abominable
Who acts: Abominable, trick, witch, It, weather, beetle · What happens: mean, be, trick, doubt, call · To what, where: poor, her, world · Speech: someone speaks here
«abominable» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: abominable in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Abominable means very bad, hateful or extremely unpleasant.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abominable | abominable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 bad | advmod |
| 4 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 hateful | punct |
| 6 | hateful | hateful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bad | conj |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 unpleasant | cc |
| 8 | extremely | extremely | ADV | _ | 9 unpleasant | advmod |
| 9 | unpleasant | unpleasant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bad | conj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Abominable | bad property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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.
Meaning 2
Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.
Abominable can mean very poor or disagreeable, as in «abominable weather».
The tree, 11 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abominable | abominable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 mean | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 mean | aux |
| 3 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 poor | advmod |
| 5 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 mean | obj |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 disagreeable | cc |
| 7 | disagreeable | disagreeable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 poor | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 weather | punct |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 weather | case |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 weather | case |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 weather | punct |
| 12 | abominable | abominable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 weather | amod |
| 13 | weather | weather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mean | parataxis |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 weather | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | can | Abominable | poor | tree rules |
Example 1
The witch's trick was abominable.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 witch | det |
| 2 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trick | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 witch | case |
| 4 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 abominable | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 abominable | cop |
| 6 | abominable | abominable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 abominable | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the witch's trick | abominable property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | trick | the witch | nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Example 2
It was abominable of him to doubt her.
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 abominable | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 abominable | cop |
| 3 | abominable | abominable | 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 abominable | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 doubt | mark |
| 7 | doubt | doubt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 abominable | advcl |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 doubt | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 abominable | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | It | of him = he; abominable property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | doubt | to-infinitive | her = she | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Example 3
The weather today is abominable.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 weather | det |
| 2 | weather | weather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 abominable | nsubj |
| 3 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 weather | nmod:unmarked |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 abominable | cop |
| 5 | abominable | abominable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 abominable | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the weather today | abominable property | tree rules |
Example 4
The beetle called the world an abominable place.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 beetle | det |
| 2 | beetle | beetle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 beetle | acl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 world | det |
| 5 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 called | obj |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 place | det |
| 7 | abominable | abominable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 place | amod |
| 8 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 called | xcomp |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 beetle | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | participle | the beetle not said here | the world | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent world=Recipient |
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