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title: inflexible — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «inflexible» in the school dictionary: Inexible things cannot bend: an inflexible rod is stiff. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# inflexible

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**Who acts:** Inexible things, inflexible rod, Inflexible people, people, judge, metal bar · **What happens:** not bend, be, not change, give, mind, rule · **To what, where:** mind, way, rules

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«inflexible» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: [inflexible in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inflexible.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Inexible things cannot bend: an inflexible rod is stiff.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inflexible:m1:1
# text = Inexible things cannot bend: an inflexible rod is stiff.
1	Inexible	inexible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	bend	bend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	inflexible	inflexible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	rod	rod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	stiff	stiff	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **bend** | can | Inexible things |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | a inflexible rod |  |  |  |  | stiff *property* | tree rules |

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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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Inflexible people will not change their mind or give way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inflexible:m2:1
# text = Inflexible people will not change their mind or give way.
1	Inflexible	inflexible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **change** | future | Inflexible people | people's mind |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient |
| 2 | **give** | infinitive | Inflexible people *not said here* | way |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme |
| 3 | **mind** |  | people |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The judge was inflexible and would not bend the rules.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inflexible:x1:1
# text = The judge was inflexible and would not bend the rules.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	inflexible	inflexible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	bend	bend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the judge |  |  |  |  | inflexible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **bend** | would | the judge *not said here* | the rules |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent rule=Material |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The metal bar is inflexible.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inflexible:x2:1
# text = The metal bar is inflexible.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bar	bar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	inflexible	inflexible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the metal bar |  |  |  |  | inflexible *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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My teacher's rule is inflexible: no phones in class.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inflexible:x3:1
# text = My teacher's rule is inflexible: no phones in class.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	inflexible	inflexible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	parataxis	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | My teacher's rule |  |  |  |  | inflexible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **rule** |  | My teacher |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The princess remained inflexible.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inflexible:x4:1
# text = The princess remained inflexible.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	inflexible	inflexible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | past | the princess |  |  |  |  | inflexible *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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