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answerable

Who acts: your, head teacher, You, Police, captain, riddles · What happens: have, explain, take, act, answer, be · To what, where: actions, someone, responsibility, question, all

«answerable» 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: answerable in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Having to explain your actions to someone and take responsibility: «answerable to» someone.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 answerable	csubj
2	to	to	PART	_	3 explain	mark
3	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Having	xcomp
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 actions	nmod:poss
5	actions	action	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 explain	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 someone	case
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 explain	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 take	cc
9	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 explain	conj
10	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 take	obj
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 answerable	punct
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 answerable	punct
13	answerable	answerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
14	to	to	PART	_	13 answerable	xcomp
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 answerable	punct
16	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 answerable	orphan
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 answerable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund							tree rules
2	explain speech: assert	to-infinitive		your actions	someone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent action=Topic to someone=Recipient
3	take	infinitive		responsibility					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent responsibility=Theme
4	act		your						nom action «act intransitive»: poss=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

Able to be answered.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	4 answered	mark
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 answered	aux:pass
4	answered	answer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Able	xcomp
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Able	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	to-infinitive · passive							vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»

Example 1

The head teacher is answerable to the governors.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
2	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teacher	compound
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 answerable	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 answerable	cop
5	answerable	answerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 governors	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 governors	det
8	governors	governor	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 answerable	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 answerable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the head teacher					to the governors; answerable property	tree rules

Example 2

You are answerable for your own behaviour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 answerable	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 answerable	cop
3	answerable	answerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 behaviour	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 behaviour	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 behaviour	amod
7	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 answerable	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 answerable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	You					for your own behaviour; answerable property	tree rules

Example 3

Is that question answerable?

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	3 question	cop
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 question	det
3	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	answerable	answerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 question	amod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 question	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		that question					tree rules

Example 4

Police must be answerable to the public.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 answerable	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 answerable	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 answerable	cop
4	answerable	answerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 public	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 public	det
7	public	public	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 answerable	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 answerable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	Police					to the public; answerable property	tree rules

Example 5

The captain is answerable for the team's kit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 captain	det
2	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 answerable	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 answerable	cop
4	answerable	answerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	9 kit	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 team	det
7	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kit	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 team	case
9	kit	kit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 answerable	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 answerable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the captain					for the team's kit; answerable property	tree rules

Example 6

Some riddles aren't answerable at all.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 riddles	det
2	riddles	riddle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 answerable	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 answerable	cop
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 answerable	advmod
5	answerable	answerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 answerable	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 answerable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	some riddles			all		answerable property	tree rules

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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