interrogative

Who acts: Interrogative, interrogative sentence, interrogative look, bag, you, She · What happens: mean, use, ask, end, be, seem · To what, where: question, question word, interrogative sentence, interrogatives, statement, interrogative form · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

Usage: grammar — kept apart, not parsed.

Interrogative means used to ask a question: an interrogative sentence ends with a question mark.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Interrogative	interrogative	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	ccomp
4	to	to	PART	_	5 ask	mark
5	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 used	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 question	det
7	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ask	obj
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 ends	punct
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sentence	det
10	interrogative	interrogative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sentence	amod
11	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ends	nsubj
12	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	parataxis
13	with	with	ADP	_	16 mark	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 mark	det
15	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 mark	compound
16	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ends	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Interrogative			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	use	participle				vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive		a question		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient
4	end	present	a interrogative sentence		with a question mark	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with mark=Subeventuality

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: grammar, noun — kept apart, not parsed.

An interrogative is a question word, such as who, what, where, when, why, which or how.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 interrogative	det
2	interrogative	interrogative	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 word	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 word	det
5	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	compound
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 who	punct
8	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	10 who	case
9	as	as	ADP	_	8 such	fixed
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 word	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 what	punct
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 who	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 where	punct
14	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 what	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 when	punct
16	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 what	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 why	punct
18	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 what	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 how	punct
20	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 how	nsubj
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 how	cc
22	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	12 what	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 word	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a interrogative	a question word					tree rules

Meaning 3

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

An interrogative look or tone seems to be asking a question.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 look	det
2	interrogative	interrogative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 look	amod
3	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seems	nsubj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 tone	cc
5	tone	tone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 look	conj
6	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	9 asking	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 asking	aux
9	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 seems	xcomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 question	det
11	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 asking	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 seems	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	present	a interrogative look or tone						vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
2	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive · progressive	a interrogative look or tone not said here	a question					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient

Example 1

«Where is my bag?» is an interrogative sentence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Where	punct
2	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 Where	cop
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 bag	nmod:poss
5	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Where	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 Where	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Where	punct
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 sentence	cop
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sentence	det
10	interrogative	interrogative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sentence	amod
11	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Where	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Where	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	my bag					where property	tree rules
2	is a	present	my bag not said here	a interrogative sentence					tree rules

Example 2

Who, what and why are interrogatives.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 what	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	1 Who	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 interrogatives	cc
5	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 interrogatives	advmod
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 interrogatives	cop
7	interrogatives	interrogative	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 what	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Who	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		interrogatives					tree rules

Example 3

Turn the statement into the interrogative form.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turn	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 form	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 form	det
6	interrogative	interrogative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 form	amod
7	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turn	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Turn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	imperative	you not said here	the statement		the interrogative form			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent statement=Theme into form=Trajectory

Example 4

An interrogative sentence ends with a question mark.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sentence	det
2	interrogative	interrogative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sentence	amod
3	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ends	nsubj
4	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 mark	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 mark	det
7	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mark	compound
8	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ends	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ends	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	present	a interrogative sentence					with a question mark	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with mark=Subeventuality

Example 5

She gave me an interrogative look.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 look	det
5	interrogative	interrogative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 look	amod
6	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	She	a interrogative look	me				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient look=Theme

Example 6

Write three interrogative sentences about the story.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 sentences	nummod
3	interrogative	interrogative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sentences	amod
4	sentences	sentence	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Write	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 story	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 story	det
7	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sentences	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Write	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	imperative	you not said here	three interrogative sentences				about the story	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sentence=Recipient about story=Topic

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