unbecoming Who acts: Unbecoming, Unbecoming clothes, person, Shouting, Grandma, green hat · What happens: unbecom, not be, be, not look, wear, shout · To what, where: behaviour, clothes, referee, officer, library, dress · Speech: someone speaks here
«unbecoming» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: unbecoming in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.
Unbecoming behaviour is not suitable or proper for a person in a certain role, such as a teacher, officer or guest.
The tree, 21 words csubj obj cop advmod cc conj case det obl case det amod nmod punct case fixed det appos punct conj cc conj punct root Unbecoming VERB behaviour NOUN is AUX not PART suitable ADJ or CCONJ proper ADJ for ADP a DET person NOUN in ADP a DET certain ADJ role NOUN , PUNCT such ADJ as ADP a DET teacher NOUN , PUNCT officer NOUN or CCONJ guest NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Unbecoming unbecom VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 suitable csubj 2 behaviour behaviour NOUN Number=Sing 1 Unbecoming obj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 suitable cop 4 not not PART Polarity=Neg 5 suitable advmod 5 suitable suitable ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 proper cc 7 proper proper ADJ Degree=Pos 5 suitable conj 8 for for ADP _ 10 person case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 person det 10 person person NOUN Number=Sing 5 suitable obl 11 in in ADP _ 14 role case 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 role det 13 certain certain ADJ Degree=Pos 14 role amod 14 role role NOUN Number=Sing 10 person nmod 15 , , PUNCT _ 19 teacher punct 16 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 19 teacher case 17 as as ADP _ 16 such fixed 18 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 19 teacher det 19 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 14 role appos 20 , , PUNCT _ 21 officer punct 21 officer officer NOUN Number=Sing 19 teacher conj 22 or or CCONJ _ 23 guest cc 23 guest guest NOUN Number=Sing 19 teacher conj 24 . . PUNCT _ 5 suitable punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 unbecom gerund behaviour tree rules 2 not is present Unbecoming for a person in a certain role; suitable property tree rules 3 be Unbecoming not said here tree rules
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 Usage: old-fashioned — kept apart, not parsed.
Unbecoming clothes or colours do not look nice on the person wearing them.
compound nsubj cc conj aux advmod xcomp case det obl acl obj punct root Unbecoming PROPN clothes NOUN or CCONJ colours NOUN do AUX not PART look VERB nice ADJ on ADP the DET person NOUN wearing VERB them PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Unbecoming Unbecoming PROPN Number=Sing 2 clothes compound 2 clothes clothes NOUN Number=Ptan 7 look nsubj 3 or or CCONJ _ 4 colours cc 4 colours colour NOUN Number=Plur 2 clothes conj 5 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 look aux 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 7 look advmod 7 look look VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 8 nice nice ADJ Degree=Pos 7 look xcomp 9 on on ADP _ 11 person case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 person det 11 person person NOUN Number=Sing 7 look obl 12 wearing wear VERB VerbForm=Ger 11 person acl 13 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 wearing obj 14 . . PUNCT _ 7 look punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not look present · do-support Unbecoming clothes or colours on the person; nice property vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on person=Theme 2 wear gerund the person not said here clothes vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source
Example 1 Shouting at the referee was unbecoming of a team captain.
csubj case det obl aux case det compound obl punct root Shouting VERB at ADP the DET referee NOUN was AUX unbecoming VERB of ADP a DET team NOUN captain NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Shouting shout VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 unbecoming csubj 2 at at ADP _ 4 referee case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 referee det 4 referee referee NOUN Number=Sing 1 Shouting obl 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 unbecoming aux 6 unbecoming unbecom VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 7 of of ADP _ 10 captain case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 captain det 9 team team NOUN Number=Sing 10 captain compound 10 captain captain NOUN Number=Sing 6 unbecoming obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 unbecoming punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 shout speech: express gerund the referee vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 unbecom past · progressive Shouting of a team captain tree rules
Example 2 The officer was punished for conduct unbecoming.
