impracticability

Who acts: quality, council, impracticability, report, teacher, Everyone · What happens: be, do, not do, drop, move, owe · To what, where: practice, bridge plan, whole school, impracticability, trip, marsh

«impracticability» 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: impracticability in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The quality of being impossible or almost impossible to do in practice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 quality	det
2	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 impossible	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 impossible	case
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 impossible	cop
5	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 impossible	cc
7	almost	almost	ADV	_	8 impossible	advmod
8	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 impossible	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 do	mark
10	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 impossible	xcomp
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 practice	case
12	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 do	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 impossible	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	the quality		impossible property	tree rules
2	be		the quality not said here		almost property	tree rules
3	do	to-infinitive	the quality not said here	practice		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

Something that cannot be done because of real-world limits like cost, time or difficulty.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 done	obj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 done	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 done	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 done	aux:pass
6	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Something	acl:relcl
7	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	12 limits	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	7 because	fixed
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 world	amod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 real	punct
11	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 limits	compound
12	limits	limit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 done	obl
13	like	like	ADP	_	14 cost	case
14	cost	cost	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 limits	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 time	punct
16	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cost	conj
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 difficulty	cc
18	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cost	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Something	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do	can · passive						because world limits like cost and time or difficulty	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: that=Eventuality

Example 1

The council dropped the bridge plan because of its impracticability.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 council	det
2	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dropped	nsubj
3	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 plan	det
5	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plan	compound
6	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dropped	obj
7	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	10 impracticability	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	7 because	fixed
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 impracticability	nmod:poss
10	impracticability	impracticability	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dropped	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dropped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	the council	the bridge plan				because council's impracticability	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Theme

Example 2

The impracticability of moving the whole school in one day was obvious.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 impracticability	det
2	impracticability	impracticability	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 obvious	nsubj
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 moving	mark
4	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 impracticability	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 school	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 school	amod
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 moving	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 day	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 day	nummod
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 moving	obl
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 obvious	cop
12	obvious	obvious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 obvious	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	gerund	the impracticability not said here	the whole school			day		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent school=Theme
2	is	past	the impracticability					obvious property	tree rules

Example 3

Owing to the impracticability of the trip, it was cancelled.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Owing	owe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 cancelled	advcl
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 impracticability	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 impracticability	det
4	impracticability	impracticability	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Owing	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 trip	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 trip	det
7	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 impracticability	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Owing	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 cancelled	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 cancelled	aux:pass
11	cancelled	cancel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 cancelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	owe	gerund						to the impracticability of the trip goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to impracticability=Goal
2	cancel	past · passive		trip					tree rules

Example 4

The report explained the impracticability of building on the marsh.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 report	det
2	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 explained	nsubj
3	explained	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 impracticability	det
5	impracticability	impracticability	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 explained	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 building	case
7	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 impracticability	nmod
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 marsh	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 marsh	det
10	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 explained	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 explained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	past	the report	the impracticability of building		the marsh			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent impracticability=Topic

Example 5

My teacher pointed out the impracticability of feeding a hundred pets.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 teacher	nmod:poss
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pointed	nsubj
3	pointed	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 pointed	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 impracticability	det
6	impracticability	impracticability	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pointed	obj
7	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 feeding	mark
8	feeding	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 impracticability	acl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hundred	det
10	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 pets	nummod
11	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 feeding	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 pointed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point out	past	My teacher	the impracticability					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent impracticability=Patient
2	feed	gerund	the impracticability not said here		hundred pets				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Recipient

Example 6

Everyone could see the impracticability of a swimming pool on the roof.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 see	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 see	aux
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 impracticability	det
5	impracticability	impracticability	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 see	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 pool	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pool	det
8	swimming	swimming	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pool	compound
9	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 impracticability	nmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 roof	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 roof	det
12	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pool	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	could	Everyone	the impracticability of a swimming pool on the roof					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer impracticability=Stimulus

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