ingenious

Who acts: Tegumai, robot, She, escape plan, Leonardo, suggestion · What happens: find, solve, plan, make, fix, write · To what, where: new ways, problems, bike, ingenious way, sounds, ingenious invention

«ingenious» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: ingenious in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Very clever and inventive, especially at finding new ways to solve problems.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 clever	advmod
2	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 inventive	cc
4	inventive	inventive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 clever	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 finding	punct
6	especially	especially	ADV	_	8 finding	advmod
7	at	at	SCONJ	_	8 finding	mark
8	finding	find	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 clever	conj
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ways	amod
10	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 finding	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 solve	mark
12	solve	solve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 ways	acl
13	problems	problem	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 solve	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 clever	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	gerund		new ways				especially property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic
2	solve	to-infinitive		problems					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Topic

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: of an idea or machine — kept apart, not parsed.

Cleverly planned and made.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cleverly	cleverly	ADV	_	2 planned	advmod
2	planned	plan	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 made	cc
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 planned	conj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 planned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	participle						cleverly property	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	make	participle							vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Example 1

What an ingenious way to fix the bike!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	4 way	det:predet
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 way	det
3	ingenious	ingenious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 way	amod
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 fix	mark
6	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 way	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bike	det
8	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fix	obj
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	to-infinitive		the bike					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bike=Patient

Example 2

Tegumai and Taffy found an ingenious way to write sounds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tegumai	Tegumai	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 found	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 Taffy	cc
3	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Tegumai	conj
4	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 way	det
6	ingenious	ingenious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 way	amod
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 write	mark
9	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 way	acl
10	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 write	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	Tegumai and Taffy	a ingenious way					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic
2	write	to-infinitive	Tegumai and Taffy not said here	sounds					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme

Example 3

The robot was an ingenious invention.

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	6 invention	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 invention	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 invention	det
5	ingenious	ingenious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 invention	amod
6	invention	invention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 invention	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the robot	a ingenious invention					tree rules

Example 4

She built an ingenious trap to catch the sweet thief.

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	2 built	nsubj
2	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 trap	det
4	ingenious	ingenious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 trap	amod
5	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 built	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 catch	mark
7	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 built	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 thief	det
9	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 thief	amod
10	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 catch	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 built	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	She	a ingenious trap					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trap=Product
2	catch	to-infinitive	She not said here	the sweet thief					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Theme

Example 5

The escape plan was ingenious.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 plan	det
2	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plan	compound
3	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ingenious	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ingenious	cop
5	ingenious	ingenious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 ingenious	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the escape plan					ingenious property	tree rules

Example 6

Leonardo da Vinci drew many ingenious machines.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leonardo	Leonardo	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 drew	nsubj
2	da	Da	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Leonardo	flat
3	Vinci	Vinci	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Leonardo	flat
4	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 machines	amod
6	ingenious	ingenious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 machines	amod
7	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 drew	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 drew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	Leonardo	many ingenious machines					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent machine=Theme

Example 7

Benfey's suggestion is certainly ingenious, but perhaps too ingenious to be true.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Benfey	Benfey	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 suggestion	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Benfey	case
3	suggestion	suggestion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ingenious	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 ingenious	cop
5	certainly	certainly	ADV	_	6 ingenious	advmod
6	ingenious	ingenious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ingenious	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 ingenious	cc
9	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	_	11 ingenious	advmod
10	too	too	ADV	_	11 ingenious	advmod
11	ingenious	ingenious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ingenious	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	14 true	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 true	cop
14	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 ingenious	advcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 ingenious	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Benfey's suggestion	certainly, ingenious property	tree rules
2	be		Benfey's suggestion not said here	perhaps property	tree rules
3	is	to-infinitive	Benfey's suggestion not said here	true property	tree rules
4	suggest		Benfey		nom suggestion «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

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