unreasonable
Who acts: asking, It, king, answer, Your · What happens: ask, be, make, answer · To what, where: more, unreasonable demand
«unreasonable» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: unreasonable in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Not fair or sensible; asking for more than is right or fair.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 fair | advmod |
| 2 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 sensible | cc |
| 4 | sensible | sensible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 fair | conj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 right | punct |
| 6 | asking | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 right | csubj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 more | case |
| 8 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV | 6 asking | obj |
| 9 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 more | fixed |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 right | cop |
| 11 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 fair | conj |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 fair | cc |
| 13 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 right | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 fair | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund | more | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent more=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | is | present | asking | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | asking 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
It is unreasonable to ask for three cakes.
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 unreasonable | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 unreasonable | cop |
| 3 | unreasonable | unreasonable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 ask | mark |
| 5 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 unreasonable | csubj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 cakes | case |
| 7 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 cakes | nummod |
| 8 | cakes | cake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 ask | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 unreasonable | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | unreasonable property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | for three cakes | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
The king made an unreasonable demand.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 demand | det |
| 5 | unreasonable | unreasonable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 demand | amod |
| 6 | demand | demand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the king | a unreasonable demand | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demand=Product |
Example 3
Your answer of 900 is unreasonable for this problem.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 answer | nmod:poss |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 unreasonable | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 900 | case |
| 4 | 900 | 900 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 answer | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 unreasonable | cop |
| 6 | unreasonable | unreasonable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 problem | case |
| 8 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 problem | det |
| 9 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 unreasonable | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 unreasonable | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Your answer of 900 | for this problem; unreasonable property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | answer | Your | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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