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intelligible

Who acts: handwriting, His, you, speech, your, radio message · What happens: understand, be, handwrite, speak, make, write · To what, where: Clear, hard idea, answer, clear intelligible sentences, something, last · Speech: someone speaks here

«intelligible» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: intelligible in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Clear enough to be understood: an intelligible answer, intelligible speech.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 understood	nsubj:pass
2	enough	enough	ADV	_	1 Clear	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	5 understood	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 understood	aux:pass
5	understood	understand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 answer	punct
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 answer	det
8	intelligible	intelligible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 answer	amod
9	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 understood	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 speech	punct
11	intelligible	intelligible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 speech	amod
12	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 answer	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 understood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	understand	to-infinitive · passive		Clear					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus

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

His handwriting was hardly intelligible.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 handwriting	nmod:poss
2	handwriting	handwriting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 intelligible	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 intelligible	cop
4	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	5 intelligible	advmod
5	intelligible	intelligible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 intelligible	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	His handwriting					hardly, intelligible property	tree rules
2	handwrite		His = he						nom handwriting «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

Speak slowly so your speech is intelligible.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Speak	advmod
3	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 intelligible	mark
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 speech	nmod:poss
5	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 intelligible	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 intelligible	cop
7	intelligible	intelligible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Speak	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Speak	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	imperative	you not said here					slowly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	your speech					intelligible property	tree rules
3	speak		your						nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The radio message was crackly but intelligible.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 message	det
2	radio	radio	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 message	compound
3	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crackly	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 crackly	cop
5	crackly	crackly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 intelligible	cc
7	intelligible	intelligible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 crackly	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 crackly	punct

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

Example 4

The teacher made the hard idea intelligible to everyone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 idea	det
5	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 idea	amod
6	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj
7	intelligible	intelligible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 idea	amod
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 everyone	case
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 intelligible	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the teacher	the hard idea					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Product

Example 5

After the storm the phone line was barely intelligible.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 storm	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 storm	det
3	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 intelligible	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 line	det
5	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 line	compound
6	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 intelligible	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 intelligible	cop
8	barely	barely	ADV	_	9 intelligible	advmod
9	intelligible	intelligible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 intelligible	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the phone line				after the storm	barely, intelligible property	tree rules

Example 6

Write your answer in clear, intelligible sentences.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 answer	nmod:poss
3	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Write	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 sentences	case
5	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sentences	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 clear	punct
7	intelligible	intelligible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sentences	amod
8	sentences	sentence	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Write	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Write	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	imperative	you not said here	your answer		clear intelligible sentences			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent answer=Theme in sentence=Destination
2	answer		your						nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 7

But at last he did say something intelligible, and this is what he said.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	6 say	cc
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 last	case
3	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 say	obl
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 say	nsubj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 say	obj
8	intelligible	intelligible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 something	amod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 what	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 what	cc
11	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 what	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 what	cop
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 something	conj
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 said	nsubj
15	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 what	acl:relcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	he	something		last			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic
2	is a	present	this						tree rules
3	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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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