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title: irresistible — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «irresistible» in the school dictionary: So charming or tempting that you cannot say no or hold back: an irresistible smell of cake. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# irresistible

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**Who acts:** you, cake, She, I, big eyes · **What happens:** tempt, not say, hold back, smell, stop, want · **To what, where:** no, yourself, irresistible smile, irresistible urge · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So charming or tempting that you cannot say no or hold back: an irresistible smell of cake.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:irresistible:m1:1
# text = So charming or tempting that you cannot say no or hold back: an irresistible smell of cake.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	charming	charming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	tempting	tempt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	obj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
13	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	irresistible	irresistible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tempt** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | can | you | no |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic |
| 3 | **hold back** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **smell** |  | cake |  |  |  |  |  | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Very hard to stop yourself wanting or doing.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:irresistible:m2:1
# text = Very hard to stop yourself wanting or doing.
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	_
6	wanting	want	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  | yourself |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **do** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She had an irresistible smile.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:irresistible:x1:1
# text = She had an irresistible smile.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	irresistible	irresistible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	smile	smile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She | a irresistible smile |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smile=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cake smelt irresistible.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:irresistible:x2:1
# text = The cake smelt irresistible.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	smelt	smelt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	irresistible	irresistible	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 | **smelt** | past | the cake |  |  |  |  | irresistible *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I felt an irresistible urge to laugh.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:irresistible:x3:1
# text = I felt an irresistible urge to laugh.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	irresistible	irresistible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	urge	urge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | I | a irresistible urge |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent urge=Theme |
| 2 | **laugh** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a irresistible urge *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The puppy's big eyes were irresistible.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:irresistible:x4:1
# text = The puppy's big eyes were irresistible.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	irresistible	irresistible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the puppy's big eyes |  |  |  |  | irresistible *property* | tree rules |

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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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