree rules

Example 3

The hamster's tameness grew as we handled it gently.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hamster	det
2	hamster	hamster	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tameness	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 hamster	case
4	tameness	tameness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grew	nsubj
5	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 handled	mark
7	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 handled	nsubj
8	handled	handle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 grew	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 handled	obj
10	gently	gently	ADV	_	8 handled	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	the hamster's tameness						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	handle	past	we	tameness				gently property	vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Example 4

Critics complained about the tameness of the ending.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Critics	critic	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 complained	nsubj
2	complained	complain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 tameness	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tameness	det
5	tameness	tameness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 complained	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 ending	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ending	det
8	ending	ending	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tameness	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 complained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complain speech: other	past	Critics					about the tameness of the ending	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about tameness=Topic

Example 5

The tameness of the deer in the park comes from being fed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tameness	det
2	tameness	tameness	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 comes	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 deer	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 deer	det
5	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tameness	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 park	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 park	det
8	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deer	nmod
9	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	from	from	SCONJ	_	12 fed	mark
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 fed	aux:pass
12	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 comes	advcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 comes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	the tameness of the deer in the park						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	feed	gerund · passive	the tameness of the deer in the park not said here						vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»

Example 6

Tameness can be dangerous for wild animals near roads.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tameness	tameness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dangerous	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 dangerous	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 dangerous	cop
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 animals	case
6	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 animals	amod
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dangerous	obl
8	near	near	ADP	_	9 roads	case
9	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 animals	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 dangerous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	Tameness					for wild animals near roads; dangerous property	tree rules

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