incurably

Who acts: hospice, people, Grandad, sister, Doctors, him · What happens: not cure, make, care, be, help, feel · To what, where: that, way, rain, illness, him, less pain

«incurably» 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: incurably in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In a way that cannot be cured or made better by medicine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 way	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 way	det
3	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cured	obl
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 cured	nsubj:pass
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 cured	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 cured	advmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 cured	aux:pass
8	cured	cure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 made	cc
10	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 cured	conj
11	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 made	xcomp
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 medicine	case
13	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 made	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 cured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not cure	can · passive		that		a way			vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source
2	make	participle						by medicine; good property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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: informal, often playful — kept apart, not parsed.

Completely and permanently, as a habit: incurably curious, incurably optimistic.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Completely	completely	ADV	_	7 habit	advmod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 permanently	cc
3	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	1 Completely	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Completely	punct
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 habit	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 habit	det
7	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 curious	punct
9	incurably	incurably	ADV	_	10 curious	advmod
10	curious	curious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 habit	amod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 optimistic	punct
12	incurably	incurably	ADV	_	13 optimistic	advmod
13	optimistic	optimistic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 curious	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 habit	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

The hospice cares for people who are incurably ill.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hospice	det
2	hospice	hospice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cares	nsubj
3	cares	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 people	case
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cares	obl
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 ill	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 ill	cop
8	incurably	incurably	ADV	_	9 ill	advmod
9	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 people	acl:relcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cares	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	present	the hospice					for people	vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for people=Theme
2	is	present	people					ill, incurably property	tree rules

Example 2

Grandad is incurably cheerful, even in the rain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 cheerful	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cheerful	cop
3	incurably	incurably	ADV	_	4 cheerful	advmod
4	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rain	punct
6	even	even	ADV	_	9 rain	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 rain	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rain	det
9	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cheerful	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cheerful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Grandad			the rain		cheerful, incurably property	tree rules

Example 3

My sister is incurably nosy.

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 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nosy	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 nosy	cop
4	incurably	incurably	ADV	_	5 nosy	advmod
5	nosy	nosy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 nosy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	My sister					incurably, nosy property	tree rules

Example 4

Doctors could not cure the illness, but they helped him feel less pain.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cure	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cure	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 cure	advmod
4	cure	cure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 illness	det
6	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cure	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 helped	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 helped	cc
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 helped	nsubj
10	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cure	parataxis
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 helped	obj
12	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 helped	xcomp
13	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 pain	amod
14	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 feel	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not cure	could	Doctors	the illness	vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer illness=Source
2	help	past	Doctors = doctor	him = he	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
3	feel	infinitive	him = he not said here	less pain	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme

Example 5

She's incurably curious and asks a hundred questions a day.

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	4 curious	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 curious	cop
3	incurably	incurably	ADV	_	4 curious	advmod
4	curious	curious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 asks	cc
6	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 curious	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hundred	det
8	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 questions	nummod
9	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 asks	obj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 questions	nmod:unmarked
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 curious	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					curious, incurably property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	present	She not said here	hundred questions a day					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient

Example 6

My uncle is incurably late for everything.

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 uncle	nmod:poss
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 late	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 late	cop
4	incurably	incurably	ADV	_	5 late	advmod
5	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 everything	case
7	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 late	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 late	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	My uncle					for everything; incurably, late property	tree rules

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incurably/