unable

Who acts: Unable, I, Penguins, firefighters, She, We · What happens: mean, do, not allow, come, be, finish · To what, where: something, you, homework, cat, party, question · Speech: someone speaks here

«unable» in the English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 10 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: unable in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Unable means not able to do something, because you cannot or are not allowed to: «unable to come».

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 able	advmod
4	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 do	mark
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 able	xcomp
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 do	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 allowed	punct
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	16 allowed	mark
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 allowed	nsubj:pass
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 allowed	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 allowed	advmod
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 allowed	cc
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 allowed	aux:pass
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 allowed	advmod
16	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	conj
17	to	to	ADP	_	16 allowed	obl
18	:	:	PUNCT	_	20 unable	punct
19	«	«	PUNCT	_	20 unable	punct
20	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	parataxis
21	to	to	PART	_	22 come	mark
22	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 unable	xcomp
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 unable	punct
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Unable		able property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	to-infinitive	Unable not said here	something		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
3	not allow	can · passive		you		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
4	come in a quote	to-infinitive	Unable not said here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

I was unable to finish my homework because I was ill.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 unable	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unable	cop
3	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 finish	mark
5	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 unable	xcomp
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 homework	nmod:poss
7	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finish	obj
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 ill	mark
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 ill	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 ill	cop
11	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 finish	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 unable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	I		unable property	tree rules
2	finish	to-infinitive	I not said here	my homework		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality homework=Eventuality
3	is	past	I		ill property	tree rules

Example 2

Penguins are unable to fly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Penguins	penguin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 unable	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unable	cop
3	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 fly	mark
5	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 unable	xcomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 unable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Penguins					unable property	tree rules
2	fly	to-infinitive	Penguins not said here						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

The firefighters were unable to reach the cat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 firefighters	det
2	firefighters	firefighter	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 unable	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 unable	cop
4	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 reach	mark
6	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 unable	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cat	det
8	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reach	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 unable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the firefighters					unable property	tree rules
2	reach	to-infinitive	the firefighters not said here	the cat					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent cat=Theme

Example 4

She was unable to sleep because of the storm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 unable	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unable	cop
3	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 sleep	mark
5	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 unable	xcomp
6	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	9 storm	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 because	fixed
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 storm	det
9	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sleep	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 unable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					unable property	tree rules
2	sleep	to-infinitive	She not said here					because the storm	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

We are unable to come to the party.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 unable	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unable	cop
3	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 come	mark
5	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 unable	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 party	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 party	det
8	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 unable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	We					unable property	tree rules
2	come	to-infinitive	We not said here			the party			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to party=Initial_Location

Example 6

The baby is unable to walk yet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baby	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unable	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unable	cop
4	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 walk	mark
6	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 unable	xcomp
7	yet	yet	ADV	_	6 walk	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 unable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the baby					unable property	tree rules
2	walk	to-infinitive	the baby not said here				yet		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 7

He was unable to answer the question.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 unable	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unable	cop
3	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 answer	mark
5	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 unable	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 question	det
7	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 answer	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 unable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					unable property	tree rules
2	answer speech: assert	to-infinitive	He not said here	the question					vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality

Example 8

She sat dumb and shamefaced, unable to reply.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dumb	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sat	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 shamefaced	cc
5	shamefaced	shamefac	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dumb	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 unable	punct
7	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dumb	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 reply	mark
9	reply	reply	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 unable	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	sit	past	She	dumb property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	shamefac	participle	She not said here		tree rules
3	reply speech: assert	to-infinitive	She not said here		vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 9

Go and count further, what the mouth is unable to pronounce, and the ear is unable to hear. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

Sentence 1: Go and count further, what the mouth is unable to pronounce, and the ear is unable to hear.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 count	cc
3	count	count	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
4	further	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 count	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 unable	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 unable	nsubj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mouth	det
8	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 unable	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 unable	cop
10	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Go	parataxis
11	to	to	PART	_	12 pronounce	mark
12	pronounce	pronounce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 unable	xcomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 unable	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 unable	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ear	det
16	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 unable	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 unable	cop
18	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 unable	conj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 hear	mark
20	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 unable	xcomp
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	count	infinitive	you not said here	far property	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
3	is	present		what nsubj; the mouth nsubj; unable property	tree rules
4	pronounce	to-infinitive			vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	is	present	the ear	unable property	tree rules
6	hear	to-infinitive	the ear not said here		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct
2	Mordell	Mordell	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Origin	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Origin	det
5	Origin	Origin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Letters	case
7	Letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Origin	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Numerals	cc
9	Numerals	numeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Letters	conj
10	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 Sefer	case
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 according	fixed
12	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	nmod
13	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Sefer	flat
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 1914	punct
15	1914	1914	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Mordell	list
16	))	))	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Example 10

The Sefer Yetzirah gives the factorials up to that of seven and concludes the Mishnah by saying: "Go and count further, what the mouth is unable to pronounce, and the ear is unable to hear." (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

Sentence 1: The Sefer Yetzirah gives the factorials up to that of seven and concludes the Mishnah by saying: "Go and count further, what the mouth is unable to pronounce, and the ear is unable to hear."

The tree, 35 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Yetzirah	det
2	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Yetzirah	compound
3	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gives	nsubj
4	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 factorials	det
6	factorials	factorial	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 gives	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	4 gives	compound:prt
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 that	case
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 gives	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 seven	case
11	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 that	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 concludes	cc
13	concludes	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gives	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Mishnah	det
15	Mishnah	Mishnah	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 concludes	obj
16	by	by	SCONJ	_	17 saying	mark
17	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 concludes	advcl
18	:	:	PUNCT	_	20 Go	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 Go	punct
20	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	17 saying	ccomp
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 count	cc
22	count	count	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	20 Go	conj
23	further	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	22 count	advmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 unable	punct
25	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	29 unable	nsubj
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 mouth	det
27	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 unable	nsubj
28	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 unable	cop
29	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 Go	conj
30	to	to	PART	_	31 pronounce	mark
31	pronounce	pronounce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 unable	xcomp
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 unable	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 unable	cc
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 ear	det
35	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 unable	nsubj
36	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 unable	cop
37	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gives	parataxis
38	to	to	PART	_	39 hear	mark
39	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 unable	xcomp
40	.	.	PUNCT	_	37 unable	punct
41	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 gives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give up	present	the Sefer Yetzirah	the factorials	to that of seven	tree rules
2	conclude	present	the Sefer Yetzirah not said here	the Mishnah		vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mishnah=Theme
3	say speech: assert	gerund	the Sefer Yetzirah not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	go in a quote	infinitive				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	count in a quote	infinitive			far property	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
6	is in a quote	present			what nsubj; the mouth nsubj; unable property	tree rules
7	pronounce in a quote	to-infinitive				vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	is in a quote	present	the ear		unable property	tree rules
9	hear in a quote	to-infinitive	the ear not said here			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct
2	Mordell	Mordell	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Origin	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Origin	det
5	Origin	Origin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Letters	case
7	Letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Origin	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Numerals	cc
9	Numerals	numeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Letters	conj
10	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 Sefer	case
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 according	fixed
12	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	nmod
13	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Sefer	flat
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 1914	punct
15	1914	1914	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Mordell	list
16	))	))	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Text: the English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader, each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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📖 unable

Everyday, meaning 1

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