insane

Who acts: today doctors, That, goal, skateboard trick, It, homework · What happens: use, be, swim, drive, amount, call · To what, where: mental illness, storm, me, traffic, people, insane things · Speech: someone speaks here

«insane» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: insane in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old or offensive when used of people — kept apart, not parsed.

Seriously mentally ill; today doctors use «mental illness» instead.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seriously	seriously	ADV	_	3 ill	advmod
2	mentally	mentally	ADV	_	3 ill	advmod
3	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 use	punct
5	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 doctors	compound
6	doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 use	nsubj
7	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ill	conj
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 illness	punct
9	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 illness	amod
10	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 use	obj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 illness	punct
12	instead	instead	ADV	_	7 use	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	today doctors	mental illness				instead property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent illness=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

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Very foolish or crazy, as in «That's an insane idea».

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 foolish	advmod
2	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 crazy	cc
4	crazy	crazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 foolish	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 idea	punct
6	as	as	ADP	_	13 idea	case
7	in	in	ADP	_	13 idea	case
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 idea	punct
9	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 idea	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 idea	cop
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 idea	det
12	insane	insane	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 idea	amod
13	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 foolish	parataxis
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 idea	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 foolish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	That					as a insane idea	tree rules

Meaning 3

Usage: slang — kept apart, not parsed.

Amazing or extreme, as in «That goal was insane!».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Amazing	amazing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 extreme	cc
3	extreme	extreme	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Amazing	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 insane	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 insane	mark
6	in	in	SCONJ	_	11 insane	mark
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 insane	punct
8	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 goal	det
9	goal	goal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 insane	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 insane	cop
11	insane	insane	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Amazing	conj
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	11 insane	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 insane	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Amazing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	that goal					insane property	tree rules

Example 1

That skateboard trick was insane! (slang)

Sentence 1: That skateboard trick was insane!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 trick	det
2	skateboard	skateboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 trick	compound
3	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 insane	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 insane	cop
5	insane	insane	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 insane	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	that skateboard trick					insane property	tree rules

Sentence 2: (slang)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 slang	punct
2	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 slang	punct

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

Example 2

It would be insane to swim in that storm.

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	4 insane	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 insane	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 insane	cop
4	insane	insane	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 swim	mark
6	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 insane	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 storm	case
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 storm	det
9	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swim	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 insane	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	It					insane property	tree rules
2	swim	to-infinitive				that storm			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in storm=Trajectory

Example 3

This homework is driving me insane.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 homework	det
2	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 driving	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 driving	aux
4	driving	drive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 driving	obj
6	insane	insane	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 driving	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 driving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	present · progressive	this homework	me				insane property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme

Example 4

There was an insane amount of traffic.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 amount	det
4	insane	insane	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 amount	amod
5	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 traffic	case
7	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 amount	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	a insane amount of traffic			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	amount			traffic					nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient

Example 5

The price of those trainers is insane.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 price	det
2	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 insane	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 trainers	case
4	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 trainers	det
5	trainers	trainer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 price	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 insane	cop
7	insane	insane	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 insane	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the price of that trainers					insane property	tree rules

Example 6

Old books called people with mental illness «insane», but today we say «mentally ill».

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 books	amod
2	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 say	nsubj
3	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 books	acl
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 called	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 illness	case
6	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 illness	amod
7	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	obl
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 insane	punct
9	insane	insane	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 illness	amod
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 insane	punct
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 say	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 say	cc
13	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 say	obl:unmarked
14	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 say	nsubj
15	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 ill	punct
17	mentally	mentally	ADV	_	18 ill	advmod
18	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 say	ccomp
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 ill	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle	Old books not said here	people				with mental illness	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	Old books				today		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 7

I do the most insane things I possibly can, and then I tell a poet about it, and thus the whole town gets to know of it directly."

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 do	nsubj
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 things	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 insane	advmod
5	insane	insane	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 things	amod
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 do	obj
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 can	nsubj
8	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	9 can	advmod
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 things	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 tell	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 tell	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 tell	advmod
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 tell	nsubj
14	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 things	parataxis
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 poet	det
16	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tell	obj
17	about	about	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 tell	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 gets	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 gets	cc
21	thus	thus	ADV	_	25 gets	advmod
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 town	det
23	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 town	amod
24	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 gets	nsubj
25	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 do	conj
26	to	to	PART	_	27 know	mark
27	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 gets	xcomp
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 it	case
29	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 know	obl
30	directly	directly	ADV	_	27 know	advmod
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 do	punct
32	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	I	the insane things			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality
2	tell speech: assert	present	I	a poet	then	about poet	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent poet=Recipient about it=Topic
3	get	present	the whole town			thus property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	know	to-infinitive	the whole town not said here			of town; directly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of it=Stimulus

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