unkind Who acts: Unkind, things, It, his, you, She · What happens: mean, say, do, hurt, be, laugh · To what, where: things, drawing, unkind things, tail, you, someone · Speech: someone speaks here
«unkind» 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: unkind in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Unkind means not kind; saying or doing things that hurt or upset other people.
The tree, 14 words nsubj advmod xcomp punct advcl cc conj obj nsubj acl:relcl cc amod amod conj punct root Unkind ADJ means VERB not PART kind ADJ ; PUNCT saying VERB or CCONJ doing VERB things NOUN that PRON hurt VERB or CCONJ upset ADJ other ADJ people NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Unkind unkind 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 kind advmod 4 kind kind ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 5 ; ; PUNCT _ 6 saying punct 6 saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 means advcl 7 or or CCONJ _ 8 doing cc 8 doing do VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 saying conj 9 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 8 doing obj 10 that that PRON PronType=Rel 11 hurt nsubj 11 hurt hurt VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 things acl:relcl 12 or or CCONJ _ 15 people cc 13 upset upset ADJ Degree=Pos 15 people amod 14 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 15 people amod 15 people people NOUN Number=Plur 11 hurt conj 16 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Unkind kind property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 say speech: assert gerund Unkind not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 3 do gerund Unkind not said here things vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality 4 hurt present things vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
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 was unkind to laugh at his drawing.
nsubj cop mark advcl case nmod:poss obl punct root It PRON was AUX unkind ADJ to PART laugh VERB at ADP his PRON drawing NOUN . 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 unkind nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 unkind cop 3 unkind unkind ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to PART _ 5 laugh mark 5 laugh laugh VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 unkind advcl 6 at at ADP _ 8 drawing case 7 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 drawing nmod:poss 8 drawing drawing NOUN Number=Sing 5 laugh obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 unkind punct
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1 is past It unkind property tree rules 2 laugh to-infinitive his drawing vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 draw his = he nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 2 Don't say unkind things about people.
aux advmod amod obj case nmod punct root Do AUX n't PART say VERB unkind ADJ things NOUN about ADP people NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 say aux 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 3 say advmod 3 say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 unkind unkind ADJ Degree=Pos 5 things amod 5 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 3 say obj 6 about about ADP _ 7 people case 7 people people NOUN Number=Plur 5 things nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 say punct
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1 not say speech: assert imperative · do-support you not said here unkind things about people vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
Example 3 She was unkind to the new girl.
nsubj cop case det amod obl punct root She PRON was AUX unkind ADJ to ADP the DET new ADJ girl NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 unkind nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 unkind cop 3 unkind unkind ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to ADP _ 7 girl case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 girl det 6 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 7 girl amod 7 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 3 unkind obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 unkind punct
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1 is past She to the new girl; unkind property tree rules
Example 4 It's unkind to pull the cat's tail.
nsubj cop mark xcomp det nmod:poss case obj punct root It PRON 's AUX unkind ADJ to PART pull VERB the DET cat NOUN 's PART tail NOUN . 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 unkind nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 unkind cop 3 unkind unkind ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to PART _ 5 pull mark 5 pull pull VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 unkind xcomp 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 cat det 7 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 9 tail nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 cat case 9 tail tail NOUN Number=Sing 5 pull obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 unkind punct
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1 is present It unkind property tree rules 2 pull to-infinitive the cat's tail vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme
Example 5 I'm sorry I was unkind to you yesterday.
nsubj cop nsubj cop ccomp case obl obl:unmarked punct root I PRON 'm AUX sorry ADJ I PRON was AUX unkind ADJ to ADP you PRON yesterday NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 sorry nsubj 2 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 sorry cop 3 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 unkind nsubj 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 unkind cop 6 unkind unkind ADJ Degree=Pos 3 sorry ccomp 7 to to ADP _ 8 you case 8 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 unkind obl 9 yesterday yesterday NOUN Number=Sing 3 sorry obl:unmarked 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 sorry punct
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1 is present I yesterday sorry property tree rules 2 is past I you unkind property tree rules
Example 6 Leaving someone out of a game is unkind.
csubj obj case case det obl cop punct root Leaving VERB someone PRON out ADP of ADP a DET game NOUN is AUX unkind ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Leaving leave VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 unkind csubj 2 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 1 Leaving obj 3 out out ADP _ 6 game case 4 of of ADP _ 6 game case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 game det 6 game game NOUN Number=Sing 1 Leaving obl 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 unkind cop 8 unkind unkind ADJ Degree=Pos root root 9 . . PUNCT _ 8 unkind punct
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1 leave gerund someone a game vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent someone=Theme out game=Location 2 is present Leaving unkind property tree rules
Example 7 The unkind words made him cry.
det amod nsubj obj xcomp punct root The DET unkind ADJ words NOUN made VERB him PRON cry VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 words det 2 unkind unkind ADJ Degree=Pos 3 words amod 3 words word NOUN Number=Plur 4 made nsubj 4 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 made obj 6 cry cry VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 made xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 made punct
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1 make past the unkind words him = he tree rules 2 cry speech: express infinitive him = he not said here vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 8 How unkind of those ugly satyrs!
advmod case det amod obl punct root How ADV unkind ADJ of ADP those DET ugly ADJ satyrs NOUN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 2 unkind advmod 2 unkind unkind ADJ Degree=Pos root root 3 of of ADP _ 6 satyrs case 4 those that DET Number=Plur PronType=Dem 6 satyrs det 5 ugly ugly ADJ Degree=Pos 6 satyrs amod 6 satyrs satyr NOUN Number=Plur 2 unkind obl 7 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 unkind punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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