adequate Who acts: Adequate, you, room, work, she, Her · What happens: mean, make, drink, amount, have, be · To what, where: enough, adequate amount, water, adequate light, adequate sunlight, adequate shelter
«adequate» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: adequate in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Adequate means enough or good enough for a need or purpose.
nsubj obj cc conj advmod case det obl cc conj punct root Adequate ADJ means VERB enough ADJ or CCONJ good ADJ enough ADV for ADP a DET need NOUN or CCONJ purpose NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Adequate adequate ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 enough enough ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means obj 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 good cc 5 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 3 enough conj 6 enough enough ADV _ 5 good advmod 7 for for ADP _ 9 need case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 need det 9 need need NOUN Number=Sing 3 enough obl 10 or or CCONJ _ 11 purpose cc 11 purpose purpose NOUN Number=Sing 9 need conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Adequate enough vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enough=Topic
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 Adequate can mean only just good enough, not very good.
nsubj aux advmod advmod ccomp advmod punct advmod advmod conj punct root Adequate ADJ can AUX mean VERB only ADV just ADV good ADJ enough ADV , PUNCT not PART very ADV good ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Adequate adequate ADJ Degree=Pos 3 mean nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 mean aux 3 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 only only ADV _ 6 good advmod 5 just just ADV _ 6 good advmod 6 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 3 mean ccomp 7 enough enough ADV _ 6 good advmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 11 good punct 9 not not PART Polarity=Neg 11 good advmod 10 very very ADV _ 11 good advmod 11 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 6 good conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 mean punct
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1 mean can Adequate vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Example 1 Make sure you drink an adequate amount of water.
xcomp nsubj ccomp det amod obj case nmod punct root Make VERB sure ADJ you PRON drink VERB an DET adequate ADJ amount NOUN of ADP water NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Make make VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 sure sure ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Make xcomp 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 drink nsubj 4 drink drink VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 sure ccomp 5 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 amount det 6 adequate adequate ADJ Degree=Pos 7 amount amod 7 amount amount NOUN Number=Sing 4 drink obj 8 of of ADP _ 9 water case 9 water water NOUN Number=Sing 7 amount nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 Make punct
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1 make imperative you not said here sure property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset 2 drink present you a adequate amount of water vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amount=Patient 3 amount water nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient
Example 2 The room had adequate light for reading.
det nsubj amod obj case nmod punct root The DET room NOUN had VERB adequate ADJ light NOUN for ADP reading NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 room det 2 room room NOUN Number=Sing 3 had nsubj 3 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 adequate adequate ADJ Degree=Pos 5 light amod 5 light light NOUN Number=Sing 3 had obj 6 for for ADP _ 7 reading case 7 reading reading NOUN Number=Sing 5 light nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 had punct
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1 have past the room adequate light for reading vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Patient
Example 3 Is 20 pounds adequate for the trip?
cop nummod obl:unmarked case det obl punct root Is AUX 20 NUM pounds NOUN adequate ADJ for ADP the DET trip NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 adequate cop 2 20 20 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 pounds nummod 3 pounds pound NOUN Number=Plur 4 adequate obl:unmarked 4 adequate adequate ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 for for ADP _ 7 trip case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 trip det 7 trip trip NOUN Number=Sing 4 adequate obl 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 adequate punct
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1 is present for the trip; 20 pounds obl:unmarked ; adequate property tree rules
Example 4 Her work was adequate, but she can do better.
nmod:poss nsubj cop punct cc nsubj aux conj advmod punct root Her PRON work NOUN was AUX adequate ADJ , PUNCT but CCONJ she PRON can AUX do VERB better ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 work nmod:poss 2 work work NOUN Number=Sing 4 adequate nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 adequate cop 4 adequate adequate ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 do punct 6 but but CCONJ _ 9 do cc 7 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 do nsubj 8 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 do aux 9 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 adequate conj 10 better well ADV Degree=Cmp 9 do advmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 adequate punct
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1 is past Her work adequate property tree rules 2 do can she well property vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 work Her = she nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 5 Plants need adequate sunlight to grow.
nsubj amod obj mark advcl punct root Plants NOUN need VERB adequate ADJ sunlight NOUN to PART grow VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Plants plant NOUN Number=Plur 2 need nsubj 2 need need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 adequate adequate ADJ Degree=Pos 4 sunlight amod 4 sunlight sunlight NOUN Number=Sing 2 need obj 5 to to PART _ 6 grow mark 6 grow grow VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 need advcl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 need punct
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1 need present Plants adequate sunlight vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sunlight=Theme 2 grow to-infinitive Plants not said here vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 6 The tent gave adequate shelter from the rain.
det nsubj amod obj case det obl punct root The DET tent NOUN gave VERB adequate ADJ shelter NOUN from ADP the DET rain NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 tent det 2 tent tent NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave nsubj 3 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 adequate adequate ADJ Degree=Pos 5 shelter amod 5 shelter shelter NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave obj 6 from from ADP _ 8 rain case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 rain det 8 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 gave punct
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1 give past the tent adequate shelter the rain vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shelter=Theme
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