unknowable Who acts: Unknowable, future, scientists, Big Bang, real thoughts, ancient king · What happens: mean, know, find out, be, think, happen · Speech: someone speaks here
«unknowable» 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: unknowable in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Unknowable means impossible to know or find out, even with study or tools.
The tree, 13 words nsubj xcomp mark csubj cc conj compound:prt punct advmod case obl cc conj punct root Unknowable ADJ means VERB impossible ADJ to PART know VERB or CCONJ find VERB out ADP , PUNCT even ADV with ADP study NOUN or CCONJ tools NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Unknowable unknowable ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 impossible impossible ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 4 to to PART _ 5 know mark 5 know know VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 impossible csubj 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 find cc 7 find find VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 know conj 8 out out ADP _ 7 find compound:prt 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 study punct 10 even even ADV _ 12 study advmod 11 with with ADP _ 12 study case 12 study study NOUN Number=Sing 7 find obl 13 or or CCONJ _ 14 tools cc 14 tools tool NOUN Number=Plur 12 study conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Unknowable impossible property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 know to-infinitive vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer 3 find out infinitive with study or tools vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=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 future is unknowable.
det nsubj cop punct root The DET future NOUN is AUX unknowable ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 future det 2 future future NOUN Number=Sing 4 unknowable nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 unknowable cop 4 unknowable unknowable ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 . . PUNCT _ 4 unknowable punct
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1 is present the future unknowable property tree rules
Example 2 Some scientists think what happened before the Big Bang may be unknowable.
det nsubj nsubj ccomp mark det compound nsubj aux cop advcl punct root Some DET scientists NOUN think VERB what PRON happened VERB before SCONJ the DET Big PROPN Bang PROPN may AUX be AUX unknowable ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 2 scientists det 2 scientists scientist NOUN Number=Plur 3 think nsubj 3 think think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 what what PRON PronType=Int 5 happened nsubj 5 happened happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 think ccomp 6 before before SCONJ _ 12 unknowable mark 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 Bang det 8 Big Big PROPN Number=Sing 9 Bang compound 9 Bang Bang PROPN Number=Sing 12 unknowable nsubj 10 may may AUX VerbForm=Fin 12 unknowable aux 11 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 12 unknowable cop 12 unknowable unknowable ADJ Degree=Pos 5 happened advcl 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 think punct
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1 think speech: other present some scientists vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 happen past vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 is may the Big Bang unknowable property tree rules
Example 3 The ancient king's real thoughts are unknowable.
det amod nmod:poss case amod nsubj cop punct root The DET ancient ADJ king NOUN 's PART real ADJ thoughts NOUN are AUX unknowable ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 king det 2 ancient ancient ADJ Degree=Pos 3 king amod 3 king king NOUN Number=Sing 6 thoughts nmod:poss 4 's 's PART _ 3 king case 5 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 6 thoughts amod 6 thoughts thought NOUN Number=Plur 8 unknowable nsubj 7 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 unknowable cop 8 unknowable unknowable ADJ Degree=Pos root root 9 . . PUNCT _ 8 unknowable punct
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1 is present the ancient king's real thoughts unknowable property tree rules 2 think the ancient king nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
Example 4 Without the missing page, the end of the story is unknowable.
case det amod obl punct det nsubj case det nmod cop punct root Without ADP the DET missing ADJ page NOUN , PUNCT the DET end NOUN of ADP the DET story NOUN is AUX unknowable ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Without without ADP _ 4 page case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 page det 3 missing missing ADJ Degree=Pos 4 page amod 4 page page NOUN Number=Sing 12 unknowable obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 page punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 end det 7 end end NOUN Number=Sing 12 unknowable nsubj 8 of of ADP _ 10 story case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 story det 10 story story NOUN Number=Sing 7 end nmod 11 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 unknowable cop 12 unknowable unknowable ADJ Degree=Pos root root 13 . . PUNCT _ 12 unknowable punct
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1 is present the end of the story without the missing page; unknowable property tree rules
Example 5 Philosophers argue about what is unknowable.
nsubj case obl cop acl:relcl punct root Philosophers NOUN argue VERB about ADP what PRON is AUX unknowable ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Philosophers philosopher NOUN Number=Plur 2 argue nsubj 2 argue argue VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 about about ADP _ 4 what case 4 what what PRON PronType=Rel 2 argue obl 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 unknowable cop 6 unknowable unknowable ADJ Degree=Pos 4 what acl:relcl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 argue punct
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1 argue speech: disagree present Philosophers vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about what=Topic 2 is present unknowable property tree rules
Example 6 The deep sea once seemed unknowable.
det amod nsubj advmod xcomp punct root The DET deep ADJ sea NOUN once ADV seemed VERB unknowable ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 sea det 2 deep deep ADJ Degree=Pos 3 sea amod 3 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 5 seemed nsubj 4 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 5 seemed advmod 5 seemed seem VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 unknowable unknowable ADJ Degree=Pos 5 seemed xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 seemed punct
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1 seem past the deep sea once, unknowable property vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
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