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title: unbreakable — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unbreakable» in the school dictionary: Very hard or impossible to break: unbreakable plastic. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# unbreakable

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**Who acts:** We, two friends, spies, phone, advert, record · **What happens:** break, be, beat, use, share, try · **To what, where:** unbreakable plastic, unbreakable plates, picnics, unbreakable bond, unbreakable code, unbreakable screen · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«unbreakable» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: [unbreakable in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unbreakable.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Very hard or impossible to break: unbreakable plastic.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unbreakable:m1:1
# text = Very hard or impossible to break: unbreakable plastic.
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	impossible	impossible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	unbreakable	unbreakable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | to-infinitive |  | unbreakable plastic |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plastic=Patient |

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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 -->
Too strong to be ended or beaten: an unbreakable promise, an unbreakable code, an unbreakable record.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unbreakable:m2:1
# text = Too strong to be ended or beaten: an unbreakable promise, an unbreakable code, an unbreakable record.
1	Too	too	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	ended	ended	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	beaten	beat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	unbreakable	unbreakable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	unbreakable	unbreakable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	code	code	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	unbreakable	unbreakable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	record	record	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | ended *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **beat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We use unbreakable plates at picnics.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unbreakable:x1:1
# text = We use unbreakable plates at picnics.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	unbreakable	unbreakable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	picnics	picnic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | We | unbreakable plates |  | picnics |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The two friends shared an unbreakable bond.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unbreakable:x2:1
# text = The two friends shared an unbreakable bond.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shared	share	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	unbreakable	unbreakable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bond	bond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | past | the two friends | a unbreakable bond |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The spies tried to crack the unbreakable code.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unbreakable:x3:1
# text = The spies tried to crack the unbreakable code.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spies	spy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	crack	crack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	unbreakable	unbreakable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	code	code	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | the spies |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **crack** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the spies *not said here* | the unbreakable code |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location code=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My phone has an unbreakable screen, or so the advert says.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unbreakable:x4:1
# text = My phone has an unbreakable screen, or so the advert says.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	unbreakable	unbreakable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	advert	advert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | My phone | a unbreakable screen |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent screen=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the advert |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her record of 100 goals seemed unbreakable.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unbreakable:x5:1
# text = Her record of 100 goals seemed unbreakable.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	record	record	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	goals	goal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	unbreakable	unbreakable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | past | Her record of 100 goals |  |  |  |  | unbreakable *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **record** |  | Her *= she* | 100 goals |  |  |  |  | nom record «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Telling the truth was an unbreakable rule in their house.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unbreakable:x6:1
# text = Telling the truth was an unbreakable rule in their house.
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	unbreakable	unbreakable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | the truth |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Telling | a unbreakable rule |  | their house |  |  | tree rules |

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