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title: inevitable — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «inevitable» in the school dictionary: Certain to happen; impossible to avoid or stop. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# inevitable

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**Who acts:** everyone, it, ice cream, Getting, revision, we · **What happens:** happen, avoid, stop, expect, know, come · **To what, where:** sun., test, inevitable question, long car trip, inevitable, broken vase · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«inevitable» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [inevitable in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inevitable.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Certain to happen; impossible to avoid or stop.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inevitable:m1:1
# text = Certain to happen; impossible to avoid or stop.
1	Certain	certain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	impossible	impossible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **avoid** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **stop** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So usual or expected that everyone knows it will come: the inevitable rain on sports day.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inevitable:m2:1
# text = So usual or expected that everyone knows it will come: the inevitable rain on sports day.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	usual	usual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	expected	expect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	nsubj	_	_
7	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	inevitable	inevitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	sports	sport	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	compound	_	_
17	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **know** | present | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **come** | future | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was inevitable that the ice cream would melt in the sun.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inevitable:x1:1
# text = It was inevitable that the ice cream would melt in the sun.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	inevitable	inevitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	melt	melt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sun.	sun.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | inevitable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **melt** | would | the ice cream |  |  | the sun. |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Getting older is inevitable.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inevitable:x2:1
# text = Getting older is inevitable.
1	Getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	inevitable	inevitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | old *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present | Getting |  |  |  |  | inevitable *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
With no revision, failing the test was almost inevitable.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inevitable:x3:1
# text = With no revision, failing the test was almost inevitable.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	revision	revision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	failing	fail	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	inevitable	inevitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** | gerund | no revision *not said here* | the test |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | with no revision; almost, inevitable *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
On the long car trip came the inevitable question: «Are we there yet?»

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inevitable:x4:1
# text = On the long car trip came the inevitable question: «Are we there yet?»
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	inevitable	inevitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	parataxis	_	_
15	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past |  | the inevitable question |  | the long car trip |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | we |  |  |  | yet | there *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Change is inevitable, so learn to adapt.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inevitable:x5:1
# text = Change is inevitable, so learn to adapt.
1	Change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	inevitable	inevitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	adapt	adapt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Change |  |  |  |  | inevitable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **learn** | infinitive | Change *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **adapt** | to-infinitive | Change *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They delayed the inevitable by hiding the broken vase.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inevitable:x6:1
# text = They delayed the inevitable by hiding the broken vase.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	delayed	delay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	inevitable	inevitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	vase	vase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **delay** | past | They | the inevitable |  |  |  |  | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent inevitable=Source |
| 2 | **hide** | gerund | They *not said here* | the broken vase |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vase=Patient |
| 3 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cronus was so enraged at being circumvented that war between the father and son became inevitable.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inevitable:x7:1
# text = Cronus was so enraged at being circumvented that war between the father and son became inevitable.
1	Cronus	cronus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	enraged	enrage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	circumvented	circumvent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
9	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
10	between	between	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
16	inevitable	inevitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enrage** | past · passive |  | Cronus |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **circumvent** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING» |
| 3 | **become** | past | war between the father and son |  |  |  |  | inevitable *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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