inadequate

Who acts: you, old bridge, refugees, answer, Everyone, it · What happens: need, feel, be, have, make, concentrate · To what, where: inadequate shelter, more detail, it

«inadequate» 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: inadequate in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Not enough, or not good enough for what is needed: inadequate food.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 enough	advmod
2	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 good	punct
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 good	cc
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 good	advmod
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 enough	parataxis
7	enough	enough	ADV	_	6 good	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 what	case
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 good	obl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 needed	aux:pass
11	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 what	acl:relcl
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 food	punct
13	inadequate	inadequate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 food	amod
14	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enough	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 enough	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present · passive							vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»

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: feeling — kept apart, not parsed.

Feeling not good or able enough: feel inadequate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feeling	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 feel	csubj
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 good	advmod
3	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Feeling	xcomp
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 able	cc
5	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 good	conj
6	enough	enough	ADV	_	5 able	advmod
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 feel	punct
8	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	inadequate	inadequate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 feel	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	gerund						good property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	feel	imperative	you not said here					inadequate property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 1

The old bridge was inadequate for heavy lorries.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bridge	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bridge	amod
3	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 inadequate	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 inadequate	cop
5	inadequate	inadequate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 lorries	case
7	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lorries	amod
8	lorries	lorry	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 inadequate	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 inadequate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the old bridge					for heavy lorries; inadequate property	tree rules

Example 2

The refugees had inadequate shelter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 refugees	det
2	refugees	refugee	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	inadequate	inadequate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shelter	amod
5	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the refugees	inadequate shelter					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shelter=Patient

Example 3

The answer was inadequate: it needed more detail.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 answer	det
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 inadequate	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 inadequate	cop
4	inadequate	inadequate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 needed	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 needed	nsubj
7	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 inadequate	conj
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 detail	amod
9	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 needed	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 inadequate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the answer					inadequate property	tree rules
2	need	past	answer	more detail					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot detail=Theme

Example 4

Everyone feels inadequate sometimes, it's normal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 feels	nsubj
2	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	inadequate	inadequate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 feels	xcomp
4	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	2 feels	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 normal	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 normal	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 normal	cop
8	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 feels	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 feels	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present	Everyone					inadequate, sometimes property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	present	it					normal property	tree rules

Example 5

The lighting was inadequate for reading.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the lighting					for reading; inadequate property	tree rules

Example 6

Inadequate sleep makes it hard to concentrate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Inadequate	inadequate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sleep	compound
2	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 makes	obj
5	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 makes	xcomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 concentrate	mark
7	concentrate	concentrate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 hard	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Inadequate sleep	it				hard property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
2	concentrate	to-infinitive							vn focus-87.1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

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