inert

Who acts: Helium, Neon, cat, robot, Gold, crowd · What happens: not move, not react, not want, act, be, lie · To what, where: strength, inert gas, signs, sun., robot

«inert» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: inert in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Not moving and without strength or life.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 moving	advmod
2	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 strength	cc
4	without	without	ADP	_	5 strength	case
5	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 moving	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 life	cc
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 strength	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 moving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not move	gerund		strength or life					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent strength=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

Not reacting with other chemicals, as in inert gases like helium or neon.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 reacting	advmod
2	reacting	react	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 chemicals	case
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 chemicals	amod
5	chemicals	chemical	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 reacting	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 gases	punct
7	as	as	ADP	_	10 gases	case
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 gases	case
9	inert	inert	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 gases	amod
10	gases	gas	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 reacting	obl
11	like	like	ADP	_	12 helium	case
12	helium	helium	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gases	nmod
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 neon	cc
14	neon	neon	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 helium	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reacting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not react	gerund						with other chemicals; as inert gases like helium or neon	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with chemical=Eventuality

Meaning 3

Slow and not wanting to act.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 wanting	cc
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 wanting	advmod
4	wanting	want	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Slow	conj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 act	mark
6	act	act	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wanting	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Slow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not want	gerund							vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	act not said to happen	to-infinitive							vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Helium is an inert gas.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Helium	helium	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gas	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 gas	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 gas	det
4	inert	inert	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 gas	amod
5	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 gas	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Helium	a inert gas					tree rules

Example 2

Neon is inert, so it is safe in signs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neon	neon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 inert	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 inert	cop
3	inert	inert	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 safe	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 safe	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 safe	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 safe	cop
8	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 inert	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 signs	case
10	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 safe	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 inert	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Neon					inert property	tree rules
2	is	present	Neon			signs		safe property	tree rules

Example 3

The cat lay inert in the sun.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lay	nsubj
3	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	inert	inert	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lay	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 sun.	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sun.	det
7	sun.	sun.	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	the cat			the sun.		inert property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sun.=Location

Example 4

The robot stood inert until it was switched on.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 robot	det
2	robot	robot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	nsubj
3	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	inert	inert	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stood	xcomp
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 switched	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 switched	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 switched	aux:pass
8	switched	switch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stood	advcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	8 switched	compound:prt
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the robot					inert property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	switch on	past · passive		robot					vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 5

Gold is quite inert, so it doesn't rust.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 inert	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 inert	cop
3	quite	quite	ADV	_	4 inert	advmod
4	inert	inert	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 rust	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 rust	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 rust	nsubj
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 rust	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 rust	advmod
10	rust	rust	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 inert	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 inert	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Gold					inert property	tree rules
2	not rust	present · do-support	Gold						vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 6

The crowd stayed inert and silent.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crowd	det
2	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stayed	nsubj
3	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	inert	inert	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stayed	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 silent	cc
6	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 inert	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	the crowd					inert property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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