obvious Who acts: It, dog, answer, obvious crack, He, mistake · What happens: see, notice, understand, clear, expect, be · To what, where: walk, obvious choice, obvious, mistake
«obvious» 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: obvious in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Easy to see, notice or understand; clear to everyone.
mark xcomp punct conj cc conj punct advcl case obl punct root Easy ADJ to PART see VERB , PUNCT notice VERB or CCONJ understand VERB ; PUNCT clear VERB to ADP everyone PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Easy easy ADJ Degree=Pos root root 2 to to PART _ 3 see mark 3 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Easy xcomp 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 notice punct 5 notice notice VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 see conj 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 understand cc 7 understand understand VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 notice conj 8 ; ; PUNCT _ 9 clear punct 9 clear clear VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 see advcl 10 to to ADP _ 11 everyone case 11 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 9 clear obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 1 Easy punct
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1 see to-infinitive vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer 2 notice infinitive vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer 3 understand infinitive vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer 4 clear infinitive to everyone vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source
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 Too easy or expected; not clever (an obvious joke).
advmod advcl cc conj punct advmod punct det amod parataxis punct punct root Too ADV easy ADJ or CCONJ expected VERB ; PUNCT not PART clever ADJ ( PUNCT an DET obvious ADJ joke NOUN ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Too too ADV _ 2 easy advmod 2 easy easy ADJ Degree=Pos 7 clever advcl 3 or or CCONJ _ 4 expected cc 4 expected expect VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 easy conj 5 ; ; PUNCT _ 7 clever punct 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 7 clever advmod 7 clever clever ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 ( ( PUNCT _ 11 joke punct 9 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 joke det 10 obvious obvious ADJ Degree=Pos 11 joke amod 11 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing 7 clever parataxis 12 ) ) PUNCT _ 11 joke punct 13 . . PUNCT _ 7 clever punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 expect participle vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Example 1 It's obvious that the dog wants a walk.
nsubj cop mark det nsubj advcl det obj punct root It PRON 's AUX obvious ADJ that SCONJ the DET dog NOUN wants VERB a DET walk NOUN . PUNCT 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 obvious nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 obvious cop 3 obvious obvious ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 that that SCONJ _ 7 wants mark 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 dog det 6 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 7 wants nsubj 7 wants want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 obvious advcl 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 walk det 9 walk walk NOUN Number=Sing 7 wants obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 obvious punct
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1 is present It obvious property tree rules 2 want present the dog a walk vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot walk=Theme
Example 2 The answer seemed obvious, but it was wrong.
det nsubj xcomp punct cc nsubj cop conj punct root The DET answer NOUN seemed VERB obvious ADJ , PUNCT but CCONJ it PRON was AUX wrong ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 answer det 2 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing 3 seemed nsubj 3 seemed seem VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 obvious obvious ADJ Degree=Pos 3 seemed xcomp 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 wrong punct 6 but but CCONJ _ 9 wrong cc 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 wrong nsubj 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 wrong cop 9 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 3 seemed conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 seemed punct
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1 seem past the answer obvious property vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme 2 is past answer wrong property tree rules
Example 3 There was an obvious crack in the glass.
expl det amod nsubj case det nmod punct root There PRON was VERB an DET obvious ADJ crack NOUN in ADP the DET glass NOUN . PUNCT 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 crack det 4 obvious obvious ADJ Degree=Pos 5 crack amod 5 crack crack NOUN Number=Sing 2 was nsubj 6 in in ADP _ 8 glass case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 glass det 8 glass glass NOUN Number=Sing 5 crack nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 was punct
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1 be past a obvious crack in the glass there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 4 He's the obvious choice for team captain.
nsubj cop det amod case compound nmod punct root He PRON 's AUX the DET obvious ADJ choice NOUN for ADP team NOUN captain NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 choice nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 choice cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 choice det 4 obvious obvious ADJ Degree=Pos 5 choice amod 5 choice choice NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 for for ADP _ 8 captain case 7 team team NOUN Number=Sing 8 captain compound 8 captain captain NOUN Number=Sing 5 choice nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 choice punct
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1 is a present He the obvious choice for team captain tree rules
Example 5 Sorry to state the obvious, but it's raining.
mark xcomp det obj punct cc nsubj aux parataxis punct root Sorry ADJ to PART state VERB the DET obvious ADJ , PUNCT but CCONJ it PRON 's AUX raining VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos root root 2 to to PART _ 3 state mark 3 state state VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Sorry xcomp 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 obvious det 5 obvious obvious ADJ Degree=Pos 3 state obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 raining punct 7 but but CCONJ _ 10 raining cc 8 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 raining nsubj 9 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 raining aux 10 raining rain VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Sorry parataxis 11 . . PUNCT _ 1 Sorry punct
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1 state speech: other to-infinitive the obvious vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent obvious=Topic 2 rain present · progressive it vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»
Example 6 The mistake was obvious once I checked it.
det nsubj cop advmod nsubj advcl obj punct root The DET mistake NOUN was AUX obvious ADJ once ADV I PRON checked VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 mistake det 2 mistake mistake NOUN Number=Sing 4 obvious nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 obvious cop 4 obvious obvious ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 7 checked advmod 6 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 7 checked nsubj 7 checked check VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 obvious advcl 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 checked obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 obvious punct
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1 is past the mistake obvious property tree rules 2 check past I mistake once property vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
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