inflectional

Who acts: endings, ing, Inflectional suffixes, Russian, teacher, English · What happens: do, change, show, form, describe, work · To what, where: form, grammar, words, endings, way, inflectional ending · Speech: someone speaks here

«inflectional» 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: inflectional in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: grammar — kept apart, not parsed.

To do with inflection: changing the form of words to show grammar.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 do	mark
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 inflection	case
4	inflection	inflection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 do	obl
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 changing	punct
6	changing	change	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 do	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 form	det
8	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 changing	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 words	case
10	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 form	nmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 show	mark
12	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 changing	advcl
13	grammar	grammar	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 show	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	to-infinitive		with inflection	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	change	gerund	the form of words		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Patient
3	show	to-infinitive	grammar		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grammar=Recipient
4	form		words		nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

Describing endings or languages that work this way: inflectional endings, an inflectional language.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Describing	describe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	endings	ending	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Describing	obj
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 languages	cc
4	languages	language	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 endings	conj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 work	nsubj
6	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 endings	acl:relcl
7	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 work	obj
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 endings	punct
10	inflectional	inflectional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 endings	amod
11	endings	ending	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Describing	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 language	punct
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 language	det
14	inflectional	inflectional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 language	amod
15	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 endings	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 endings	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	gerund		endings or languages				inflectional endings and a inflectional language obl	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent ending=Theme
2	work	present	endings or languages	this way					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent way=Material

Example 1

«-ing» is an inflectional ending.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 ing	punct
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 ing	punct
3	ing	ing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ending	nsubj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 ing	punct
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 ending	cop
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 ending	det
7	inflectional	inflectional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ending	amod
8	ending	ending	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 ending	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	ing	a inflectional ending					tree rules

Example 2

Inflectional suffixes don't change the word class: «walk» and «walked» are both verbs.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Inflectional	inflectional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 suffixes	amod
2	suffixes	suffix	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 change	nsubj
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 change	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 change	advmod
5	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 class	det
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 class	compound
8	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 change	obj
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 walk	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 walk	punct
11	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 change	parataxis
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 walk	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 walked	cc
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 walked	punct
15	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 verbs	parataxis
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 walked	punct
17	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 verbs	cop
18	both	both	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 verbs	amod
19	verbs	verb	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 walk	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 change	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not change	present · do-support	Inflectional suffixes	the word class	tree rules
2	walk in a quote	infinitive			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	walk in a quote	past			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is a	present		both verbs	tree rules

Example 3

Russian and Ukrainian have many inflectional endings.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Russian	Russian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 have	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 Ukrainian	cc
3	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Russian	conj
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 endings	amod
6	inflectional	inflectional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 endings	amod
7	endings	ending	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Russian	many inflectional endings					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ending=Patient

Example 4

The teacher listed English's eight inflectional endings.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 listed	nsubj
3	listed	list	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 endings	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 English	case
6	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 endings	nummod
7	inflectional	inflectional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 endings	amod
8	endings	ending	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 listed	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 listed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	list	past	the teacher	English's eight inflectional endings					tree rules
2	end		English						nom ending «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 5

«Happiness» uses a derivational suffix, not an inflectional one.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Happiness	punct
2	Happiness	happiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 uses	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Happiness	punct
4	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 suffix	det
6	derivational	derivational	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 suffix	amod
7	suffix	suffix	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 uses	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 one	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 one	advmod
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 one	det
11	inflectional	inflectional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 one	amod
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 suffix	appos
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 uses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	Happiness	a derivational suffix					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suffix=Patient

Example 6

«Biggest» uses the inflectional ending «-est».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Biggest	punct
2	Biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 uses	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Biggest	punct
4	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ending	det
6	inflectional	inflectional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ending	amod
7	ending	ending	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 uses	obj
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 est	punct
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 est	punct
10	est	est	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ending	appos
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 est	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 uses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	Biggest	the inflectional ending					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ending=Patient

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