uncommon

Who acts: Uncommon, Snow, It, few people, Twins, She · What happens: mean, not happen, see, be, not be, feel · To what, where: Sydney, uncommon bird, uncommon gift, one, uncommon herb, herb · Speech: someone speaks here

«uncommon» 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: uncommon in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Uncommon means not happening or seen often; rare or unusual.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Uncommon	uncommon	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 happening	advmod
4	happening	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	ccomp
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 seen	cc
6	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 happening	conj
7	often	often	ADV	_	6 seen	advmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 rare	punct
9	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	parataxis
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 unusual	cc
11	unusual	unusual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 rare	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Uncommon		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not happen	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	see	participle		often property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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.

Uncommon can mean remarkable or very great, like «an uncommon talent».

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Uncommon	uncommon	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mean	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	remarkable	remarkable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mean	xcomp
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 great	cc
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 great	advmod
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 remarkable	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 talent	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	13 talent	case
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 talent	punct
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 talent	det
12	uncommon	uncommon	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 talent	amod
13	talent	talent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mean	parataxis
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 talent	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	Uncommon					remarkable property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 1

Snow is uncommon in Sydney.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 uncommon	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 uncommon	cop
3	uncommon	uncommon	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Sydney	case
5	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 uncommon	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 uncommon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Snow			Sydney		uncommon property	tree rules

Example 2

It is not uncommon to feel nervous before a test.

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 uncommon	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 uncommon	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 uncommon	advmod
4	uncommon	uncommon	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 feel	mark
6	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 uncommon	advcl
7	nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feel	xcomp
8	before	before	ADP	_	10 test	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 test	det
10	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nervous	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 uncommon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	It					uncommon property	tree rules
2	feel	to-infinitive						nervous property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 3

The uncommon bird was spotted by only a few people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bird	det
2	uncommon	uncommon	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bird	amod
3	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spotted	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 spotted	aux:pass
5	spotted	spot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	10 people	case
7	only	only	ADV	_	10 people	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 people	det
9	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 people	amod
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spotted	obl:agent
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 spotted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	past · passive	a few people	the uncommon bird					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Destination

Example 4

Twins are less common than single babies, but not very uncommon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twins	twin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 common	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 common	cop
3	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 common	advmod
4	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	7 babies	case
6	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 babies	amod
7	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 common	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 uncommon	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 uncommon	cc
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 uncommon	advmod
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 uncommon	advmod
12	uncommon	uncommon	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 common	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 common	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Twins					than single babies; common, less property	tree rules
2	not be		Twins not said here						tree rules

Example 5

She has an uncommon gift for music.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 gift	det
4	uncommon	uncommon	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 gift	amod
5	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 music	case
7	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gift	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	She	a uncommon gift				for music	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Patient

Example 6

An uncommon name can be hard to spell.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 name	det
2	uncommon	uncommon	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 name	amod
3	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hard	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 hard	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 hard	cop
6	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 spell	mark
8	spell	spell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 hard	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 hard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	a uncommon name					hard property	tree rules
2	spell	to-infinitive	a uncommon name not said here						vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent

Example 7

He opened one and found a very uncommon herb in it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 opened	nsubj
2	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 opened	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 found	cc
5	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 opened	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 herb	det
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 uncommon	advmod
8	uncommon	uncommon	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 herb	amod
9	herb	herb	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 found	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 found	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 opened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	He	one					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location one=Theme
2	find	past	He not said here	a uncommon herb		herb			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herb=Topic

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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