undesirable

Who acts: it, Weeds, medicine, Leaving, germs, Noise · What happens: not want, be, have, do, think, leave out · To what, where: undesirable side effects, person, place, undesirable plants, vegetable patch, food · Speech: someone speaks here

«undesirable» 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: undesirable in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Not wanted because it is bad, harmful or unpleasant: undesirable side effects.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 wanted	advmod
2	wanted	want	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 bad	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bad	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bad	cop
6	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wanted	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 harmful	punct
8	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bad	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 unpleasant	cc
10	unpleasant	unpleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bad	conj
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 effects	punct
12	undesirable	undesirable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 effects	amod
13	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 effects	compound
14	effects	effect	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wanted	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not want	participle		undesirable side effects		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot
2	is not said to happen	present	it		bad property	tree rules
3	be					tree rules
4	be					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: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

Not suitable or not good to have or do.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 suitable	advmod
2	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 good	cc
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 good	advmod
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 suitable	conj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 have	mark
7	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 good	csubj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 do	cc
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 have	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 suitable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	to-infinitive							vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	do	infinitive							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Meaning 3

Usage: noun, old-fashioned, unkind — kept apart, not parsed.

A person thought to be unwanted in a place.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 person	acl
4	to	to	PART	_	6 unwanted	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 unwanted	cop
6	unwanted	unwanted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 thought	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 place	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 place	det
9	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unwanted	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	participle		a person not said here					vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	to-infinitive				a place		unwanted property	tree rules

Example 1

Weeds are undesirable plants in a vegetable patch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weeds	weed	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 plants	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 plants	cop
3	undesirable	undesirable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 plants	amod
4	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 patch	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 patch	det
7	vegetable	vegetable	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 patch	compound
8	patch	patch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plants	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 plants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Weeds	undesirable plants		a vegetable patch			tree rules

Example 2

The medicine can have undesirable side effects like sleepiness.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 medicine	det
2	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	undesirable	undesirable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 effects	amod
6	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 effects	compound
7	effects	effect	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
8	like	like	ADP	_	9 sleepiness	case
9	sleepiness	sleepiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 effects	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	can	the medicine	undesirable side effects				like sleepiness	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient

Example 3

Leaving food out overnight is undesirable because germs grow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leaving	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 undesirable	csubj
2	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leaving	obj
3	out	out	ADP	_	1 Leaving	compound:prt
4	overnight	overnight	ADV	_	1 Leaving	advmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 undesirable	cop
6	undesirable	undesirable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 grow	mark
8	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 grow	nsubj
9	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 undesirable	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 undesirable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	leave out	gerund		food	overnight property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme
2	is	present	Leaving		undesirable property	tree rules
3	grow	present	germs			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 4

It is undesirable for pupils to run in the corridors.

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	3 undesirable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 undesirable	cop
3	undesirable	undesirable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 pupils	case
5	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 undesirable	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 run	mark
7	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 undesirable	advcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 corridors	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 corridors	det
10	corridors	corridor	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 run	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 undesirable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					for pupils; undesirable property	tree rules
2	run	to-infinitive				the corridors			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in corridor=Trajectory

Example 5

Noise from the road was an undesirable part of living there.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 part	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 road	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 road	det
4	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Noise	nmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 part	cop
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 part	det
7	undesirable	undesirable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 part	amod
8	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	SCONJ	_	10 living	mark
10	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 part	acl
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 living	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 part	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Noise from the road	a undesirable part					tree rules
2	live	gerund	a undesirable part not said here			there			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

The club tried to keep out undesirable visitors.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 club	det
2	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tried	nsubj
3	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 keep	mark
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 tried	xcomp
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 keep	compound:prt
7	undesirable	undesirable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 visitors	amod
8	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 keep	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	the club						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	keep out not said to happen	to-infinitive	the club not said here	undesirable visitors					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visitor=Theme

Example 7

So unhappy was she that she spent all her time wondering how she should get rid of her undesirable husband.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	2 unhappy	advmod
2	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 she	cop
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 unhappy	nsubj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 spent	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 spent	nsubj
7	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 unhappy	advcl
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 time	det:predet
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 time	nmod:poss
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spent	obj
11	wondering	wonder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 spent	advcl
12	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	15 get	advmod
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 get	nsubj
14	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 get	aux
15	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 wondering	ccomp
16	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 get	xcomp
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 husband	case
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 husband	nmod:poss
19	undesirable	undesirable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 husband	amod
20	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 rid	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 unhappy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		she			tree rules
2	spend	past	she		time		vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	wonder speech: ask	gerund	she not said here				vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	get	should	she			rid property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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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