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appalling

Who acts: it, weather, animals, handwriting, His, That · What happens: appal, mean, astonish, live, handwrite · To what, where: weather, handwriting, appalling conditions, behaviour

«appalling» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: appalling in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Very shocking and unpleasant.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 shocking	advmod
2	shocking	shocking	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 unpleasant	cc
4	unpleasant	unpleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 shocking	conj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shocking	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Very bad: «appalling weather», «appalling handwriting».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 bad	advmod
2	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 appalling	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 appalling	punct
5	appalling	appal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 bad	conj
6	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 appalling	obj
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 appalling	punct
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 appalling	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 appalling	punct
10	appalling	appal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 appalling	conj
11	handwriting	handwriting	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 appalling	obj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 appalling	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appal in a quote	gerund		weather					tree rules
2	appal in a quote	gerund		handwriting					tree rules

Meaning 3

Appalling can also mean so impressive that it is astonishing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Appalling	appal	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 mean	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	also	also	ADV	_	4 mean	advmod
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 impressive	advmod
6	impressive	impressive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mean	xcomp
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 astonishing	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 astonishing	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 astonishing	aux
10	astonishing	astonish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 impressive	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appal	gerund							tree rules
2	mean	can						impressive property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	astonish	present · progressive	it						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus

Example 1

The weather was appalling on sports day.

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	4 appalling	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 appalling	aux
4	appalling	appal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 day	case
6	sports	sport	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 day	compound
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 appalling	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 appalling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appal	past · progressive	the weather				day		tree rules

Example 2

The animals lived in appalling conditions.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animals	det
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lived	nsubj
3	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 conditions	case
5	appalling	appalling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conditions	compound
6	conditions	condition	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lived	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	the animals			appalling conditions			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in condition=Location

Example 3

His handwriting is appalling!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 handwriting	nmod:poss
2	handwriting	handwriting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 appalling	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 appalling	aux
4	appalling	appal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 appalling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appal	present · progressive	His handwriting						tree rules
2	handwrite		His = he						nom handwriting «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

That was appalling behaviour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 appalling	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 appalling	aux
3	appalling	appal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 appalling	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 appalling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appal	past · progressive	That	behaviour					tree rules

Example 5

The traffic was appalling this morning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 traffic	det
2	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 appalling	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 appalling	aux
4	appalling	appal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 morning	det
6	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 appalling	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 appalling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appal	past · progressive	the traffic				morning		tree rules

Example 6

The food at the camp was appalling.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 food	det
2	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 appalling	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 camp	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 camp	det
5	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 food	nmod
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 appalling	aux
7	appalling	appal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 appalling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appal	past · progressive	the food at the camp						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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