tasteless Who acts: Tasteless food, Something, clothes, Pure water, soup, we · What happens: have, be, not be, describe, look, add · To what, where: little, clothes, salt, cold, fun, tasteless joke · Speech: someone speaks here
«tasteless» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings 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: tasteless in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Tasteless food has little or no flavour.
amod nsubj obj cc det conj punct root Tasteless ADJ food NOUN has VERB little ADJ or CCONJ no DET flavour NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tasteless tasteless ADJ Degree=Pos 2 food amod 2 food food NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 3 has obj 5 or or CCONJ _ 7 flavour cc 6 no no DET PronType=Neg 7 flavour det 7 flavour flavour NOUN Number=Sing 4 little conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present Tasteless food little or no flavour vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Patient
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 Something tasteless is rude, unkind or not suitable, like a tasteless joke.
The tree, 12 words nsubj amod cop punct conj cc advmod conj punct case det amod conj punct root Something PRON tasteless ADJ is AUX rude ADJ , PUNCT unkind ADJ or CCONJ not PART suitable ADJ , PUNCT like ADP a DET tasteless ADJ joke NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 4 rude nsubj 2 tasteless tasteless ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Something amod 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 rude cop 4 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 unkind punct 6 unkind unkind ADJ Degree=Pos 4 rude conj 7 or or CCONJ _ 9 suitable cc 8 not not PART Polarity=Neg 9 suitable advmod 9 suitable suitable ADJ Degree=Pos 4 rude conj 10 , , PUNCT _ 14 joke punct 11 like like ADP _ 14 joke case 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 joke det 13 tasteless tasteless ADJ Degree=Pos 14 joke amod 14 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing 4 rude conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 4 rude punct
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1 is present Something rude property tree rules 2 be Something not said here tree rules 3 not be Something not said here tree rules
Meaning 3 Tasteless can describe clothes or decorations that look cheap or ugly.
advcl aux obj cc conj nsubj acl:relcl xcomp cc conj punct root Tasteless ADJ can AUX describe VERB clothes NOUN or CCONJ decorations NOUN that PRON look VERB cheap ADJ or CCONJ ugly ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tasteless tasteless ADJ Degree=Pos 3 describe advcl 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 describe aux 3 describe describe VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 clothes clothes NOUN Number=Ptan 3 describe obj 5 or or CCONJ _ 6 decorations cc 6 decorations decoration NOUN Number=Plur 4 clothes conj 7 that that PRON PronType=Rel 8 look nsubj 8 look look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 clothes acl:relcl 9 cheap cheap ADJ Degree=Pos 8 look xcomp 10 or or CCONJ _ 11 ugly cc 11 ugly ugly ADJ Degree=Pos 9 cheap conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 describe punct
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1 describe can clothes or decorations vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme 2 look present clothes or decorations cheap property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Example 1 Pure water is colourless, odourless and tasteless.
amod nsubj cop punct conj cc conj punct root Pure ADJ water NOUN is AUX colourless ADJ , PUNCT odourless ADJ and CCONJ tasteless ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pure pure ADJ Degree=Pos 2 water amod 2 water water NOUN Number=Sing 4 colourless nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 colourless cop 4 colourless colourless ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 odourless punct 6 odourless odourless ADJ Degree=Pos 4 colourless conj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 tasteless cc 8 tasteless tasteless ADJ Degree=Pos 4 colourless conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 colourless punct
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1 is present Pure water colourless property tree rules 2 be Pure water not said here tree rules 3 be Pure water not said here tree rules
Example 2 The soup was tasteless, so we added salt.
det nsubj cop punct advmod nsubj conj obj punct root The DET soup NOUN was AUX tasteless ADJ , PUNCT so ADV we PRON added VERB salt NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 soup det 2 soup soup NOUN Number=Sing 4 tasteless nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 tasteless cop 4 tasteless tasteless ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 added punct 6 so so ADV _ 8 added advmod 7 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 added nsubj 8 added add VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 tasteless conj 9 salt salt NOUN Number=Sing 8 added obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 tasteless punct
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1 is past the soup tasteless property tree rules 2 add speech: assert past we salt vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salt=Patient
Example 3 When I had a cold, everything was tasteless.
advmod nsubj advcl det obj punct nsubj cop punct root When ADV I PRON had VERB a DET cold NOUN , PUNCT everything PRON was AUX tasteless ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 When when ADV PronType=Int 3 had advmod 2 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 had nsubj 3 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 tasteless advcl 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 cold det 5 cold cold NOUN Number=Sing 3 had obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 3 had punct 7 everything everything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 9 tasteless nsubj 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 tasteless cop 9 tasteless tasteless ADJ Degree=Pos root root 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 tasteless punct
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1 have past I a cold vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Patient 2 is past everything tasteless property tree rules
Example 4 Making fun of someone's illness is a tasteless joke.
