underachieve Who acts: you, teacher, Sam, clever children, children, team · What happens: underachieve, be, say, stop, get, feel · To what, where: school, reading, glasses, pupils, test · Speech: someone speaks here
«underachieve» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: underachieve in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To underachieve is to do less well than you are able to, especially at school or work.
The tree, 17 words mark csubj cop mark advmod advmod mark nsubj cop advcl xcomp punct advmod case obl cc conj punct root To PART underachieve VERB is AUX to PART do VERB less ADV well ADV than SCONJ you PRON are AUX able ADJ to PART , PUNCT especially ADV at ADP school NOUN or CCONJ work NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 underachieve mark 2 underachieve underachieve VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 do csubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 do cop 4 to to PART _ 5 do mark 5 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 less less ADV Degree=Cmp 7 well advmod 7 well well ADV Degree=Pos 11 able advmod 8 than than SCONJ _ 11 able mark 9 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 11 able nsubj 10 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 able cop 11 able able ADJ Degree=Pos 5 do advcl 12 to to PART _ 11 able xcomp 13 , , PUNCT _ 16 school punct 14 especially especially ADV _ 16 school advmod 15 at at ADP _ 16 school case 16 school school NOUN Number=Sing 5 do obl 17 or or CCONJ _ 18 work cc 18 work work NOUN Number=Sing 16 school conj 19 . . PUNCT _ 5 do punct
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1 underachieve to-infinitive tree rules 2 is present school or work do property tree rules 3 is present you able, well property 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.
Example 1 The teacher said Sam was underachieving in reading.
det nsubj nsubj aux ccomp case obl punct root The DET teacher NOUN said VERB Sam PROPN was AUX underachieving VERB in ADP reading NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 teacher det 2 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 3 said nsubj 3 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 Sam Sam PROPN Number=Sing 6 underachieving nsubj 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 underachieving aux 6 underachieving underachieve VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 said ccomp 7 in in ADP _ 8 reading case 8 reading reading NOUN Number=Sing 6 underachieving obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 said punct
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1 say speech: assert past the teacher vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 underachieve past · progressive Sam reading tree rules
Example 2 Some clever children underachieve because they are bored.
det amod nsubj mark nsubj cop advcl punct root Some DET clever ADJ children NOUN underachieve VERB because SCONJ they PRON are AUX bored ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 3 children det 2 clever clever ADJ Degree=Pos 3 children amod 3 children child NOUN Number=Plur 4 underachieve nsubj 4 underachieve underachieve VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 because because SCONJ _ 8 bored mark 6 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 bored nsubj 7 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 bored cop 8 bored bored ADJ Degree=Pos 4 underachieve advcl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 underachieve punct
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1 underachieve present some clever children tree rules 2 is present children = child bored property tree rules
Example 3 The team underachieved this season.
det nsubj det obj punct root The DET team NOUN underachieved VERB this DET season NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 team det 2 team team NOUN Number=Sing 3 underachieved nsubj 3 underachieved underachieve VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 5 season det 5 season season NOUN Number=Sing 3 underachieved obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 underachieved punct
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1 underachieve past the team season tree rules
Example 4 She stopped underachieving once she got glasses.
nsubj xcomp advmod nsubj ccomp obj punct root She PRON stopped VERB underachieving VERB once ADV she PRON got VERB glasses NOUN . PUNCT 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 stopped nsubj 2 stopped stop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 underachieving underachieve VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 stopped xcomp 4 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 6 got advmod 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 got nsubj 6 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 underachieving ccomp 7 glasses glass NOUN Number=Plur 6 got obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 stopped punct
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1 stop past She vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 2 underachieve gerund She not said here tree rules 3 get past she glasses once property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer glass=Stimulus
Example 5 Extra help can stop pupils underachieving.
amod nsubj aux obj xcomp punct root Extra ADJ help NOUN can AUX stop VERB pupils NOUN underachieving VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Extra extra ADJ Degree=Pos 2 help amod 2 help help NOUN Number=Sing 4 stop nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 stop aux 4 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 pupils pupil NOUN Number=Plur 4 stop obj 6 underachieving underachieve VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 stop xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 stop punct
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1 stop can Extra help pupils tree rules 2 underachieve gerund Extra help not said here tree rules
Example 6 He felt he had underachieved in the test.
nsubj nsubj aux xcomp case det obl punct root He PRON felt VERB he PRON had AUX underachieved VERB in ADP the DET test NOUN . PUNCT 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 felt nsubj 2 felt feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 underachieved nsubj 4 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 underachieved aux 5 underachieved underachieve VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 felt xcomp 6 in in ADP _ 8 test case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 test det 8 test test NOUN Number=Sing 5 underachieved obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 felt punct
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1 feel past He vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 underachieve past · perfect he the test tree rules
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