#modifier.content_word__qualifier  a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
  supertype:  content_word__contentword__open-class_word  a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned
  part of:  phrase
  subtype:  intensifier__intensive  a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"
  subtype:  adjective  a word that expresses an attribute of something
     subtype:  descriptive_adjective__descriptiveadjective__qualifying_adjective  an adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that noun (e.g., `a nervous person' or `a musical speaking voice')
     subtype:  relational_adjective__classifying_adjective__classifyingadjective  an adjective that classifies its noun (e.g., `a nervous disease' or `a musical instrument')
        subtype:  pertainym  (informal) meaning relating to or pertaining to
     subtype:  comparative  the comparative form of an adjective; "`better' is the comparative of `good'"
     subtype:  superlative.adjective  the superlative form of an adjective; "`best' is the superlative form of `good'"
  subtype:  adverb.modifier  a word that modifies something other than a noun
     subtype:  adverbial  a word or group of words function as an adverb
  subtype:  dangling_modifier__misplaced_modifier__misplacedmodifier  a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us'
     subtype:  dangling_participle  a participle (usually at the beginning of a sentence) apparently modifying a word other than the word intended: e.g., `flying across the country' in `flying across the country the Rockies came into view'

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