uninteresting Who acts: Uninteresting, it, your, book, Rainy days, you · What happens: mean, not hold, attend, have, get, feel · To what, where: attention, uninteresting start, story, maths, puzzles, Uncle Remus
«uninteresting» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: uninteresting in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Uninteresting means not interesting; dull and boring, so it does not hold your attention.
The tree, 14 words nsubj advmod xcomp punct conj cc conj punct advmod nsubj aux advmod conj nmod:poss obj punct root Uninteresting ADJ means VERB not PART interesting ADJ ; PUNCT dull ADJ and CCONJ boring ADJ , PUNCT so ADV it PRON does AUX not PART hold VERB your PRON attention NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Uninteresting uninteresting 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 interesting advmod 4 interesting interesting ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 5 ; ; PUNCT _ 6 dull punct 6 dull dull ADJ Degree=Pos 4 interesting conj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 boring cc 8 boring boring ADJ Degree=Pos 4 interesting conj 9 , , PUNCT _ 14 hold punct 10 so so ADV _ 14 hold advmod 11 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 hold nsubj 12 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 hold aux 13 not not PART Polarity=Neg 14 hold advmod 14 hold hold VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 means conj 15 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 16 attention nmod:poss 16 attention attention NOUN Number=Sing 14 hold obj 17 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Uninteresting interesting property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 not hold present · do-support it your attention vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Theme 3 attend your nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=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 The book had an uninteresting start but got exciting.
det nsubj det amod obj cc conj xcomp punct root The DET book NOUN had VERB an DET uninteresting ADJ start NOUN but CCONJ got VERB exciting ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 book det 2 book book NOUN Number=Sing 3 had nsubj 3 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 start det 5 uninteresting uninteresting ADJ Degree=Pos 6 start amod 6 start start NOUN Number=Sing 3 had obj 7 but but CCONJ _ 8 got cc 8 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 had conj 9 exciting exciting ADJ Degree=Pos 8 got xcomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 had punct
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1 have past the book a uninteresting start vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent start=Patient 2 get past the book not said here exciting property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
Example 2 Rainy days at home can feel uninteresting.
amod nsubj case nmod aux xcomp punct root Rainy ADJ days NOUN at ADP home NOUN can AUX feel VERB uninteresting ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Rainy rainy ADJ Degree=Pos 2 days amod 2 days day NOUN Number=Plur 6 feel nsubj 3 at at ADP _ 4 home case 4 home home NOUN Number=Sing 2 days nmod 5 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 feel aux 6 feel feel VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 uninteresting uninteresting ADJ Degree=Pos 6 feel xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 6 feel punct
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1 feel can Rainy days at home uninteresting property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Example 3 Try to make your story opening less uninteresting.
mark xcomp nmod:poss obj acl advmod xcomp punct root Try VERB to PART make VERB your PRON story NOUN opening VERB less ADV uninteresting ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Try try VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 to to PART _ 3 make mark 3 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Try xcomp 4 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 story nmod:poss 5 story story NOUN Number=Sing 3 make obj 6 opening open VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 story acl 7 less less ADV Degree=Cmp 8 uninteresting advmod 8 uninteresting uninteresting ADJ Degree=Pos 6 opening xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 1 Try punct
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1 try imperative you not said here vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 2 make not said to happen to-infinitive you not said here your story vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset story=Product 3 open gerund your story not said here uninteresting property vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 4 The museum was small but not uninteresting.
det nsubj cop cc advmod conj punct root The DET museum NOUN was AUX small ADJ but CCONJ not PART uninteresting ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 museum det 2 museum museum NOUN Number=Sing 4 small nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 small cop 4 small small ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 but but CCONJ _ 7 uninteresting cc 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 7 uninteresting advmod 7 uninteresting uninteresting ADJ Degree=Pos 4 small conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 small punct
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1 is past the museum small property tree rules 2 not be the museum not said here tree rules
Example 5 He found maths uninteresting until he met puzzles.
nsubj obj xcomp mark nsubj advcl obj punct root He PRON found VERB maths NOUN uninteresting ADJ until SCONJ he PRON met VERB puzzles 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 found nsubj 2 found find VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 maths math NOUN Number=Plur 2 found obj 4 uninteresting uninteresting ADJ Degree=Pos 2 found xcomp 5 until until SCONJ _ 7 met mark 6 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 met nsubj 7 met meet VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 found advcl 8 puzzles puzzle NOUN Number=Plur 7 met obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 found punct
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1 find past He maths uninteresting property vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent math=Topic 2 meet past he puzzles vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puzzle=Co-Agent
Example 6 The plain grey wall looked uninteresting.
det amod amod nsubj xcomp punct root The DET plain ADJ grey ADJ wall NOUN looked VERB uninteresting ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 wall det 2 plain plain ADJ Degree=Pos 4 wall amod 3 grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos 4 wall amod 4 wall wall NOUN Number=Sing 5 looked nsubj 5 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 uninteresting uninteresting ADJ Degree=Pos 5 looked xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 looked punct
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1 look past the plain grey wall uninteresting property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Example 7 THE deacon of a colored church met Uncle Remus recently, and, after some uninteresting remarks about the weather, asked:
The tree, 19 words det nsubj case det compound nmod compound obj advmod punct cc punct case det amod obl case det nmod punct conj punct root THE DET deacon NOUN of ADP a DET colored NOUN church NOUN met VERB Uncle PROPN Remus PROPN recently ADV , PUNCT and CCONJ , PUNCT after ADP some DET uninteresting ADJ remarks NOUN about ADP the DET weather NOUN , PUNCT asked VERB : PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 THE the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 deacon det 2 deacon deacon NOUN Number=Sing 7 met nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 6 church case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 church det 5 colored colored NOUN Number=Sing 6 church compound 6 church church NOUN Number=Sing 2 deacon nmod 7 met meet VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 Uncle Uncle PROPN Number=Sing 9 Remus compound 9 Remus Remus PROPN Number=Sing 7 met obj 10 recently recently ADV _ 7 met advmod 11 , , PUNCT _ 22 asked punct 12 and and CCONJ _ 22 asked cc 13 , , PUNCT _ 12 and punct 14 after after ADP _ 17 remarks case 15 some some DET PronType=Ind 17 remarks det 16 uninteresting uninteresting ADJ Degree=Pos 17 remarks amod 17 remarks remark NOUN Number=Plur 22 asked obl 18 about about ADP _ 20 weather case 19 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 20 weather det 20 weather weather NOUN Number=Sing 17 remarks nmod 21 , , PUNCT _ 17 remarks punct 22 asked ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 met conj 23 : : PUNCT _ 7 met punct
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1 meet past the deacon of a colored church Uncle Remus recently property vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remus=Co-Agent 2 ask speech: ask past the deacon of a colored church not said here after some uninteresting remarks about the weather vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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