ungrammatical

Who acts: Ungrammatical, grammar, sentences, robot, Poets, speech · What happens: mean, not follow, go, rule, be, sentence · To what, where: rules, language, Him, Standard English, ungrammatical lines, purpose · Speech: someone speaks here

«ungrammatical» 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: ungrammatical in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Ungrammatical means not following the rules of grammar of a language, like «She go to school yesterday.».

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ungrammatical	Ungrammatical	PROPN	Number=Sing	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 following	advmod
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rules	det
6	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 following	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 grammar	case
8	grammar	grammar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rules	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 language	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 language	det
11	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grammar	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 go	punct
13	like	like	SCONJ	_	16 go	mark
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 go	punct
15	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 go	nsubj
16	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 language	acl:relcl
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 school	case
18	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 go	obl
19	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 go	obl:unmarked
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Ungrammatical				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not follow	gerund		the rules of grammar of a language			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme
3	go in a quote	infinitive	Ungrammatical	a language not said here	yesterday	to school	tree rules
4	rule		grammar of a language				nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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

«Him and me goes to school» is ungrammatical in Standard English.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 goes	punct
2	Him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 goes	iobj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 me	cc
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 Him	conj
5	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 ungrammatical	advcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 school	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 goes	obl
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 goes	punct
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 ungrammatical	cop
10	ungrammatical	ungrammatical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 English	case
12	Standard	Standard	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 English	compound
13	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 ungrammatical	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 ungrammatical	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	present			Him = he			to school	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme
2	is	present				Standard English		ungrammatical property	tree rules

Example 2

Circle the ungrammatical sentence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Circle	Circle	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sentence	det
3	ungrammatical	ungrammatical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sentence	amod
4	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Circle	appos
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Circle	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 3

The robot's sentences were ungrammatical and funny.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 robot	det
2	robot	robot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sentences	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 robot	case
4	sentences	sentence	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ungrammatical	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ungrammatical	cop
6	ungrammatical	ungrammatical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 funny	cc
8	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ungrammatical	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 ungrammatical	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	the robot's sentences	ungrammatical property	tree rules
2	be		the robot's sentences not said here		tree rules
3	sentence		the robot		nom sentence «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

Poets sometimes write ungrammatical lines on purpose.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Poets	poet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 write	nsubj
2	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 write	advmod
3	write	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ungrammatical	ungrammatical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lines	amod
5	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 write	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 purpose	case
7	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 write	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 write	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present	Poets	ungrammatical lines		purpose		sometimes property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent line=Theme on purpose=Destination

Example 5

«We was» is usual in some dialects but ungrammatical in Standard English.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 was	punct
2	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 was	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 usual	cop
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 was	punct
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 usual	cop
6	usual	usual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 dialects	case
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 dialects	det
9	dialects	dialect	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 usual	obl
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 ungrammatical	cc
11	ungrammatical	ungrammatical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 usual	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 English	case
13	Standard	Standard	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 English	compound
14	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 ungrammatical	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 usual	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past				some dialects		usual property	tree rules
2	be					Standard English			tree rules

Example 6

My little brother's speech is ungrammatical but cute.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 brother	nmod:poss
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brother	amod
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 speech	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 brother	case
5	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ungrammatical	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 ungrammatical	cop
7	ungrammatical	ungrammatical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 cute	cc
9	cute	cute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ungrammatical	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 ungrammatical	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	My little brother's speech	ungrammatical property	tree rules
2	be		My little brother's speech not said here		tree rules
3	speak		My little brother		nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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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