unanswered

Who acts: Unanswered, two unanswered questions, my, phone, questions, letter · What happens: mean, not answer, not reply, describe, not respond, be · To what, where: something, question · Speech: someone speaks here

«unanswered» 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: unanswered in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Unanswered means not answered or not replied to: an unanswered question.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unanswered	unanswered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 answered	advmod
4	answered	answer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	ccomp
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 replied	cc
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 replied	advmod
7	replied	reply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 answered	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	12 question	case
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 question	punct
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 question	det
11	unanswered	unanswered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 question	amod
12	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 replied	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Unanswered		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not answer speech: assert	participle			vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not reply speech: assert	participle		to a unanswered question	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to question=Theme

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

Unanswered can describe something not responded to, like a phone call or a challenge.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unanswered	Unanswered	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 describe	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 describe	aux
3	describe	describe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 describe	obj
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 responded	advmod
6	responded	respond	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 something	acl
7	to	to	ADP	_	6 responded	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 call	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	12 call	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 call	det
11	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 call	compound
12	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 describe	obl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 challenge	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 challenge	det
15	challenge	challenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 call	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	can	Unanswered	something				like a phone call or a challenge	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent something=Theme
2	not respond speech: other	participle							vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

There were two unanswered questions on my test.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 were	expl
2	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 questions	nummod
4	unanswered	unanswered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 questions	amod
5	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 were	nsubj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 test	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 test	nmod:poss
8	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 questions	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 were	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	two unanswered questions on my test			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	test		my						nom test «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

The phone rang unanswered.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 phone	det
2	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rang	nsubj
3	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	unanswered	unanswered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rang	xcomp
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ring	past	the phone					unanswered property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

Some questions about space are still unanswered.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 questions	det
2	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 unanswered	nsubj
3	about	about	ADP	_	4 space	case
4	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 questions	nmod
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 unanswered	cop
6	still	still	ADV	_	7 unanswered	advmod
7	unanswered	unanswered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 unanswered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	some questions about space				still	unanswered property	tree rules

Example 4

Her letter went unanswered for weeks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 letter	nmod:poss
2	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	unanswered	unanswered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 went	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 weeks	case
6	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 went	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	Her letter				week	unanswered property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	letter		Her = she						nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 5

Don't leave any question unanswered.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 leave	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 leave	advmod
3	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 question	det
5	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leave	obj
6	unanswered	unanswered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 leave	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 leave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not leave	imperative · do-support	you not said here	any question				unanswered property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Theme

Example 6

Some people feel their prayers are unanswered.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 people	det
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 feel	nsubj
3	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 prayers	nmod:poss
5	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 unanswered	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 unanswered	cop
7	unanswered	unanswered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 feel	ccomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	feel	present	some people		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	present	people's prayers	unanswered property	tree rules
3	pray		people		nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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