imprudent
Who acts: Imprudent, trouble, It, Spinning · What happens: mean, be, follow, walk, spin, think · To what, where: dark, sweets · Speech: someone speaks here
«imprudent» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: imprudent in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Imprudent means not wise or careful, so that trouble is likely to follow.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imprudent | Imprudent | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 wise | advmod |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | ccomp |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 careful | cc |
| 6 | careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 wise | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 likely | punct |
| 8 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 12 likely | mark |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 likely | mark |
| 10 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 likely | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 likely | cop |
| 12 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | parataxis |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 follow | mark |
| 14 | follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 likely | xcomp |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Imprudent | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | trouble | likely property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | follow | to-infinitive | trouble 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.
Example 1
It is imprudent to walk alone in the dark.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 imprudent | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 imprudent | cop |
| 3 | imprudent | imprudent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 walk | mark |
| 5 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 imprudent | xcomp |
| 6 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 5 walk | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 dark | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dark | det |
| 9 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 walk | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 imprudent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | imprudent property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | walk | to-infinitive | the dark | alone property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Trajectory |
Example 2
Spinning on a Thursday was thought imprudent.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spinning | spin | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 thought | csubj:pass |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 Thursday | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 Thursday | det |
| 4 | Thursday | Thursday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Spinning | obl |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 thought | aux:pass |
| 6 | thought | think | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | imprudent | imprudent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 thought | xcomp |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 thought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spin | gerund | thursday | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past · passive | Spinning | imprudent property | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V» |
Example 3
Was it imprudent to eat all the sweets at once?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 imprudent | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 imprudent | nsubj |
| 3 | imprudent | imprudent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 eat | mark |
| 5 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 imprudent | xcomp |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 sweets | det:predet |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sweets | det |
| 8 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 eat | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 once | case |
| 10 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 eat | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 imprudent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | it | imprudent property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | eat | to-infinitive | all sweets | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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