readable Who acts: Readable, you, your, book, Good code, Bigger letters · What happens: mean, read, make, handwrite, be, fade · To what, where: handwriting, sign, poster, books
«readable» 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: readable in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Readable means easy and pleasant to read.
nsubj xcomp cc conj mark xcomp punct root Readable ADJ means VERB easy ADJ and CCONJ pleasant ADJ to PART read VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Readable readable ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 easy easy ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 pleasant cc 5 pleasant pleasant ADJ Degree=Pos 3 easy conj 6 to to PART _ 7 read mark 7 read read VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 pleasant xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Readable easy property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 read to-infinitive Readable not said here vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: 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.
Meaning 2 Readable means clear enough to be read, for example handwriting.
nsubj xcomp advmod mark aux:pass advcl punct case nmod obl punct root Readable ADJ means VERB clear ADJ enough ADV to PART be AUX read VERB , PUNCT for ADP example NOUN handwriting NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Readable readable ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 clear clear ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 4 enough enough ADV _ 3 clear advmod 5 to to PART _ 7 read mark 6 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 7 read aux:pass 7 read read VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 clear advcl 8 , , PUNCT _ 11 handwriting punct 9 for for ADP _ 11 handwriting case 10 example example NOUN Number=Sing 11 handwriting nmod 11 handwriting handwriting NOUN Number=Sing 7 read obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Readable clear property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 read to-infinitive · passive Readable not said here for handwriting example vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»
Example 1 Please make your handwriting readable.
discourse nmod:poss obj xcomp punct root Please INTJ make VERB your PRON handwriting NOUN readable ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Please please INTJ _ 2 make discourse 2 make make VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 handwriting nmod:poss 4 handwriting handwriting NOUN Number=Sing 2 make obj 5 readable readable ADJ Degree=Pos 2 make xcomp 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 make punct
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1 make imperative you not said here your handwriting readable property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset handwriting=Product 2 handwrite your nom handwriting «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Example 2 The book was very readable.
det nsubj cop advmod punct root The DET book NOUN was AUX very ADV readable ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 book det 2 book book NOUN Number=Sing 5 readable nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 readable cop 4 very very ADV _ 5 readable advmod 5 readable readable ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 readable punct
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1 is past the book readable property tree rules
Example 3 The sign was faded but still readable.
det nsubj:pass aux:pass cc advmod conj punct root The DET sign NOUN was AUX faded VERB but CCONJ still ADV readable ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 sign det 2 sign sign NOUN Number=Sing 4 faded nsubj:pass 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 faded aux:pass 4 faded fade VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 but but CCONJ _ 7 readable cc 6 still still ADV _ 7 readable advmod 7 readable readable ADJ Degree=Pos 4 faded conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 faded punct
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1 fade past · passive the sign vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
Example 4 Good code is readable.
amod nsubj cop punct root Good ADJ code NOUN is AUX readable ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Good good ADJ Degree=Pos 2 code amod 2 code code NOUN Number=Sing 4 readable nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 readable cop 4 readable readable ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 . . PUNCT _ 4 readable punct
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1 is present Good code readable property tree rules
Example 5 Bigger letters made the poster more readable.
amod nsubj det obj advmod xcomp punct root Bigger ADJ letters NOUN made VERB the DET poster NOUN more ADV readable ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Bigger big ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 letters amod 2 letters letter NOUN Number=Plur 3 made nsubj 3 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 poster det 5 poster poster NOUN Number=Sing 3 made obj 6 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 7 readable advmod 7 readable readable ADJ Degree=Pos 3 made xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 made punct
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1 make past Bigger letters the poster readable property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset poster=Product
Example 6 Large print makes books readable for Grandma.
amod nsubj obj xcomp case obl punct root Large ADJ print NOUN makes VERB books NOUN readable ADJ for ADP Grandma PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Large large ADJ Degree=Pos 2 print amod 2 print print NOUN Number=Sing 3 makes nsubj 3 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 books book NOUN Number=Plur 3 makes obj 5 readable readable ADJ Degree=Pos 3 makes xcomp 6 for for ADP _ 7 Grandma case 7 Grandma Grandma PROPN Number=Sing 5 readable obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 makes punct
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1 make present Large print books readable property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset book=Product
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