unpalatable Who acts: Unpalatable food, unpalatable fact, hospital food, Monarch butterflies, medicine, Mum · What happens: taste, be, accept, lose, mix, face · To what, where: unpalatable truth, medicine, unpalatable choice, library
«unpalatable» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: unpalatable in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Unpalatable food or drink tastes unpleasant.
amod nsubj cc conj xcomp punct root Unpalatable ADJ food NOUN or CCONJ drink NOUN tastes VERB unpleasant ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Unpalatable unpalatable ADJ Degree=Pos 2 food amod 2 food food NOUN Number=Sing 5 tastes nsubj 3 or or CCONJ _ 4 drink cc 4 drink drink NOUN Number=Sing 2 food conj 5 tastes taste VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 unpleasant unpleasant ADJ Degree=Pos 5 tastes xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 tastes punct
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1 taste present Unpalatable food or drink unpleasant property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
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.
Meaning 2 An unpalatable fact or idea is unpleasant and hard to accept: «the unpalatable truth».
The tree, 14 words det amod nsubj cc conj cop cc conj mark xcomp punct punct det amod obj punct punct root An DET unpalatable ADJ fact NOUN or CCONJ idea NOUN is AUX unpleasant ADJ and CCONJ hard ADJ to PART accept VERB : PUNCT « PUNCT the DET unpalatable ADJ truth NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 fact det 2 unpalatable unpalatable ADJ Degree=Pos 3 fact amod 3 fact fact NOUN Number=Sing 7 unpleasant nsubj 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 idea cc 5 idea idea NOUN Number=Sing 3 fact conj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 unpleasant cop 7 unpleasant unpleasant ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 hard cc 9 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 7 unpleasant conj 10 to to PART _ 11 accept mark 11 accept accept VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 hard xcomp 12 : : PUNCT _ 16 truth punct 13 « « PUNCT _ 16 truth punct 14 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 truth det 15 unpalatable unpalatable ADJ Degree=Pos 16 truth amod 16 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 11 accept obj 17 » » PUNCT _ 16 truth punct 18 . . PUNCT _ 7 unpleasant punct
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1 is present a unpalatable fact or idea unpleasant property tree rules 2 be a unpalatable fact or idea not said here tree rules 3 accept to-infinitive a unpalatable fact or idea not said here the unpalatable truth vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Theme
Example 1 The hospital food was cold and unpalatable.
det compound nsubj cop cc conj punct root The DET hospital NOUN food NOUN was AUX cold ADJ and CCONJ unpalatable ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 food det 2 hospital hospital NOUN Number=Sing 3 food compound 3 food food NOUN Number=Sing 5 cold nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 cold cop 5 cold cold ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 unpalatable cc 7 unpalatable unpalatable ADJ Degree=Pos 5 cold conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 cold punct
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1 is past the hospital food cold property tree rules 2 be the hospital food not said here tree rules
Example 2 Monarch butterflies are unpalatable to birds.
compound nsubj cop case obl punct root Monarch NOUN butterflies NOUN are AUX unpalatable ADJ to ADP birds NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Monarch monarch NOUN Number=Sing 2 butterflies compound 2 butterflies butterfly NOUN Number=Plur 4 unpalatable nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 unpalatable cop 4 unpalatable unpalatable ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 to to ADP _ 6 birds case 6 birds bird NOUN Number=Plur 4 unpalatable obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 unpalatable punct
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1 is present Monarch butterflies to birds; unpalatable property tree rules
Example 3 The unpalatable truth was that we had lost every match.
det amod nsubj:pass aux:pass mark nsubj aux det obj punct root The DET unpalatable ADJ truth NOUN was AUX that SCONJ we PRON had AUX lost VERB every DET match NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 truth det 2 unpalatable unpalatable ADJ Degree=Pos 3 truth amod 3 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 8 lost nsubj:pass 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 lost aux:pass 5 that that SCONJ _ 8 lost mark 6 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 lost nsubj 7 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 lost aux 8 lost lose VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 9 every every DET PronType=Tot 10 match det 10 match match NOUN Number=Sing 8 lost obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 8 lost punct
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1 lose past · perfect · passive the unpalatable truth tree rules
Example 4 The medicine was unpalatable, so Mum mixed it with juice.
det nsubj cop punct advmod nsubj conj obj case obl punct root The DET medicine NOUN was AUX unpalatable ADJ , PUNCT so ADV Mum PROPN mixed VERB it PRON with ADP juice NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 medicine det 2 medicine medicine NOUN Number=Sing 4 unpalatable nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 unpalatable cop 4 unpalatable unpalatable ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 mixed punct 6 so so ADV _ 8 mixed advmod 7 Mum Mum PROPN Number=Sing 8 mixed nsubj 8 mixed mix VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 unpalatable conj 9 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 mixed obj 10 with with ADP _ 11 juice case 11 juice juice NOUN Number=Sing 8 mixed obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 unpalatable punct
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1 is past the medicine unpalatable property tree rules 2 mix past Mum medicine with juice vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient with juice=Co-Patient
Example 5 The council faced an unpalatable choice between closing the library and the pool.
det nsubj det amod obj mark acl det obj cc det conj punct root The DET council NOUN faced VERB an DET unpalatable ADJ choice NOUN between ADP closing VERB the DET library NOUN and CCONJ the DET pool NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 council det 2 council council NOUN Number=Sing 3 faced nsubj 3 faced face VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 choice det 5 unpalatable unpalatable ADJ Degree=Pos 6 choice amod 6 choice choice NOUN Number=Sing 3 faced obj 7 between between ADP _ 8 closing mark 8 closing close VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 choice acl 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 library det 10 library library NOUN Number=Sing 8 closing obj 11 and and CCONJ _ 13 pool cc 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 pool det 13 pool pool NOUN Number=Sing 10 library conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 3 faced punct
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1 face past the council a unpalatable choice vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme choice=Destination 2 close gerund a unpalatable choice not said here the library and the pool vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent library=Patient
Example 6 Burnt porridge is completely unpalatable.
amod nsubj cop advmod punct root Burnt ADJ porridge NOUN is AUX completely ADV unpalatable ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Burnt burnt ADJ Degree=Pos 2 porridge amod 2 porridge porridge NOUN Number=Sing 5 unpalatable nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 unpalatable cop 4 completely completely ADV _ 5 unpalatable advmod 5 unpalatable unpalatable ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 unpalatable punct
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1 is present Burnt porridge completely, unpalatable property tree rules
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