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unintelligibility

Who acts: Unintelligibility, letter, Teachers, his, Two dialects · What happens: be, understand, not make out, make, read, crackle · To what, where: state, speech, letter, radio message, unintelligibility

«unintelligibility» 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: unintelligibility in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

Unintelligibility is the state of being impossible or very hard to understand, especially speech or writing that cannot be made out.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unintelligibility	unintelligibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 state	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 state	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 state	det
4	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 impossible	case
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 impossible	cop
7	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 state	nmod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 hard	cc
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 hard	advmod
10	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 impossible	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 understand	mark
12	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 hard	xcomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 speech	punct
14	especially	especially	ADV	_	15 speech	advmod
15	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 state	nmod
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 writing	cc
17	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 speech	conj
18	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 made	obl
19	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 made	aux
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 made	advmod
21	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 made	aux:pass
22	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 speech	acl
23	out	out	ADP	_	22 made	compound:prt
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 state	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Unintelligibility	the state				speech or writing nmod	tree rules
2	is	gerund						impossible property	tree rules
3	be								tree rules
4	understand	to-infinitive							vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	not make out	can · passive		speech or writing					vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»

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 unintelligibility of the old letter made it hard to read.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 unintelligibility	det
2	unintelligibility	unintelligibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 letter	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 letter	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 letter	amod
6	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 unintelligibility	nmod
7	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 made	obj
9	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 made	xcomp
10	to	to	PART	_	11 read	mark
11	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 hard	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the unintelligibility of the old letter	letter				hard property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
2	read	to-infinitive	letter not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The radio message crackled into unintelligibility.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 message	det
2	radio	radio	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 message	compound
3	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	crackled	crackle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 message	acl
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 unintelligibility	case
6	unintelligibility	unintelligibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crackled	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 message	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crackle	participle		the radio message not said here		unintelligibility			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

Mumbling leads to unintelligibility.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mumbling	mumble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 leads	nsubj
2	leads	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 unintelligibility	case
4	unintelligibility	unintelligibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leads	obl
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 leads	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mumble speech: other	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	lead	present						to unintelligibility	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to unintelligibility=Patient

Example 4

The unintelligibility of the code kept the secret safe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 unintelligibility	det
2	unintelligibility	unintelligibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kept	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 code	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 code	det
5	code	code	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 unintelligibility	nmod
6	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 secret	det
8	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kept	xcomp
9	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kept	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	the unintelligibility of the code					safe, secret property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 5

Teachers complained about the unintelligibility of his handwriting.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 complained	nsubj
2	complained	complain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 unintelligibility	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 unintelligibility	det
5	unintelligibility	unintelligibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 complained	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 handwriting	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 handwriting	nmod:poss
8	handwriting	handwriting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 unintelligibility	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 complained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complain speech: other	past	Teachers					about the unintelligibility of his handwriting	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about unintelligibility=Topic
2	handwrite		his = he						nom handwriting «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

Two dialects can drift towards unintelligibility over centuries.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 dialects	nummod
2	dialects	dialect	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 drift	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 drift	aux
4	drift	drift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	towards	towards	ADP	_	6 unintelligibility	case
6	unintelligibility	unintelligibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drift	obl
7	over	over	ADP	_	8 centuries	case
8	centuries	century	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 drift	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 drift	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drift	can	Two dialects			unintelligibility	century		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards unintelligibility=Destination

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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