inferiority
Who acts: inferiority, He, story, team, people, others · What happens: be, feel, sense, show, lose, think · To what, where: rank, sense, inferiority · Speech: someone speaks here
«inferiority» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: inferiority in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
The inferiority of something is the state of being lower in rank, quality or skill than others, or feeling less good than them.
The tree, 23 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 inferiority | det |
| 2 | inferiority | inferiority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lower | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 something | case |
| 4 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 inferiority | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 lower | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 state | det |
| 7 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lower | nsubj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 lower | case |
| 9 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 lower | cop |
| 10 | lower | low | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 rank | case |
| 12 | rank | rank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lower | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 quality | punct |
| 14 | quality | quality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 rank | conj |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 skill | cc |
| 16 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 rank | conj |
| 17 | than | than | ADP | _ | 18 others | case |
| 18 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 lower | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 feeling | punct |
| 20 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 21 feeling | cc |
| 21 | feeling | feel | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 lower | conj |
| 22 | less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 23 good | amod |
| 23 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 feeling | xcomp |
| 24 | than | than | ADP | _ | 25 them | case |
| 25 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 good | obl |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 lower | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the inferiority of something | rank and quality or skill | than others; low property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | feel | gerund | the inferiority of something not said here | good property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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
He felt a sense of inferiority beside the older boys.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 felt | nsubj |
| 2 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 sense | det |
| 4 | sense | sense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 felt | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 inferiority | case |
| 6 | inferiority | inferiority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sense | nmod |
| 7 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 10 boys | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 boys | det |
| 9 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 boys | amod |
| 10 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 felt | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 felt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | He | a sense of inferiority | beside the older boys | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sense=Theme beside boy=Location | |||
| 2 | sense | inferiority | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
Example 2
The story shows the inferiority of the wicked brothers.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 story | det |
| 2 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 inferiority | det |
| 5 | inferiority | inferiority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 brothers | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 brothers | det |
| 8 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 brothers | amod |
| 9 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 inferiority | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | the story | the inferiority of the wicked brothers | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent inferiority=Recipient |
Example 3
The team lost because of their inferiority in speed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 team | det |
| 2 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | nsubj |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 7 inferiority | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 because | fixed |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 inferiority | nmod:poss |
| 7 | inferiority | inferiority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 speed | case |
| 9 | speed | speed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 inferiority | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lost | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | the team | because their inferiority in speed | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 4
Some people wrongly think others have an inferiority.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 people | det |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 think | nsubj |
| 3 | wrongly | wrongly | ADV | _ | 4 think | advmod |
| 4 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 have | nsubj |
| 6 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 think | ccomp |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 inferiority | det |
| 8 | inferiority | inferiority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 have | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 think | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | some people | wrongly property | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | have | present | others | a inferiority | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inferiority=Patient |
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