clunky

Who acts: old phone, She, sentence, website, robot, clunky old lift · What happens: use, not put together, be, wear, try, make · To what, where: clunky old shoes, clunky boots, sentence, clunky way, shaft

«clunky» 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: clunky in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Big, heavy and awkward, not smooth or neat to use, like clunky old shoes or a clunky machine.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 heavy	punct
3	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Big	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 awkward	cc
5	awkward	awkward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Big	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 smooth	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 smooth	advmod
8	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Big	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 neat	cc
10	neat	neat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 smooth	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 use	mark
12	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 neat	xcomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 shoes	punct
14	like	like	ADP	_	17 shoes	case
15	clunky	clunky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 shoes	amod
16	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 shoes	amod
17	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 use	obj
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 machine	cc
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 machine	det
20	clunky	clunky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 machine	amod
21	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 shoes	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Big	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	to-infinitive		clunky old shoes or a clunky machine					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Patient

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: of writing, computer programs — kept apart, not parsed.

Awkward and not well put together.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Awkward	awkward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 put	cc
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 put	advmod
4	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 put	advmod
5	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Awkward	conj
6	together	together	ADV	_	5 put	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Awkward	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not put together	participle						together, well property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Grandad's old phone is clunky and heavy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 phone	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Grandad	case
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 phone	amod
4	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clunky	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 clunky	cop
6	clunky	clunky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 heavy	cc
8	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 clunky	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 clunky	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Grandad's old phone					clunky property	tree rules
2	be		Grandad's old phone not said here						tree rules

Example 2

She wore clunky boots to the party.

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 wore	nsubj
2	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	clunky	clunky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 boots	amod
4	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wore	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 party	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 party	det
7	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	She	clunky boots				to the party	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent boot=Theme

Example 3

This sentence is clunky; try making it shorter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 sentence	det
2	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clunky	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 clunky	cop
4	clunky	clunky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 try	punct
6	try	try	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 clunky	parataxis
7	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 try	xcomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 making	obj
9	shorter	short	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 making	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 clunky	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	this sentence		clunky property	tree rules
2	try	infinitive				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	make not said to happen	gerund		sentence	short property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Example 4

The website is clunky and hard to use.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 website	det
2	website	website	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clunky	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 clunky	cop
4	clunky	clunky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 hard	cc
6	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 clunky	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 use	mark
8	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 hard	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 clunky	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	the website	clunky property	tree rules
2	be		the website not said here		tree rules
3	use	to-infinitive	the website not said here		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

The robot moved in a clunky way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 robot	det
2	robot	robot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moved	nsubj
3	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 way	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 way	det
6	clunky	clunky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 way	amod
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moved	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 moved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past	the robot			a clunky way			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in way=Trajectory

Example 6

The clunky old lift rattled up the shaft.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lift	det
2	clunky	clunky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lift	amod
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lift	amod
4	lift	lift	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	rattled	rattle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 lift	acl
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 rattled	compound:prt
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shaft	det
8	shaft	shaft	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rattled	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lift	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rattle up	participle	the clunky old lift not said here	the shaft					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shaft=Theme

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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