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inoffensive

Who acts: joke, everyone, Grass snakes, He, quiet inoffensive boy, They · What happens: upset, annoy, offend, be, laugh, not hurt · To what, where: anyone, you, quiet inoffensive boy, trouble, room, inoffensive team name

«inoffensive» 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: inoffensive in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Not likely to upset, annoy or offend anyone; harmless.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 likely	advmod
2	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 upset	mark
4	upset	upset	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 likely	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 annoy	punct
6	annoy	annoy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 upset	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 offend	cc
8	offend	offend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 annoy	conj
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 offend	obj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 harmless	punct
11	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 likely	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 likely	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	upset	to-infinitive							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	annoy	infinitive							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	offend	infinitive		anyone					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus anyone=Experiencer

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

Pleasant but rather dull or ordinary: an inoffensive colour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	but	but	CCONJ	_	4 dull	cc
3	rather	rather	ADV	_	4 dull	advmod
4	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Pleasant	conj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 ordinary	cc
6	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Pleasant	conj
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 colour	punct
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 colour	det
9	inoffensive	inoffensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 colour	amod
10	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pleasant	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Pleasant	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

The joke was inoffensive, so everyone laughed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 joke	det
2	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 inoffensive	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 inoffensive	cop
4	inoffensive	inoffensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 laughed	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 laughed	advmod
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 laughed	nsubj
8	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 inoffensive	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 inoffensive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the joke					inoffensive property	tree rules
2	laugh	past	everyone						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

Grass snakes are inoffensive and won't hurt you.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 snakes	compound
2	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 inoffensive	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 inoffensive	cop
4	inoffensive	inoffensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hurt	cc
6	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 hurt	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 hurt	advmod
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 inoffensive	conj
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 hurt	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 inoffensive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Grass snakes					inoffensive property	tree rules
2	not hurt	future	Grass snakes not said here	you					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient

Example 3

He was a quiet, inoffensive boy who never caused trouble.

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	7 boy	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 boy	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boy	det
4	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boy	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 quiet	punct
6	inoffensive	inoffensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boy	amod
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 caused	nsubj
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 caused	advmod
10	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 boy	acl:relcl
11	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 caused	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 boy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	a quiet inoffensive boy					tree rules
2	not cause	past	a quiet inoffensive boy	trouble					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition trouble=Patient

Example 4

They painted the room an inoffensive cream.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 painted	nsubj
2	painted	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 room	det
4	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 painted	obj
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cream	det
6	inoffensive	inoffensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cream	amod
7	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 painted	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 painted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	past	They	the room					vn coloring-24 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent room=Patient cream=Result

Example 5

It's better to pick an inoffensive team name.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 better	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 better	cop
3	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 pick	mark
5	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 better	csubj
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 name	det
7	inoffensive	inoffensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 name	amod
8	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 name	compound
9	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pick	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 better	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						good property	tree rules
2	pick	to-infinitive		a inoffensive team name					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient

Example 6

The puppy was inoffensive, just very excited.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 puppy	det
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 inoffensive	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 inoffensive	cop
4	inoffensive	inoffensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 excited	punct
6	just	just	ADV	_	8 excited	advmod
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 excited	advmod
8	excited	excited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 inoffensive	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 inoffensive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the puppy					inoffensive property	tree rules
2	be		the puppy not said here						tree rules

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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