formidable

Who acts: Formidable, people, giants, guard, mountain, Climbing · What happens: mean, feel, find, beat, deal, be · To what, where: it, formidable neighbours, gate, steep hill, formidable task · Speech: someone speaks here

«formidable» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: formidable in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Formidable means so strong or fierce that people feel afraid or find it hard to beat: a formidable enemy.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Formidable	formidable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 strong	advmod
4	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 fierce	cc
6	fierce	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 strong	conj
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 feel	mark
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 feel	nsubj
9	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 strong	advcl
10	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 feel	xcomp
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 find	cc
12	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 afraid	xcomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 find	obj
14	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 find	xcomp
15	to	to	PART	_	16 beat	mark
16	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 hard	xcomp
17	:	:	PUNCT	_	20 enemy	punct
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 enemy	det
19	formidable	formidable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 enemy	amod
20	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Formidable		strong property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	feel	present	people		afraid property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	find	infinitive	people not said here	it	hard property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
4	beat	to-infinitive				vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Formidable can also mean very impressive or hard to deal with: a formidable task.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Formidable	formidable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	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	very	very	ADV	_	6 impressive	advmod
6	impressive	impressive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mean	xcomp
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 hard	cc
8	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 impressive	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 deal	mark
10	deal	deal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 hard	ccomp
11	with	with	ADP	_	10 deal	obl
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 task	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 task	det
14	formidable	formidable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 task	amod
15	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mean	parataxis
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	Formidable					impressive property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	deal	to-infinitive							vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The giants were formidable neighbours with six arms.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 giants	det
2	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 neighbours	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 neighbours	cop
4	formidable	formidable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 neighbours	amod
5	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 arms	case
7	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 arms	nummod
8	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 neighbours	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 neighbours	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the giants	formidable neighbours				with six arms	tree rules

Example 2

The guard and his formidable body-guard stood at the gate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guard	det
2	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stood	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 guard	cc
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 guard	nmod:poss
5	formidable	formidable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 guard	amod
6	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 guard	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 body	punct
8	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guard	conj
9	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 gate	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 gate	det
12	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stood	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the guard and his formidable body guard			the gate			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at gate=Location

Example 3

The mountain looked formidable to the tired walkers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mountain	det
2	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looked	nsubj
3	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	formidable	formidable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 looked	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 walkers	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 walkers	det
7	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 walkers	amod
8	walkers	walker	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 formidable	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the mountain					formidable property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 4

Climbing that steep hill is a formidable task.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Climbing	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 task	csubj
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 hill	det
3	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hill	amod
4	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Climbing	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 task	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 task	det
7	formidable	formidable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 task	amod
8	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 task	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	gerund		that steep hill					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location hill=Theme
2	is a	present	Climbing	a formidable task					tree rules

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