unpersuasive Who acts: Unpersuasive, people, excuse, homework, His, advert · What happens: mean, make, believe, agree, eat, be · To what, where: people, evidence, story, unpersuasive point
«unpersuasive» 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: unpersuasive in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Unpersuasive means not good at making people believe or agree with something; not convincing.
The tree, 14 words nsubj advmod xcomp mark advcl obj xcomp cc conj case obl punct advmod conj punct root Unpersuasive ADJ means VERB not PART good ADJ at SCONJ making VERB people NOUN believe VERB or CCONJ agree VERB with ADP something PRON ; PUNCT not PART convincing ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Unpersuasive unpersuasive 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 good advmod 4 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 5 at at SCONJ _ 6 making mark 6 making make VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 good advcl 7 people people NOUN Number=Plur 6 making obj 8 believe believe VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 making xcomp 9 or or CCONJ _ 10 agree cc 10 agree agree VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 believe conj 11 with with ADP _ 12 something case 12 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 10 agree obl 13 ; ; PUNCT _ 15 convincing punct 14 not not PART Polarity=Neg 15 convincing advmod 15 convincing convincing ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means conj 16 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Unpersuasive good property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 make gerund Unpersuasive not said here people tree rules 3 believe infinitive people not said here vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer 4 agree speech: agree infinitive people not said here with something vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with something=Co-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 His excuse that the dog ate his homework was unpersuasive.
nmod:poss nsubj mark det nsubj nmod:poss nsubj cop ccomp punct root His PRON excuse NOUN that SCONJ the DET dog NOUN ate VERB his PRON homework NOUN was AUX unpersuasive ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 excuse nmod:poss 2 excuse excuse NOUN Number=Sing 6 ate nsubj 3 that that SCONJ _ 6 ate mark 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 dog det 5 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 6 ate nsubj 6 ate eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 homework nmod:poss 8 homework homework NOUN Number=Sing 10 unpersuasive nsubj 9 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 unpersuasive cop 10 unpersuasive unpersuasive ADJ Degree=Pos 6 ate ccomp 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 ate punct
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1 eat past His excuse vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is past dog's homework unpersuasive property tree rules 3 excuse His = he nom excuse «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Example 2 The advert was colourful but unpersuasive.
det nsubj cop cc conj punct root The DET advert NOUN was AUX colourful ADJ but CCONJ unpersuasive ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 advert det 2 advert advert NOUN Number=Sing 4 colourful nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 colourful cop 4 colourful colourful ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 but but CCONJ _ 6 unpersuasive cc 6 unpersuasive unpersuasive ADJ Degree=Pos 4 colourful conj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 colourful punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past the advert colourful property tree rules 2 be the advert not said here tree rules
Example 3 Give evidence, or your argument will be unpersuasive.
obj punct cc nmod:poss nsubj aux cop conj punct root Give VERB evidence NOUN , PUNCT or CCONJ your PRON argument NOUN will AUX be AUX unpersuasive ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Give give VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 evidence evidence NOUN Number=Sing 1 Give obj 3 , , PUNCT _ 9 unpersuasive punct 4 or or CCONJ _ 9 unpersuasive cc 5 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 argument nmod:poss 6 argument argument NOUN Number=Sing 9 unpersuasive nsubj 7 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 unpersuasive aux 8 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 9 unpersuasive cop 9 unpersuasive unpersuasive ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Give conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 Give punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give imperative you not said here evidence vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Theme 2 is future your argument unpersuasive property tree rules 3 argue your nom argument «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Example 4 The judge found the story unpersuasive.
det nsubj det obj xcomp punct root The DET judge NOUN found VERB the DET story NOUN unpersuasive ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 judge det 2 judge judge NOUN Number=Sing 3 found nsubj 3 found find VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 story det 5 story story NOUN Number=Sing 3 found obj 6 unpersuasive unpersuasive ADJ Degree=Pos 3 found xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 found punct
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1 find past the judge the story unpersuasive property vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Topic
Example 5 Shouting louder doesn't make an unpersuasive point stronger.
csubj xcomp aux advmod det amod obj xcomp punct root Shouting VERB louder ADJ does AUX n't PART make VERB an DET unpersuasive ADJ point NOUN stronger ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Shouting shout VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 make csubj 2 louder loud ADJ Degree=Cmp 1 Shouting xcomp 3 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 make aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 make advmod 5 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 point det 7 unpersuasive unpersuasive ADJ Degree=Pos 8 point amod 8 point point NOUN Number=Sing 5 make obj 9 stronger strong ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 make xcomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 make punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 shout speech: express gerund loud property vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 not make present · do-support Shouting a unpersuasive point strong property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset point=Product
Example 6 The team's case for no homework was unpersuasive.
det nmod:poss case nsubj case det nmod cop punct root The DET team NOUN 's PART case NOUN for ADP no DET homework NOUN was AUX unpersuasive ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 team det 2 team team NOUN Number=Sing 4 case nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 team case 4 case case NOUN Number=Sing 9 unpersuasive nsubj 5 for for ADP _ 7 homework case 6 no no DET PronType=Neg 7 homework det 7 homework homework NOUN Number=Sing 4 case nmod 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 unpersuasive cop 9 unpersuasive unpersuasive ADJ Degree=Pos root root 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 unpersuasive punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past the team's case for no homework unpersuasive property tree rules
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