contrived Who acts: ending, She, They, happy ending, story, contrived smile · What happens: seem, plan, feel, contrive, end, manage · To what, where: film, something, raft, old barrels, rope, bedsheets · Speech: someone speaks here
«contrived» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: contrived in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.
Seeming false and planned, not natural or believable: «The ending of the film felt contrived».
The tree, 15 words advcl xcomp cc conj punct advmod parataxis cc conj punct punct det nsubj case det nmod xcomp punct punct root Seeming VERB false ADJ and CCONJ planned VERB , PUNCT not PART natural ADJ or CCONJ believable ADJ : PUNCT « PUNCT The DET ending NOUN of ADP the DET film NOUN felt VERB contrived VERB » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Seeming seem VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 17 felt advcl 2 false false ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Seeming xcomp 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 planned cc 4 planned plan VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 false conj 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 natural punct 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 7 natural advmod 7 natural natural ADJ Degree=Pos 4 planned parataxis 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 believable cc 9 believable believable ADJ Degree=Pos 7 natural conj 10 : : PUNCT _ 1 Seeming punct 11 « « PUNCT _ 13 ending punct 12 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 ending det 13 ending ending NOUN Number=Sing 17 felt nsubj 14 of of ADP _ 16 film case 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 film det 16 film film NOUN Number=Sing 13 ending nmod 17 felt feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 18 contrived contrive VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 17 felt xcomp 19 » » PUNCT _ 18 contrived punct 20 . . PUNCT _ 17 felt punct
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1 seem gerund the ending of the film not said here false property vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme 2 plan participle the ending of the film not said here vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent 3 feel in a quote past the ending of the film vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 4 contrive in a quote participle the ending of the film not said here vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 5 end in a quote the film nom ending «communication transitive»: of=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: verb, past of contrive — kept apart, not parsed.
Managed to do something by being clever or tricky: «She contrived to escape».
The tree, 13 words mark xcomp obj case cop obl cc conj punct punct nsubj parataxis mark xcomp punct punct root Managed VERB to PART do VERB something PRON by ADP being AUX clever ADJ or CCONJ tricky ADJ : PUNCT « PUNCT She PRON contrived VERB to PART escape VERB » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Managed manage VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 2 to to PART _ 3 do mark 3 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Managed xcomp 4 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 3 do obj 5 by by ADP _ 7 clever case 6 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 clever cop 7 clever clever ADJ Degree=Pos 3 do obl 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 tricky cc 9 tricky tricky ADJ Degree=Pos 7 clever conj 10 : : PUNCT _ 13 contrived punct 11 « « PUNCT _ 13 contrived punct 12 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 contrived nsubj 13 contrived contrive VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Managed parataxis 14 to to PART _ 15 escape mark 15 escape escape VERB VerbForm=Inf 13 contrived xcomp 16 » » PUNCT _ 13 contrived punct 17 . . PUNCT _ 1 Managed punct
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1 manage participle vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 2 do to-infinitive something vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality 3 is gerund clever property tree rules 4 be tree rules 5 contrive in a quote past She tree rules 6 escape in a quote to-infinitive She not said here vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Meaning 3 Usage: verb, past of contrive — kept apart, not parsed.
Made or invented something cleverly: «They contrived a raft from old barrels».
The tree, 12 words cc conj obj advmod punct punct nsubj parataxis det obj case amod obl punct punct root Made VERB or CCONJ invented VERB something PRON cleverly ADV : PUNCT « PUNCT They PRON contrived VERB a DET raft NOUN from ADP old ADJ barrels NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 2 or or CCONJ _ 3 invented cc 3 invented invent VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Made conj 4 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 3 invented obj 5 cleverly cleverly ADV _ 3 invented advmod 6 : : PUNCT _ 9 contrived punct 7 « « PUNCT _ 9 contrived punct 8 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 contrived nsubj 9 contrived contrive VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Made parataxis 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 raft det 11 raft raft NOUN Number=Sing 9 contrived obj 12 from from ADP _ 14 barrels case 13 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 14 barrels amod 14 barrels barrel NOUN Number=Plur 9 contrived obl 15 » » PUNCT _ 9 contrived punct 16 . . PUNCT _ 1 Made punct
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1 make participle tree rules 2 invent participle something cleverly property vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Result 3 contrive in a quote past They a raft old barrels vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent raft=Result from barrel=Material
Example 1 The story's happy ending felt contrived.
det nmod:poss case amod nsubj xcomp punct root The DET story NOUN 's PART happy ADJ ending NOUN felt VERB contrived VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 story det 2 story story NOUN Number=Sing 5 ending nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 story case 4 happy happy ADJ Degree=Pos 5 ending amod 5 ending ending NOUN Number=Sing 6 felt nsubj 6 felt feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 contrived contrive VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 felt xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 6 felt punct
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1 feel past the story's happy ending vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 contrive participle the story's happy ending not said here vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3 end the story nom ending «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Example 2 His contrived smile showed he was not really pleased.
