ungracious

Who acts: someone, It, Her, you · What happens: speak, behave, be, not say, thank, reply · To what, where: way, you · Speech: someone speaks here

«ungracious» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: ungracious in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Rude or not polite; not kind in the way someone speaks or behaves.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 polite	cc
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 polite	advmod
4	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Rude	conj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 kind	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 kind	advmod
7	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Rude	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 way	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kind	obl
11	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 speaks	nsubj
12	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 way	acl:relcl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 behaves	cc
14	behaves	behave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 speaks	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Rude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	someone	the way not said here					tree rules
2	behave	present	someone not said here						vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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.

Example 1

It was ungracious of him not to say thank you.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ungracious	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ungracious	cop
3	ungracious	ungracious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ungracious	obl
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 say	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 say	mark
8	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 ungracious	parataxis
9	thank	thank	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 say	xcomp
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 thank	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ungracious	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	It		of him = he; ungracious property	tree rules
2	not say speech: assert	to-infinitive				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	thank speech: thank	infinitive		you		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Example 2

Her ungracious reply upset everyone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 reply	nmod:poss
2	ungracious	ungracious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 reply	amod
3	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 everyone	nsubj
4	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 everyone	amod
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 everyone	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reply		Her = she						nom reply «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

Don't be so ungracious to your guests.

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 ungracious	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 ungracious	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 ungracious	advmod
5	ungracious	ungracious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Do	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 guests	case
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 guests	nmod:poss
8	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ungracious	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					to your guests; ungracious property	tree rules

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