det nsubj:pass aux:pass case obl amod punct root The DET officer NOUN was AUX punished VERB for ADP conduct NOUN unbecoming ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 officer det 2 officer officer NOUN Number=Sing 4 punished nsubj:pass 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 punished aux:pass 4 punished punish VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 for for ADP _ 6 conduct case 6 conduct conduct NOUN Number=Sing 4 punished obl 7 unbecoming unbecoming ADJ Degree=Pos 6 conduct amod 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 punished punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 punish past · passive the officer for conduct vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for conduct=Theme
Example 3 Grandma said the green hat was rather unbecoming.
nsubj det amod nsubj cop advmod ccomp punct root Grandma NOUN said VERB the DET green ADJ hat NOUN was AUX rather ADV unbecoming ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandma grandma NOUN Number=Sing 2 said nsubj 2 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 hat det 4 green green ADJ Degree=Pos 5 hat amod 5 hat hat NOUN Number=Sing 8 unbecoming nsubj 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 unbecoming cop 7 rather rather ADV _ 8 unbecoming advmod 8 unbecoming unbecoming ADJ Degree=Pos 2 said ccomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 said punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert past Grandma vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is past the green hat unbecoming property tree rules
Example 4 Sulking after losing is unbecoming.
csubj mark advcl cop punct root Sulking VERB after SCONJ losing VERB is AUX unbecoming ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sulking sulk VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 unbecoming csubj 2 after after SCONJ _ 3 losing mark 3 losing lose VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Sulking advcl 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 unbecoming cop 5 unbecoming unbecoming ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 unbecoming punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sulk gerund vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer 2 lose gerund vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 is present Sulking unbecoming property tree rules
Example 5 Such rude words are unbecoming in a library.
amod amod nsubj cop case det obl punct root Such ADJ rude ADJ words NOUN are AUX unbecoming ADJ in ADP a DET library NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Such such ADJ Degree=Pos 3 words amod 2 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos 3 words amod 3 words word NOUN Number=Plur 5 unbecoming nsubj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 unbecoming cop 5 unbecoming unbecoming ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 in in ADP _ 8 library case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 library det 8 library library NOUN Number=Sing 5 unbecoming obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 unbecoming punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Such rude words a library unbecoming property tree rules
Example 6 The old novel described a dress «most unbecoming».
det amod nsubj det obj punct advmod appos punct punct root The DET old ADJ novel NOUN described VERB a DET dress NOUN « PUNCT most ADV unbecoming ADJ » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 novel det 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 3 novel amod 3 novel novel NOUN Number=Sing 4 described nsubj 4 described describe VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 dress det 6 dress dress NOUN Number=Sing 4 described obj 7 « « PUNCT _ 9 unbecoming punct 8 most most ADV Degree=Sup 9 unbecoming advmod 9 unbecoming unbecoming ADJ Degree=Pos 6 dress appos 10 » » PUNCT _ 9 unbecoming punct 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 described punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 describe past the old novel a dress vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent dress=Theme
Example 7 It is almost unbecoming to tell the story, but there is no doubt about it."
The tree, 15 words nsubj cop advmod mark csubj det obj punct cc expl parataxis det nsubj case nmod punct punct root It PRON is AUX almost ADV unbecoming ADJ to PART tell VERB the DET story NOUN , PUNCT but CCONJ there PRON is VERB no DET doubt NOUN about ADP it PRON . PUNCT " 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 4 unbecoming nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 unbecoming cop 3 almost almost ADV _ 4 unbecoming advmod 4 unbecoming unbecoming ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 to to PART _ 6 tell mark 6 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 unbecoming csubj 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 story det 8 story story NOUN Number=Sing 6 tell obj 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 is punct 10 but but CCONJ _ 12 is cc 11 there there PRON PronType=Dem 12 is expl 12 is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 unbecoming parataxis 13 no no DET PronType=Neg 14 doubt det 14 doubt doubt NOUN Number=Sing 12 is nsubj 15 about about ADP _ 16 it case 16 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 doubt nmod 17 . . PUNCT _ 4 unbecoming punct 18 " " PUNCT _ 4 unbecoming punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present It almost, unbecoming property tree rules 2 tell speech: assert to-infinitive the story vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient 3 be present no doubt about story there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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