flexibility Who acts: Flexibility, Yoga, Gymnasts, Teachers, plans, new timetable · What happens: be, bend, break, change, fit in, help · To what, where: ability, flexibility, great flexibility, Rubber, more flexibility
«flexibility» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: flexibility in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Flexibility is the ability to bend easily without breaking.
nsubj cop det mark acl advmod mark advcl punct root Flexibility NOUN is AUX the DET ability NOUN to PART bend VERB easily ADV without SCONJ breaking VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Flexibility flexibility NOUN Number=Sing 4 ability nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 ability cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 ability det 4 ability ability NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 to to PART _ 6 bend mark 6 bend bend VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 ability acl 7 easily easily ADV _ 6 bend advmod 8 without without SCONJ _ 9 breaking mark 9 breaking break VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 bend advcl 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 ability punct
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1 is a present Flexibility the ability tree rules 2 bend to-infinitive easily property vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 break gerund vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Flexibility is being able to change or fit in with new situations or plans.
The tree, 14 words nsubj cop cop mark xcomp cc conj compound:prt case amod obl cc conj punct root Flexibility NOUN is AUX being AUX able ADJ to PART change VERB or CCONJ fit VERB in ADP with ADP new ADJ situations NOUN or CCONJ plans NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Flexibility flexibility NOUN Number=Sing 4 able nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 able cop 3 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 able cop 4 able able ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 to to PART _ 6 change mark 6 change change VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 able xcomp 7 or or CCONJ _ 8 fit cc 8 fit fit VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 change conj 9 in in ADP _ 8 fit compound:prt 10 with with ADP _ 12 situations case 11 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 12 situations amod 12 situations situation NOUN Number=Plur 8 fit obl 13 or or CCONJ _ 14 plans cc 14 plans plan NOUN Number=Plur 12 situations conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 4 able punct
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1 is present Flexibility able property tree rules 2 change to-infinitive Flexibility not said here vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 fit in infinitive Flexibility not said here with new situations or plans vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
Example 1 Yoga helps improve flexibility.
nsubj xcomp obj punct root Yoga NOUN helps VERB improve VERB flexibility NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yoga yoga NOUN Number=Sing 2 helps nsubj 2 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 improve improve VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 helps xcomp 4 flexibility flexibility NOUN Number=Sing 3 improve obj 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 helps punct
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1 help present Yoga vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 improve infinitive Yoga not said here flexibility vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent flexibility=Patient
Example 2 Gymnasts need great flexibility.
nsubj amod obj punct root Gymnasts NOUN need VERB great ADJ flexibility NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gymnasts gymnast NOUN Number=Plur 2 need nsubj 2 need need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 4 flexibility amod 4 flexibility flexibility NOUN Number=Sing 2 need obj 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 need punct
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1 need present Gymnasts great flexibility vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot flexibility=Theme
Example 3 Rubber's flexibility makes it good for tyres.
nmod:poss case nsubj obj xcomp case obl punct root Rubber NOUN 's PART flexibility NOUN makes VERB it PRON good ADJ for ADP tyres NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Rubber rubber NOUN Number=Sing 3 flexibility nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Rubber case 3 flexibility flexibility NOUN Number=Sing 4 makes nsubj 4 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 makes obj 6 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 4 makes xcomp 7 for for ADP _ 8 tyres case 8 tyres tyre NOUN Number=Plur 6 good obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 makes punct
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1 make present Rubber's flexibility Rubber good property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
Example 4 Teachers need flexibility when plans change.
nsubj obj mark nsubj advcl punct root Teachers NOUN need VERB flexibility NOUN when SCONJ plans NOUN change VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Teachers teacher NOUN Number=Plur 2 need nsubj 2 need need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 flexibility flexibility NOUN Number=Sing 2 need obj 4 when when SCONJ _ 6 change mark 5 plans plan NOUN Number=Plur 6 change nsubj 6 change change VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 need advcl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 need punct
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1 need present Teachers flexibility vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot flexibility=Theme 2 change present plans vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 5 The new timetable gives more flexibility.
det amod nsubj amod obj punct root The DET new ADJ timetable NOUN gives VERB more ADJ flexibility NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 timetable det 2 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 3 timetable amod 3 timetable timetable NOUN Number=Sing 4 gives nsubj 4 gives give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 6 flexibility amod 6 flexibility flexibility NOUN Number=Sing 4 gives obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 gives punct
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1 give present the new timetable more flexibility vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flexibility=Theme
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