inflexible Who acts: Inexible things, inflexible rod, Inflexible people, people, judge, metal bar · What happens: not bend, be, not change, give, mind, rule · To what, where: mind, way, rules
«inflexible» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: inflexible in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Inexible things cannot bend: an inflexible rod is stiff.
amod nsubj aux advmod punct det amod nsubj cop conj punct root Inexible ADJ things NOUN can AUX not PART bend VERB : PUNCT an DET inflexible ADJ rod NOUN is AUX stiff ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Inexible inexible ADJ Degree=Pos 2 things amod 2 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 5 bend nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 bend aux 4 not not PART Polarity=Neg 5 bend advmod 5 bend bend VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 : : PUNCT _ 11 stiff punct 7 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 rod det 8 inflexible inflexible ADJ Degree=Pos 9 rod amod 9 rod rod NOUN Number=Sing 11 stiff nsubj 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 stiff cop 11 stiff stiff ADJ Degree=Pos 5 bend conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 bend punct
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1 not bend can Inexible things vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is present a inflexible rod stiff property tree rules
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 Inflexible people will not change their mind or give way.
amod nsubj aux advmod nmod:poss obj cc conj obj punct root Inflexible ADJ people NOUN will AUX not PART change VERB their PRON mind NOUN or CCONJ give VERB way NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Inflexible inflexible ADJ Degree=Pos 2 people amod 2 people people NOUN Number=Plur 5 change nsubj 3 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 change aux 4 not not PART Polarity=Neg 5 change advmod 5 change change VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 mind nmod:poss 7 mind mind NOUN Number=Sing 5 change obj 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 give cc 9 give give VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 change conj 10 way way NOUN Number=Sing 9 give obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 change punct
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1 not change future Inflexible people people's mind vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient 2 give infinitive Inflexible people not said here way vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme 3 mind people nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
Example 1 The judge was inflexible and would not bend the rules.
det nsubj cop cc aux advmod conj det obj punct root The DET judge NOUN was AUX inflexible ADJ and CCONJ would AUX not PART bend VERB the DET rules NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 judge det 2 judge judge NOUN Number=Sing 4 inflexible nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 inflexible cop 4 inflexible inflexible ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 8 bend cc 6 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 bend aux 7 not not PART Polarity=Neg 8 bend advmod 8 bend bend VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 inflexible conj 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 rules det 10 rules rule NOUN Number=Plur 8 bend obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 inflexible punct
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1 is past the judge inflexible property tree rules 2 not bend would the judge not said here the rules vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent rule=Material
Example 2 The metal bar is inflexible.
det compound nsubj cop punct root The DET metal NOUN bar NOUN is AUX inflexible ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 bar det 2 metal metal NOUN Number=Sing 3 bar compound 3 bar bar NOUN Number=Sing 5 inflexible nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 inflexible cop 5 inflexible inflexible ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 inflexible punct
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1 is present the metal bar inflexible property tree rules
Example 3 My teacher's rule is inflexible: no phones in class.
nmod:poss nmod:poss case nsubj cop punct det parataxis case nmod punct root My PRON teacher NOUN 's PART rule NOUN is AUX inflexible ADJ : PUNCT no DET phones NOUN in ADP class NOUN . PUNCT 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 teacher nmod:poss 2 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 4 rule nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 teacher case 4 rule rule NOUN Number=Sing 6 inflexible nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 inflexible cop 6 inflexible inflexible ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 : : PUNCT _ 9 phones punct 8 no no DET PronType=Neg 9 phones det 9 phones phone NOUN Number=Plur 6 inflexible parataxis 10 in in ADP _ 11 class case 11 class class NOUN Number=Sing 9 phones nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 6 inflexible punct
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1 is present My teacher's rule inflexible property tree rules 2 rule My teacher nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 4 The princess remained inflexible.
det nsubj xcomp punct root The DET princess NOUN remained VERB inflexible ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 princess det 2 princess princess NOUN Number=Sing 3 remained nsubj 3 remained remain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 inflexible inflexible ADJ Degree=Pos 3 remained xcomp 5 . . PUNCT _ 3 remained punct
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1 remain past the princess inflexible property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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