unseemly

Who acts: Unseemly, person, others, It, shouting, His · What happens: mean, do, think, be, laugh, shout · To what, where: person, funeral

«unseemly» 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: unseemly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Unseemly means not proper or polite for a person to do, so that others would think it rude or wrong.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unseemly	unseemly	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 proper	advmod
4	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 polite	cc
6	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 proper	conj
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 do	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 do	nsubj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 do	mark
11	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 proper	advcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 think	punct
13	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	17 think	mark
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 so	fixed
15	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 think	nsubj
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 think	aux
17	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	conj
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 think	obj
19	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 think	xcomp
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 wrong	cc
21	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 rude	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Unseemly		proper property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	to-infinitive	a person			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	think speech: other	would	others	person	rude property	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

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 would be unseemly to laugh at a funeral.

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	4 unseemly	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 unseemly	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 unseemly	cop
4	unseemly	unseemly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 laugh	mark
6	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 unseemly	advcl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 funeral	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 funeral	det
9	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 laugh	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 unseemly	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	It					unseemly property	tree rules
2	laugh	to-infinitive				a funeral			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

His shouting at the teacher was unseemly.

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 shouting	nmod:poss
2	shouting	shouting	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 unseemly	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 teacher	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 teacher	det
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shouting	nmod
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 unseemly	cop
7	unseemly	unseemly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 unseemly	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	His shouting at the teacher					unseemly property	tree rules
2	shout		His = he					at the teacher	nom shouting «communication intransitive»: poss=agent at=obl

Example 3

It is unseemly for a prince to beg.

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 unseemly	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unseemly	cop
3	unseemly	unseemly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 prince	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unseemly	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 beg	mark
8	beg	beg	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 prince	acl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 unseemly	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					for a prince; unseemly property	tree rules
2	beg speech: request	to-infinitive							vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent

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