insensitive

Who acts: Laughing, It, fish, old scales, I, that · What happens: not notice, care, say, do, feel, react · To what, where: hurtful things, haircut, front, boy, insensitive thing, us · Speech: someone speaks here

«insensitive» 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: insensitive in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Not noticing or caring about other people's feelings; saying or doing hurtful things.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 noticing	advmod
2	noticing	notice	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 caring	cc
4	caring	care	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 noticing	conj
5	about	about	ADP	_	9 feelings	case
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 people	amod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 feelings	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 people	case
9	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 caring	obl
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 saying	punct
11	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 noticing	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 doing	cc
13	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 saying	conj
14	hurtful	hurtful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 things	amod
15	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 doing	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 noticing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not notice	gerund			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	care	gerund		about other people's feelings	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about feeling=Stimulus
3	say speech: assert	gerund			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	do	gerund	hurtful things		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality

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

Not able to feel or react to something: insensitive to pain, insensitive to light.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 able	advmod
2	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 feel	mark
4	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 able	xcomp
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 react	cc
6	react	react	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 feel	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 something	case
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 react	obl
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 insensitive	punct
10	insensitive	insensitive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 something	amod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 pain	mark
12	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 insensitive	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 insensitive	punct
14	insensitive	insensitive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 pain	amod
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 light	case
16	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 insensitive	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 able	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	to-infinitive							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	react	infinitive						to something	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to something=Theme

Example 1

Laughing at her haircut was insensitive.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 insensitive	csubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 haircut	case
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 haircut	nmod:poss
4	haircut	haircut	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Laughing	obl
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 insensitive	cop
6	insensitive	insensitive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 insensitive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	gerund				her haircut			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	Laughing					insensitive property	tree rules

Example 2

It was insensitive to talk about the party in front of the boy who wasn't invited.

The tree, 17 words

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 insensitive	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 insensitive	cop
3	insensitive	insensitive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 talk	mark
5	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 insensitive	xcomp
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 party	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 party	det
8	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 talk	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 front	case
10	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 talk	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 boy	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 boy	det
13	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 front	nmod
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 invited	nsubj:pass
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 invited	aux:pass
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 invited	advmod
17	invited	invite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 boy	acl:relcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 insensitive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	It			insensitive property	tree rules
2	talk	to-infinitive			front of the boy	about the party	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about party=Topic
3	not invite	past · passive		the boy			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient

Example 3

Some fish are insensitive to cold water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 fish	det
2	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 insensitive	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 insensitive	cop
4	insensitive	insensitive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 water	amod
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 insensitive	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 insensitive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	some fish					to cold water; insensitive property	tree rules

Example 4

The old scales were insensitive to tiny weights.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 scales	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 scales	amod
3	scales	scale	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 insensitive	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 insensitive	cop
5	insensitive	insensitive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 weights	case
7	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 weights	amod
8	weights	weight	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 insensitive	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 insensitive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the old scales					to tiny weights; insensitive property	tree rules

Example 5

I'm sorry; that was an insensitive thing to say.

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	3 sorry	nsubj
2	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sorry	cop
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 thing	punct
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 thing	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 thing	cop
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 thing	det
8	insensitive	insensitive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 thing	amod
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sorry	parataxis
10	to	to	PART	_	11 say	mark
11	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 thing	acl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sorry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	I		sorry property	tree rules
2	is a	past	that	a insensitive thing		tree rules
3	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	I not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 6

Being insensitive to pain can be dangerous, because pain warns us.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 insensitive	cop
2	insensitive	insensitive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dangerous	csubj
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 pain	case
4	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 insensitive	obl
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 dangerous	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 dangerous	cop
7	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 warns	punct
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 warns	mark
10	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 warns	nsubj
11	warns	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dangerous	conj
12	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 warns	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 dangerous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	gerund			to pain; insensitive property	tree rules
2	is	can			dangerous property	tree rules
3	warn speech: warn	present	pain	us		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient

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