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unstable

Who acts: Likely, tower, you, ice, chemicals, Food prices · What happens: fall over, move, break, change, break down, predict · To what, where: unstable weather, something, unstable cliff edge, ice

«unstable» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: unstable in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Likely to fall over, move or break; not steady.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 fall	mark
3	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Likely	xcomp
4	over	over	ADV	_	3 fall	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 move	punct
6	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fall	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 break	cc
8	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 move	conj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 steady	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 steady	advmod
11	steady	steady	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Likely	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Likely	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall over	to-infinitive						over property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	move	infinitive							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	break	infinitive							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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

Likely to change suddenly: unstable weather or prices.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 change	nsubj
2	to	to	PART	_	3 change	mark
3	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	3 change	advmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 weather	punct
6	unstable	unstable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 weather	amod
7	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 change	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 prices	cc
9	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 weather	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 change	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	to-infinitive	Likely	unstable weather or prices				suddenly property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Meaning 3

Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

Likely to change or break down into something else: an unstable chemical.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 change	mark
3	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Likely	xcomp
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 break	cc
5	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 change	conj
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 break	compound:prt
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 something	case
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 break	obl
9	else	else	ADV	_	8 something	advmod
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 chemical	punct
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 chemical	det
12	unstable	unstable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 chemical	amod
13	chemical	chemical	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 something	appos
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Likely	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	to-infinitive							vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	break down	infinitive						into something result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into something=Result

Meaning 4

Usage: of a person's mood — kept apart, not parsed.

Changing quickly and hard to predict.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Changing	change	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 hard	csubj
2	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Changing	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 hard	cc
4	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 predict	mark
6	predict	predict	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hard	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	gerund						quickly property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	predict	to-infinitive							vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot

Example 1

The tower of blocks was unstable and fell over.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tower	det
2	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unstable	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 blocks	case
4	blocks	block	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tower	nmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 unstable	cop
6	unstable	unstable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 fell	cc
8	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 unstable	conj
9	over	over	ADV	_	8 fell	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 unstable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the tower of blocks					unstable property	tree rules
2	fall over	past	the tower of blocks not said here					over property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Keep away from the unstable cliff edge.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Keep	advmod
3	from	from	ADP	_	7 edge	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 edge	det
5	unstable	unstable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 edge	amod
6	cliff	cliff	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 edge	compound
7	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep away	imperative	you not said here			the unstable cliff edge		away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from edge=Eventuality

Example 3

The ice on the pond is unstable, so don't walk on it.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ice	det
2	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 unstable	nsubj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 pond	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pond	det
5	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ice	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 unstable	cop
7	unstable	unstable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 walk	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 walk	advmod
10	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 walk	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 walk	advmod
12	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 unstable	parataxis
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 walk	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 unstable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the ice on the pond					unstable property	tree rules
2	not walk	infinitive · do-support				ice			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Trajectory

Example 4

Some chemicals are unstable and can explode.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 chemicals	det
2	chemicals	chemical	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 unstable	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unstable	cop
4	unstable	unstable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 explode	cc
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 explode	aux
7	explode	explode	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 unstable	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 unstable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	some chemicals					unstable property	tree rules
2	explode	can	some chemicals not said here						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

Food prices have been unstable this year.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prices	compound
2	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 unstable	nsubj
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unstable	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 unstable	cop
5	unstable	unstable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 year	det
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 unstable	obl:unmarked
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 unstable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present · perfect	Food prices				year	unstable property	tree rules

Example 6

A three-legged stool with one short leg is unstable.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stool	det
2	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 legged	nummod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 three	punct
4	legged	legged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stool	amod
5	stool	stool	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 unstable	nsubj
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 leg	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 leg	nummod
8	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 leg	amod
9	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stool	nmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 unstable	cop
11	unstable	unstable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 unstable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a legged stool with one short leg					unstable property	tree rules

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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