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title: imprudent — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «imprudent» in the school dictionary: Imprudent means not wise or careful, so that trouble is likely to follow. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# imprudent

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**Who acts:** Imprudent, trouble, It, Spinning · **What happens:** mean, be, follow, walk, spin, think · **To what, where:** dark, sweets · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«imprudent» 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: [imprudent in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/imprudent.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Imprudent means not wise or careful, so that trouble is likely to follow.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:imprudent:m1:1
# text = Imprudent means not wise or careful, so that trouble is likely to follow.
1	Imprudent	Imprudent	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Imprudent |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | trouble |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **follow** | to-infinitive | trouble *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#x1}

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It is imprudent to walk alone in the dark.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:imprudent:x1:1
# text = It is imprudent to walk alone in the dark.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	imprudent	imprudent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | imprudent *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the dark |  | alone *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Spinning on a Thursday was thought imprudent.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:imprudent:x2:1
# text = Spinning on a Thursday was thought imprudent.
1	Spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	csubj:pass	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Thursday	Thursday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	thought	think	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	imprudent	imprudent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | gerund |  |  |  |  | thursday |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past · passive | Spinning |  |  |  |  | imprudent *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V» |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Was it imprudent to eat all the sweets at once?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:imprudent:x3:1
# text = Was it imprudent to eat all the sweets at once?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	imprudent	imprudent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | imprudent *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive |  | all sweets |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient |

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**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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