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title: reasonable — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «reasonable» in the school dictionary: Reasonable means fair and sensible. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# reasonable

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**Who acts:** Reasonable, reasonable amount, reasonable answer, you, jacket, Estimate · **What happens:** mean, not be, be, make, share, see · **To what, where:** good, one, maths, sense, toys, reasonable price · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«reasonable» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: [reasonable in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/reasonable.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Reasonable means fair and sensible.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reasonable:m1:1
# text = Reasonable means fair and sensible.
1	Reasonable	reasonable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Reasonable |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=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 -->
A reasonable amount or price is not too much and not too little.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reasonable:m2:1
# text = A reasonable amount or price is not too much and not too little.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	reasonable	reasonable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
12	too	too	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | a reasonable amount or price |  |  |  |  | much *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **be** |  | a reasonable amount or price *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Reasonable can mean fairly good but not excellent.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reasonable:m3:1
# text = Reasonable can mean fairly good but not excellent.
1	Reasonable	reasonable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	fairly	fairly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	excellent	excellent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | Reasonable | good |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Topic |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In maths, a reasonable answer is one that makes sense.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reasonable:m4:1
# text = In maths, a reasonable answer is one that makes sense.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	maths	math	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	reasonable	reasonable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a reasonable answer | one |  | maths |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present |  | sense |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sense=Product |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Please be reasonable and share the toys.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reasonable:x1:1
# text = Please be reasonable and share the toys.
1	Please	please	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	cop	_	_
3	reasonable	reasonable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	share	share	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | reasonable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **share** | present | you *not said here* | the toys |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The jacket was a reasonable price.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reasonable:x2:1
# text = The jacket was a reasonable price.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jacket	jacket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	reasonable	reasonable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the jacket | a reasonable price |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Estimate first to see if your answer is reasonable.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reasonable:x3:1
# text = Estimate first to see if your answer is reasonable.
1	Estimate	estimate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	reasonable	reasonable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive | Estimate |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | your answer |  |  |  |  | reasonable *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **answer** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's reasonable to ask for help when you're stuck.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reasonable:x4:1
# text = It's reasonable to ask for help when you're stuck.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	reasonable	reasonable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | reasonable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We had reasonable weather for the picnic.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reasonable:x5:1
# text = We had reasonable weather for the picnic.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	reasonable	reasonable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	picnic	picnic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | We | reasonable weather |  |  |  | for the picnic | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weather=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Is it reasonable that a cat weighs 400 kilograms? No!

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Is it reasonable that a cat weighs 400 kilograms?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reasonable:x6:1
# text = Is it reasonable that a cat weighs 400 kilograms?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
3	reasonable	reasonable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	weighs	weigh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	400	400	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	kilograms	kilogram	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | reasonable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **weigh** | present | a cat | 400 kilograms |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme kilogram=Value |

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*Sentence 2:* No!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reasonable:x6:2
# text = No!
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Jackal thought this reasonable, and let Lambikin pass.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reasonable:x7:1
# text = The Jackal thought this reasonable, and let Lambikin pass.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Jackal	Jackal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
5	reasonable	reasonable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	Lambikin	Lambikin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the Jackal |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive |  | Lambikin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **pass** | infinitive | Lambikin *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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