impervious

Who acts: water, Plastic, Concrete roads, rain, We, materials · What happens: not let, pass through, not affect, bother, be, make · To what, where: water, good raincoat, drains, science lesson

«impervious» 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: impervious in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Not letting water, air or anything else pass through: an impervious material.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 letting	advmod
2	letting	let	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 letting	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 air	punct
5	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 water	conj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 anything	cc
7	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 water	conj
8	else	else	ADV	_	7 anything	advmod
9	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 letting	xcomp
10	through	through	ADP	_	9 pass	compound:prt
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 material	punct
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 material	det
13	impervious	impervious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 material	amod
14	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 letting	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 letting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not let	gerund		water and air				a impervious material obl	tree rules
2	pass through	infinitive	water and air not said here						vn occur-48.3-1 «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

Not affected or bothered by something: impervious to criticism, impervious to the cold.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 affected	advmod
2	affected	affect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 bothered	cc
4	bothered	bother	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 affected	conj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 something	case
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 bothered	obl
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 impervious	punct
8	impervious	impervious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 something	amod
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 criticism	case
10	criticism	criticism	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 impervious	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 impervious	punct
12	impervious	impervious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 impervious	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 cold	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cold	det
15	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 impervious	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 affected	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not affect	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	bother	participle						by something	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Example 1

Plastic is impervious to water, so it makes a good raincoat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 impervious	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 impervious	cop
3	impervious	impervious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 impervious	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 makes	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 makes	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 makes	nsubj
9	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 impervious	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 raincoat	det
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 raincoat	amod
12	raincoat	raincoat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 makes	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 impervious	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Plastic					to water; impervious property	tree rules
2	make	present	Plastic	a good raincoat					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material raincoat=Product

Example 2

Concrete roads are impervious, so rain runs off into drains.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concrete	concrete	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 roads	compound
2	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 impervious	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 impervious	cop
4	impervious	impervious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 runs	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 runs	advmod
7	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 runs	nsubj
8	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 impervious	conj
9	off	off	ADP	_	8 runs	compound:prt
10	into	into	ADP	_	11 drains	case
11	drains	drain	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 runs	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 impervious	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Concrete roads					impervious property	tree rules
2	run off	present	rain					into drains result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into drain=Result

Example 3

We tested which materials were impervious in our science lesson.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 tested	nsubj
2	tested	test	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	4 materials	det
4	materials	material	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 impervious	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 impervious	cop
6	impervious	impervious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tested	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 lesson	case
8	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 lesson	nmod:poss
9	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lesson	compound
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impervious	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tested	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	past	We						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	which materials			our science lesson		impervious property	tree rules

Example 4

She seemed impervious to the cold in just a T-shirt.

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 seemed	nsubj
2	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	impervious	impervious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 seemed	xcomp
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 cold	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cold	det
6	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 impervious	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	12 shirt	case
8	just	just	ADV	_	12 shirt	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 shirt	det
10	T	t	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shirt	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 T	punct
12	shirt	shirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seemed	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 seemed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	past	She					in a T shirt; impervious property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Theme in shirt=Attribute

Example 5

The superhero was impervious to bullets.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 superhero	det
2	superhero	superhero	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 impervious	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 impervious	cop
4	impervious	impervious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 bullets	case
6	bullets	bullet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 impervious	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 impervious	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the superhero					to bullets; impervious property	tree rules

Example 6

He was impervious to their teasing and just smiled.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 impervious	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 impervious	cop
3	impervious	impervious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 teasing	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 teasing	nmod:poss
6	teasing	teasing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 impervious	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 smiled	cc
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 smiled	advmod
9	smiled	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 impervious	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 impervious	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	He	to their teasing; impervious property	tree rules
2	smile	past	He not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	tease		their = they		nom teasing «act transitive»: poss=agent

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