unlikeable Who acts: unlikeable person, person, main character, he, Mr, unlikeable man · What happens: be, like, play, find, make, change · To what, where: selfish, unlikeable man, nasty tricks, princess, her, unlikeable character
«unlikeable» 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: unlikeable in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 An unlikeable person or character is hard to like because they are unkind, rude, selfish or unpleasant.
The tree, 17 words det amod nsubj cc conj cop mark csubj mark nsubj cop ccomp punct conj punct obl cc conj punct root An DET unlikeable ADJ person NOUN or CCONJ character NOUN is AUX hard ADJ to PART like VERB because SCONJ they PRON are AUX unkind ADJ , PUNCT rude ADJ , PUNCT selfish NOUN or CCONJ unpleasant ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 person det 2 unlikeable unlikeable ADJ Degree=Pos 3 person amod 3 person person NOUN Number=Sing 7 hard nsubj 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 character cc 5 character character NOUN Number=Sing 3 person conj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 hard cop 7 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 to to PART _ 9 like mark 9 like like VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 hard csubj 10 because because SCONJ _ 13 unkind mark 11 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 unkind nsubj 12 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 unkind cop 13 unkind unkind ADJ Degree=Pos 9 like ccomp 14 , , PUNCT _ 15 rude punct 15 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos 13 unkind conj 16 , , PUNCT _ 17 selfish punct 17 selfish selfish NOUN Number=Plur 13 unkind obl 18 or or CCONJ _ 19 unpleasant cc 19 unpleasant unpleasant ADJ Degree=Pos 13 unkind conj 20 . . PUNCT _ 7 hard punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present a unlikeable person or character hard property tree rules 2 like to-infinitive vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot 3 is present person selfish obl ; unkind property tree rules 4 be person not said here tree rules 5 be person not said here tree rules
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 main character was so selfish that he was unlikeable.
det amod nsubj cop advmod mark nsubj cop advcl punct root The DET main ADJ character NOUN was AUX so ADV selfish NOUN that SCONJ he PRON was AUX unlikeable ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 character det 2 main main ADJ Degree=Pos 3 character amod 3 character character NOUN Number=Sing 6 selfish nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 selfish cop 5 so so ADV _ 6 selfish advmod 6 selfish selfish NOUN Number=Plur root root 7 that that SCONJ _ 10 unlikeable mark 8 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 unlikeable nsubj 9 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 unlikeable cop 10 unlikeable unlikeable ADJ Degree=Pos 6 selfish advcl 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 selfish punct
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1 is a past the main character selfish tree rules 2 is past he unlikeable property tree rules
Example 2 Mr Twit is an unlikeable man who plays nasty tricks.
nsubj flat cop det amod nsubj acl:relcl amod obj punct root Mr PROPN Twit PROPN is AUX an DET unlikeable ADJ man NOUN who PRON plays VERB nasty ADJ tricks NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mr Mr PROPN Number=Sing 6 man nsubj 2 Twit Twit PROPN Number=Sing 1 Mr flat 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 man cop 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 man det 5 unlikeable unlikeable ADJ Degree=Pos 6 man amod 6 man man NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 who who PRON PronType=Rel 8 plays nsubj 8 plays play VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 man acl:relcl 9 nasty nasty ADJ Degree=Pos 10 tricks amod 10 tricks trick NOUN Number=Plur 8 plays obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 man punct
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1 is a present Mr a unlikeable man tree rules 2 play present a unlikeable man nasty tricks vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Theme
Example 3 Some readers found the princess unlikeable at first.
det nsubj det obj xcomp case obl punct root Some DET readers NOUN found VERB the DET princess NOUN unlikeable ADJ at ADP first ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 2 readers det 2 readers reader NOUN Number=Plur 3 found nsubj 3 found find VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 princess det 5 princess princess NOUN Number=Sing 3 found obj 6 unlikeable unlikeable ADJ Degree=Pos 3 found xcomp 7 at at ADP _ 8 first case 8 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 6 unlikeable obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 found punct
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1 find past some readers the princess unlikeable property vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Topic
Example 4 She was rude and bossy, which made her unlikeable.
nsubj cop cc conj punct nsubj conj obj xcomp punct root She PRON was AUX rude ADJ and CCONJ bossy ADJ , PUNCT which PRON made VERB her PRON unlikeable ADJ . 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 rude nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 rude cop 3 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 bossy cc 5 bossy bossy ADJ Degree=Pos 3 rude conj 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 made punct 7 which which PRON PronType=Rel 8 made nsubj 8 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 rude conj 9 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 made obj 10 unlikeable unlikeable ADJ Degree=Pos 8 made xcomp 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 rude punct
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1 is past She rude property tree rules 2 be She not said here tree rules 3 make past her = she unlikeable property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product
Example 5 A good writer can make an unlikeable character interesting.
det amod nsubj aux det amod obj xcomp punct root A DET good ADJ writer NOUN can AUX make VERB an DET unlikeable ADJ character NOUN interesting ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 writer det 2 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 3 writer amod 3 writer writer NOUN Number=Sing 5 make nsubj 4 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 make aux 5 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 character det 7 unlikeable unlikeable ADJ Degree=Pos 8 character amod 8 character character NOUN Number=Sing 5 make obj 9 interesting interesting ADJ Degree=Pos 5 make xcomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 make punct
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1 make can a good writer a unlikeable character interesting property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset character=Product
Example 6 By the end of the book, the unlikeable boy had changed.
case det obl case det nmod punct det amod nsubj aux punct root By ADP the DET end NOUN of ADP the DET book NOUN , PUNCT the DET unlikeable ADJ boy NOUN had AUX changed VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 By by ADP _ 3 end case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 end det 3 end end NOUN Number=Sing 12 changed obl 4 of of ADP _ 6 book case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 book det 6 book book NOUN Number=Sing 3 end nmod 7 , , PUNCT _ 3 end punct 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 boy det 9 unlikeable unlikeable ADJ Degree=Pos 10 boy amod 10 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 12 changed nsubj 11 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 changed aux 12 changed change VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 13 . . PUNCT _ 12 changed punct
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1 change past · perfect the unlikeable boy by the end of the book vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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