inattentive

Who acts: someone, inattentive guard, prisoner, I, inattentive driver, waiter · What happens: not pay, not listen, watch, not give, think, need · To what, where: attention, enough care, roads, homework instructions, accident, drinks

«inattentive» 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: inattentive in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Not paying attention; not listening or watching carefully.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 paying	advmod
2	paying	pay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paying	obj
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 listening	punct
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 listening	advmod
6	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 paying	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 watching	cc
8	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 listening	conj
9	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	8 watching	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 paying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not pay	gerund	attention		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Asset
2	not listen	gerund			vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	watch	gerund		carefully property	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: 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

Not giving enough care or thought to someone's needs: an inattentive host.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 giving	advmod
2	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 care	amod
4	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 giving	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 thought	cc
6	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 giving	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 needs	case
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 needs	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 someone	case
10	needs	need	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 thought	obl
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 host	punct
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 host	det
13	inattentive	inattentive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 host	amod
14	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 needs	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 giving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not give	gerund		enough care		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme
2	think speech: other	participle			to someone's needs and a inattentive host	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	need		someone			nom need «state transitive»: poss=agent

Example 1

The inattentive guard was asleep when the prisoner escaped.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 guard	det
2	inattentive	inattentive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 guard	amod
3	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asleep	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 asleep	cop
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 escaped	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 prisoner	det
8	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 escaped	nsubj
9	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 asleep	parataxis
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 asleep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the inattentive guard					asleep property	tree rules
2	escape	past	the prisoner						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Being inattentive near roads is dangerous.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 inattentive	cop
2	inattentive	inattentive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dangerous	csubj
3	near	near	ADP	_	4 roads	case
4	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 inattentive	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dangerous	cop
6	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 dangerous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund				roads		inattentive property	tree rules
2	is	present						dangerous property	tree rules

Example 3

I was inattentive and missed the homework instructions.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 inattentive	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 inattentive	cop
3	inattentive	inattentive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 missed	cc
5	missed	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 inattentive	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 instructions	det
7	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 instructions	compound
8	instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 missed	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 inattentive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	I					inattentive property	tree rules
2	miss	past	I not said here	the homework instructions					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer instruction=Stimulus

Example 4

An inattentive driver can cause an accident.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 driver	det
2	inattentive	inattentive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 driver	amod
3	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cause	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 cause	aux
5	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 accident	det
7	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cause	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 cause	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	can	a inattentive driver	a accident					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition accident=Patient

Example 5

The waiter was inattentive and forgot our drinks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 waiter	det
2	waiter	waiter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 inattentive	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 inattentive	cop
4	inattentive	inattentive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 forgot	cc
6	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 inattentive	conj
7	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 drinks	nmod:poss
8	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 forgot	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 inattentive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the waiter					inattentive property	tree rules
2	forget	past	the waiter not said here	our drinks					tree rules

Example 6

Tiredness can make you inattentive in lessons.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tiredness	tiredness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 make	aux
3	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 make	obj
5	inattentive	inattentive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 make	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 lessons	case
7	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 inattentive	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	can	Tiredness	you				inattentive property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product

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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