nmod:poss amod nsubj nsubj cop advmod advmod ccomp punct root His PRON contrived VERB smile NOUN showed VERB he PRON was AUX not PART really ADV pleased ADJ . PUNCT 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 3 smile nmod:poss 2 contrived contrive VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 smile amod 3 smile smile NOUN Number=Sing 4 showed nsubj 4 showed show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 pleased nsubj 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 pleased cop 7 not not PART Polarity=Neg 9 pleased advmod 8 really really ADV _ 9 pleased advmod 9 pleased pleased ADJ Degree=Pos 4 showed ccomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 showed punct
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1 contrive participle vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 show past His contrived smile vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 not is past smile pleased property tree rules 4 smile His = he nom smile «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Example 3 The prisoners contrived a rope from their bedsheets.
det nsubj det obj case nmod:poss obl punct root The DET prisoners NOUN contrived VERB a DET rope NOUN from ADP their PRON bedsheets NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 prisoners det 2 prisoners prisoner NOUN Number=Plur 3 contrived nsubj 3 contrived contrive VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 rope det 5 rope rope NOUN Number=Sing 3 contrived obj 6 from from ADP _ 8 bedsheets case 7 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 bedsheets nmod:poss 8 bedsheets bedsheet NOUN Number=Plur 3 contrived obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 contrived punct
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1 contrive past the prisoners a rope prisoners's bedsheets vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent rope=Result from bedsheet=Material
Example 4 She somehow contrived to finish her homework during breakfast.
nsubj advmod mark xcomp nmod:poss obj case obl punct root She PRON somehow ADV contrived VERB to PART finish VERB her PRON homework NOUN during ADP breakfast NOUN . PUNCT 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 3 contrived nsubj 2 somehow somehow ADV _ 3 contrived advmod 3 contrived contrive VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 finish mark 5 finish finish VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 contrived xcomp 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 homework nmod:poss 7 homework homework NOUN Number=Sing 5 finish obj 8 during during ADP _ 9 breakfast case 9 breakfast breakfast NOUN Number=Sing 5 finish obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 contrived punct
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1 contrive past She somehow property tree rules 2 finish to-infinitive She not said here her homework during breakfast vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality homework=Eventuality
Example 5 The film's coincidences were so contrived that we laughed.
det nmod:poss case nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod mark nsubj advcl punct root The DET film NOUN 's PART coincidences NOUN were AUX so ADV contrived VERB that SCONJ we PRON laughed VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 film det 2 film film NOUN Number=Sing 4 coincidences nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 film case 4 coincidences coincidence NOUN Number=Plur 7 contrived nsubj:pass 5 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 contrived aux:pass 6 so so ADV _ 7 contrived advmod 7 contrived contrive VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 8 that that SCONJ _ 10 laughed mark 9 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 10 laughed nsubj 10 laughed laugh VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 contrived advcl 11 . . PUNCT _ 7 contrived punct
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1 contrive past · passive the film's coincidences vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result 2 laugh past we vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 6 Write dialogue that sounds natural, not contrived.
obj nsubj acl:relcl xcomp punct advmod conj punct root Write VERB dialogue NOUN that PRON sounds VERB natural ADJ , PUNCT not PART contrived VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Write write VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 dialogue dialogue NOUN Number=Sing 1 Write obj 3 that that PRON PronType=Rel 4 sounds nsubj 4 sounds sound VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 dialogue acl:relcl 5 natural natural ADJ Degree=Pos 4 sounds xcomp 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 contrived punct 7 not not PART Polarity=Neg 8 contrived advmod 8 contrived contrive VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 natural conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 1 Write punct
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1 write imperative you not said here dialogue vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dialogue=Theme 2 sound present dialogue natural property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus 3 not contrive participle dialogue not said here vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 7 How they contrived to keep themselves alive is more than I can imagine.
advmod nsubj advcl mark xcomp obj xcomp cop mark nsubj aux advcl punct root How ADV they PRON contrived VERB to PART keep VERB themselves PRON alive ADJ is AUX more ADJ than SCONJ I PRON can AUX imagine VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 3 contrived advmod 2 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 contrived nsubj 3 contrived contrive VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 more advcl 4 to to PART _ 5 keep mark 5 keep keep VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 contrived xcomp 6 themselves themselves PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 5 keep obj 7 alive alive ADJ Degree=Pos 5 keep xcomp 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 more cop 9 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 10 than than SCONJ _ 13 imagine mark 11 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 13 imagine nsubj 12 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 13 imagine aux 13 imagine imagine VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 more advcl 14 . . PUNCT _ 9 more punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 contrive past they tree rules 2 keep to-infinitive they not said here themselves = they alive property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme 3 is present more property tree rules 4 imagine can I vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
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