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title: inflected — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «inflected» in the school dictionary: Changed in form to show grammar, such as tense, number or person: «walked» is an inflected form of «walk». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# inflected

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**Who acts:** language, voice, Ran, inflected form, Latin, Cats · **What happens:** change, show, walk, inflect, be, describe · **To what, where:** form, grammar, inflected form, language, word endings, pitch

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«inflected» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: [inflected in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inflected.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: grammar — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Changed in form to show grammar, such as tense, number or person: «walked» is an inflected form of «walk».

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inflected:m1:1
# text = Changed in form to show grammar, such as tense, number or person: «walked» is an inflected form of «walk».
1	Changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	grammar	grammar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	10	case	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	tense	tense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
16	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
20	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	inflected	inflect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	amod	_	_
22	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | participle |  |  |  | form |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **show** | to-infinitive |  | grammar and tense and number or person |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grammar=Recipient |
| 3 | **walk** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **inflect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **is a** | present |  | a inflected form |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **walk** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: grammar — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Describing a language that changes word endings a lot, like Latin, German or Ukrainian.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inflected:m2:1
# text = Describing a language that changes word endings a lot, like Latin, German or Ukrainian.
1	Describing	describe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	endings	ending	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Latin	Latin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	German	German	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	Ukrainian	Ukrainian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | gerund |  | a language |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent language=Theme |
| 2 | **change** | present | a language | word endings |  |  |  | a lot *obl:unmarked* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ending=Patient |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

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Usage: voice — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Changed in pitch, as a voice that goes up at the end of a question.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inflected:m3:1
# text = Changed in pitch, as a voice that goes up at the end of a question.
1	Changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | participle |  |  |  | pitch |  | as a voice | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **go up** | present | a voice |  |  |  | at the end of a question |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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«Ran» is an inflected form of «run».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inflected:x1:1
# text = «Ran» is an inflected form of «run».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Ran	Ran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	inflected	inflect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inflect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Ran | a inflected form |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **run** *in a quote* | infinitive | a inflected form *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Latin is a highly inflected language with many word endings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inflected:x2:1
# text = Latin is a highly inflected language with many word endings.
1	Latin	Latin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	highly	highly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	inflected	inflect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	endings	ending	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inflect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | highly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Latin | a inflected language |  |  |  | with many word endings | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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«Cats» is the inflected plural of «cat».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inflected:x3:1
# text = «Cats» is the inflected plural of «cat».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	inflected	inflect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	plural	plural	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inflect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Cats | the inflected plural |  |  |  | of cat | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
English is less inflected than German.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inflected:x4:1
# text = English is less inflected than German.
1	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	inflected	inflect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	German	German	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inflect** | present · passive |  | English |  |  |  | than German; less *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her voice inflected upward at the end of the question.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inflected:x5:1
# text = Her voice inflected upward at the end of the question.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	inflected	inflect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	upward	upward	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inflect** | past | Her voice |  |  |  | at the end of the question | upward *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In a dictionary, inflected forms are listed with the main word.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inflected:x6:1
# text = In a dictionary, inflected forms are listed with the main word.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dictionary	dictionary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	inflected	inflect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	forms	form	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	listed	list	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inflect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **list** | present · passive |  | inflected forms |  | a dictionary |  | with the main word | tree rules |

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