unfair Who acts: Unfair, It, he, Cheating, rule, she · What happens: mean, not treat, not follow, be, get, seem · To what, where: people, rules, more cake, her, unfair decision, him · Speech: someone speaks here
«unfair» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 8 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: unfair in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Unfair means not fair: not treating people equally or in a right and honest way, or not following the rules.
The tree, 20 words nsubj advmod xcomp punct advmod conj obj advmod cc case det conj cc amod conj punct cc advmod conj det obj punct root Unfair ADJ means VERB not PART fair ADJ : PUNCT not PART treating VERB people NOUN equally ADV or CCONJ in ADP a DET right NOUN and CCONJ honest ADJ way NOUN , PUNCT or CCONJ not PART following VERB the DET rules NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Unfair unfair 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 fair advmod 4 fair fair ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 5 : : PUNCT _ 7 treating punct 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 7 treating advmod 7 treating treat VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 means conj 8 people people NOUN Number=Plur 7 treating obj 9 equally equally ADV _ 7 treating advmod 10 or or CCONJ _ 13 right cc 11 in in ADP _ 13 right case 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 right det 13 right right NOUN Number=Sing 7 treating conj 14 and and CCONJ _ 16 way cc 15 honest honest ADJ Degree=Pos 16 way amod 16 way way NOUN Number=Sing 13 right conj 17 , , PUNCT _ 20 following punct 18 or or CCONJ _ 20 following cc 19 not not PART Polarity=Neg 20 following advmod 20 following follow VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 treating conj 21 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 22 rules det 22 rules rule NOUN Number=Plur 20 following obj 23 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Unfair fair property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 not treat gerund Unfair not said here people equally property vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient 3 not follow gerund Unfair not said here the rules vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=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.
Example 1 It's unfair that he got more cake than me.
nsubj cop mark nsubj advcl amod obj case obl punct root It PRON 's AUX unfair ADJ that SCONJ he PRON got VERB more ADJ cake NOUN than ADP me PRON . 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 3 unfair nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 unfair cop 3 unfair unfair ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 that that SCONJ _ 6 got mark 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 got nsubj 6 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 unfair advcl 7 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 8 cake amod 8 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 6 got obj 9 than than ADP _ 10 me case 10 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 got obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 unfair punct
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1 is present It unfair property tree rules 2 get past he more cake than me vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cake=Stimulus
Example 2 Cheating is unfair to the other players.
nsubj cop case det amod obl punct root Cheating NOUN is AUX unfair ADJ to ADP the DET other ADJ players NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cheating cheating NOUN Number=Sing 3 unfair nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 unfair cop 3 unfair unfair ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to ADP _ 7 players case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 players det 6 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 7 players amod 7 players player NOUN Number=Plur 3 unfair obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 unfair punct
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1 is present Cheating to the other players; unfair property tree rules
Example 3 The rule seemed unfair to the younger children.
det nsubj xcomp case det amod obl punct root The DET rule NOUN seemed VERB unfair ADJ to ADP the DET younger ADJ children NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 rule det 2 rule rule NOUN Number=Sing 3 seemed nsubj 3 seemed seem VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 unfair unfair ADJ Degree=Pos 3 seemed xcomp 5 to to ADP _ 8 children case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 children det 7 younger young ADJ Degree=Cmp 8 children amod 8 children child NOUN Number=Plur 4 unfair obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 seemed punct
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1 seem past the rule unfair property vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
Example 4 It's unfair to blame her for something she didn't do.
nsubj cop mark xcomp obj case obl nsubj aux advmod acl:relcl punct root It PRON 's AUX unfair ADJ to PART blame VERB her PRON for ADP something PRON she PRON did AUX n't PART do VERB . 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 3 unfair nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 unfair cop 3 unfair unfair ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to PART _ 5 blame mark 5 blame blame VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 unfair xcomp 6 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 blame obj 7 for for ADP _ 8 something case 8 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 5 blame obl 9 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 do nsubj 10 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 do aux 11 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 12 do advmod 12 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 something acl:relcl 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 unfair punct
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1 is present It unfair property tree rules 2 blame to-infinitive her = she for something vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent she=Theme for something=Attribute 3 not do past · do-support she vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 5 A loaded die is unfair because some numbers come up more.
det amod nsubj cop mark det nsubj advcl advmod advmod punct root A DET loaded VERB die NOUN is AUX unfair ADJ because SCONJ some DET numbers NOUN come VERB up ADV more ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 die det 2 loaded load VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 die amod 3 die die NOUN Number=Sing 5 unfair nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 unfair cop 5 unfair unfair ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 because because SCONJ _ 9 come mark 7 some some DET PronType=Ind 8 numbers det 8 numbers number NOUN Number=Plur 9 come nsubj 9 come come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 unfair advcl 10 up up ADV _ 9 come advmod 11 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 9 come advmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 unfair punct
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1 load participle vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent 2 is present a loaded die unfair property tree rules 3 come up present some numbers vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 6 The referee made an unfair decision.
det nsubj det amod obj punct root The DET referee NOUN made VERB an DET unfair ADJ decision NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 referee det 2 referee referee NOUN Number=Sing 3 made nsubj 3 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 decision det 5 unfair unfair ADJ Degree=Pos 6 decision amod 6 decision decision NOUN Number=Sing 3 made obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 made punct
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1 make past the referee a unfair decision vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset decision=Product
Example 7 Leaving him out of the game was unfair.
csubj obj case case det obl cop punct root Leaving VERB him PRON out ADP of ADP the DET game NOUN was AUX unfair ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Leaving leave VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 unfair csubj 2 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Leaving obj 3 out out ADP _ 6 game case 4 of of ADP _ 6 game case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 game det 6 game game NOUN Number=Sing 1 Leaving obl 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 unfair cop 8 unfair unfair ADJ Degree=Pos root root 9 . . PUNCT _ 8 unfair punct
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1 leave gerund him = he the game vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme out game=Location 2 is past Leaving unfair property tree rules
Example 8 "Your conduct," said they, "is very strange and, we think, very unfair.
The tree, 12 words punct nmod:poss nsubj punct punct nsubj punct punct cop advmod ccomp cc punct nsubj conj punct advmod conj punct root " PUNCT Your PRON conduct NOUN , PUNCT " PUNCT said VERB they PRON , PUNCT " PUNCT is AUX very ADV strange ADJ and CCONJ , PUNCT we PRON think VERB , PUNCT very ADV unfair ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 3 conduct punct 2 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 conduct nmod:poss 3 conduct conduct NOUN Number=Sing 6 said nsubj 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 conduct punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 3 conduct punct 6 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 strange nsubj 8 , , PUNCT _ 7 they punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 7 they punct 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 strange cop 11 very very ADV _ 12 strange advmod 12 strange strange ADJ Degree=Pos 6 said ccomp 13 and and CCONJ _ 16 think cc 14 , , PUNCT _ 13 and punct 15 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 16 think nsubj 16 think think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 strange conj 17 , , PUNCT _ 19 unfair punct 18 very very ADV _ 19 unfair advmod 19 unfair unfair ADJ Degree=Pos 12 strange conj 20 . . PUNCT _ 6 said punct
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1 say speech: assert past Your conduct vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote present they strange property tree rules 3 think speech: other in a quote present we vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 be in a quote they not said here tree rules 5 conduct in a quote Your nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent
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