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title: expressive — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «expressive» in the school dictionary: Showing feelings or thoughts clearly, especially in the face, the eyes or the voice. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# expressive

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**Who acts:** She, face, voice · **What happens:** show, have, be · **To what, where:** feelings, expressive eyes

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«expressive» 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: [expressive in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/expressive.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Showing feelings or thoughts clearly, especially in the face, the eyes or the voice.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:expressive:m1:1
# text = Showing feelings or thoughts clearly, especially in the face, the eyes or the voice.
1	Showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
2	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	thoughts	thought	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | gerund |  | feelings or thoughts |  |  |  | clearly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent feeling=Recipient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She had expressive eyes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:expressive:x1:1
# text = She had expressive eyes.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	expressive	expressive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She | expressive eyes |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His face was earnest and expressive.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:expressive:x2:1
# text = His face was earnest and expressive.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	earnest	earn	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	expressive	expressive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | His face |  |  |  |  | earn *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | His face *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The actor's voice was very expressive.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:expressive:x3:1
# text = The actor's voice was very expressive.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	actor	actor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	expressive	expressive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the actor's voice |  |  |  |  | expressive *property* | tree rules |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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