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practicable

Who acts: Building, you, it, plan, engineer · What happens: do, put, build, not be, reply, be · To what, where: practice, bridge, Fire exits

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

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

Able to be done or put into practice successfully; possible in real life.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	4 done	mark
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 done	aux:pass
4	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Able	xcomp
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 put	cc
6	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 done	conj
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 practice	case
8	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 put	obl
9	successfully	successfully	ADV	_	6 put	advmod
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 possible	punct
11	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Able	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 life	case
13	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 life	amod
14	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 possible	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Able	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	to-infinitive · passive							vn act-114-1 «NP V»
2	put	participle				practice		successfully property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

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

Building a bridge here is not practicable.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Building	build	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 practicable	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bridge	det
3	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Building	obj
4	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Building	advmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 practicable	cop
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 practicable	advmod
7	practicable	practicable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 practicable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	gerund		a bridge		here			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bridge=Product
2	not is	present	Building					practicable property	tree rules

Example 2

Please reply as soon as practicable.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	2 reply	discourse
2	reply	reply	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 soon	advmod
4	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 reply	advmod
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 practicable	case
6	practicable	practicable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 soon	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reply	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reply speech: assert	imperative	you not said here					soon property	vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Is it practicable to walk to school every day?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 practicable	cop
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 practicable	nsubj
3	practicable	practicable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 walk	mark
5	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 practicable	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 school	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walk	obl
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walk	obl:unmarked
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 practicable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					practicable property	tree rules
2	walk	to-infinitive					day	to school result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to school=Result

Example 4

The plan was clever but not practicable.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 plan	det
2	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clever	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 clever	cop
4	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 practicable	cc
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 practicable	advmod
7	practicable	practicable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 clever	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 clever	punct

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

Example 5

Fire exits must be kept clear wherever practicable.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exits	compound
2	exits	exit	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kept	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 kept	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 kept	aux:pass
5	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kept	xcomp
7	wherever	wherever	ADV	PronType=Int	8 practicable	advmod
8	practicable	practicable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kept	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	must · passive		Fire exits				clear, practicable property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 6

The engineer looked for a practicable route over the mountain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 engineer	det
2	engineer	engineer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looked	nsubj
3	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 route	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 route	det
6	practicable	practicable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 route	amod
7	route	route	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looked	obl
8	over	over	ADP	_	10 mountain	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mountain	det
10	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 route	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the engineer					for a practicable route over the mountain	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for route=Theme

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