csubj obj case nmod:poss case nmod cop det amod punct root Making VERB fun NOUN of ADP someone PRON 's PART illness NOUN is AUX a DET tasteless ADJ joke NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Making make VERB VerbForm=Ger 10 joke csubj 2 fun fun NOUN Number=Sing 1 Making obj 3 of of ADP _ 6 illness case 4 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 6 illness nmod:poss 5 's 's PART _ 4 someone case 6 illness illness NOUN Number=Sing 2 fun nmod 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 joke cop 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 joke det 9 tasteless tasteless ADJ Degree=Pos 10 joke amod 10 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing root root 11 . . PUNCT _ 10 joke punct
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1 make gerund fun of someone's illness vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fun=Product 2 be speech: other present Making a tasteless joke tree rules
Example 5 The hospital food was a bit tasteless.
det compound nsubj cop det obl:unmarked punct root The DET hospital NOUN food NOUN was AUX a DET bit NOUN tasteless ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 food det 2 hospital hospital NOUN Number=Sing 3 food compound 3 food food NOUN Number=Sing 7 tasteless nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 tasteless cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 bit det 6 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 7 tasteless obl:unmarked 7 tasteless tasteless ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 tasteless punct
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1 is past the hospital food a bit obl:unmarked ; tasteless property tree rules
Example 6 Some poisonous gases are tasteless and odourless, so we use alarms.
det amod nsubj cop cc conj punct advmod nsubj parataxis obj punct root Some DET poisonous ADJ gases NOUN are AUX tasteless ADJ and CCONJ odourless ADJ , PUNCT so ADV we PRON use VERB alarms NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 3 gases det 2 poisonous poisonous ADJ Degree=Pos 3 gases amod 3 gases gas NOUN Number=Plur 5 tasteless nsubj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 tasteless cop 5 tasteless tasteless ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 odourless cc 7 odourless odourless ADJ Degree=Pos 5 tasteless conj 8 , , PUNCT _ 11 use punct 9 so so ADV _ 11 use advmod 10 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 11 use nsubj 11 use use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 tasteless parataxis 12 alarms alarm NOUN Number=Plur 11 use obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 tasteless punct
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1 is present some poisonous gases tasteless property tree rules 2 be some poisonous gases not said here tree rules 3 use present we alarms vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alarm=Patient
Example 7 ‘No,’ he replied, ‘the dishes are carefully cooked and sent up, but they are all so dreadfully tasteless.’
The tree, 18 words punct discourse punct punct nsubj punct punct det nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod parataxis cc conj compound:prt punct cc nsubj cop advmod advmod advmod parataxis punct punct root ‘ PUNCT No INTJ , PUNCT ’ PUNCT he PRON replied VERB , PUNCT ‘ PUNCT the DET dishes NOUN are AUX carefully ADV cooked VERB and CCONJ sent VERB up ADP , PUNCT but CCONJ they PRON are AUX all ADV so ADV dreadfully ADV tasteless ADJ . PUNCT ’ PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ‘ ' PUNCT _ 6 replied punct 2 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 6 replied discourse 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 replied punct 4 ’ ' PUNCT _ 6 replied punct 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 replied nsubj 6 replied reply VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 13 cooked punct 8 ‘ ' PUNCT _ 13 cooked punct 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 dishes det 10 dishes dish NOUN Number=Plur 13 cooked nsubj:pass 11 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 cooked aux:pass 12 carefully carefully ADV _ 13 cooked advmod 13 cooked cook VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 replied parataxis 14 and and CCONJ _ 15 sent cc 15 sent send VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 13 cooked conj 16 up up ADP _ 15 sent compound:prt 17 , , PUNCT _ 24 tasteless punct 18 but but CCONJ _ 24 tasteless cc 19 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 24 tasteless nsubj 20 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 24 tasteless cop 21 all all ADV _ 24 tasteless advmod 22 so so ADV _ 24 tasteless advmod 23 dreadfully dreadfully ADV _ 24 tasteless advmod 24 tasteless tasteless ADJ Degree=Pos 6 replied parataxis 25 . . PUNCT _ 6 replied punct 26 ’ ' PUNCT _ 6 replied punct
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1 reply speech: assert past he vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 cook present · passive the dishes carefully property vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient 3 send up participle vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 4 is present dishes = dish all, dreadfully, tasteless property tree rules
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