inquisitive

Who acts: inquisitive cat, Peter, you, other people · What happens: want, know, ask, look, not be, sniff · To what, where: many questions, business, box

«inquisitive» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: inquisitive in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Wanting to know about things; asking many questions and looking into what is not your business.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wanting	want	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 know	mark
3	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wanting	xcomp
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 things	case
5	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 know	obl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 asking	punct
7	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 know	conj
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 questions	amod
9	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 asking	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 looking	cc
11	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 asking	conj
12	into	into	ADP	_	17 business	case
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 business	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 business	cop
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 business	advmod
16	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 business	nmod:poss
17	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 looking	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Wanting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	want	gerund				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	know not said to happen	to-infinitive			about things	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about thing=Stimulus
3	ask speech: ask	gerund	many questions			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient
4	look	gerund				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
5	not is	present		your business		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.

Example 1

The inquisitive cat sniffed every box.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cat	det
2	inquisitive	inquisitive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cat	amod
3	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sniffed	nsubj
4	sniffed	sniff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 box	det
6	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sniffed	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sniffed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sniff	past	the inquisitive cat	every box					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme

Example 2

Peter was inquisitive and asked many questions.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 inquisitive	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 inquisitive	cop
3	inquisitive	inquisitive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 asked	cc
5	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 inquisitive	conj
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 questions	amod
7	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 asked	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 inquisitive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Peter					inquisitive property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	past	Peter not said here	many questions					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient

Example 3

Do not be so inquisitive about other people's letters.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 inquisitive	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 inquisitive	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 inquisitive	advmod
5	inquisitive	inquisitive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Do	ccomp
6	about	about	ADP	_	10 letters	case
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 people	amod
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 letters	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 people	case
10	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 inquisitive	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is	infinitive	you not said here	about other people's letters; inquisitive property	tree rules
3	letter		other people		nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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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