--- title: nice — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics description: «nice» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Exact, fine, or careful; sometimes showing fussiness or foolishness. 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The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [nice in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/nice.md). ## Meaning 1 {#m1} Exact, fine, or careful; sometimes showing fussiness or foolishness. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:emode:nice:m1:1 # text = Exact, fine, or careful; sometimes showing fussiness or foolishness. 1 Exact exact ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 9 advmod _ _ 9 showing show VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 10 fussiness fussiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 foolishness foolishness NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | gerund | | fussiness or foolishness | | | | sometimes *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fussiness=Recipient | 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 {#x1} "'You er nice feller, you is! From Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:emode:nice:x1:1 # text = "'You er nice feller, you is! 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 er er VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 feller feller NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **er** *in a quote* | present | You | nice feller | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **does** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## Example 2 {#x2} Good little dog--nice little doggie, then! From The Jungle Book. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:emode:nice:x2:1 # text = Good little dog--nice little doggie, then! 1 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 -- -- PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 doggie doggie NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## Example 3 {#x3} "Here is a nice clover blossom." From Tanglewood Tales. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:emode:nice:x3:1 # text = "Here is a nice clover blossom." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 clover clover NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 blossom blossom NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a nice clover blossom | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | **Text:** the Early Modern English dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova; its examples quote public-domain texts. **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. 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