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title: unmanageable — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unmanageable» in the school dictionary: Something unmanageable is too big, too wild or too difficult to control or deal with. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# unmanageable

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**Who acts:** Something, load, horse, homework · **What happens:** be, control, deal, become, grow, run off · **To what, where:** steep hill

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«unmanageable» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: [unmanageable in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unmanageable.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Something unmanageable is too big, too wild or too difficult to control or deal with.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unmanageable:m1:1
# text = Something unmanageable is too big, too wild or too difficult to control or deal with.
1	Something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	nsubj	_	_
2	unmanageable	unmanageable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	difficult	difficult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	control	control	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	deal	deal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Something |  |  |  |  | big *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Something *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | Something *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **control** | to-infinitive | Something *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **deal** | infinitive | Something *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The load became unmanageable on the steep hill.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unmanageable:x1:1
# text = The load became unmanageable on the steep hill.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	unmanageable	unmanageable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | the load |  |  | the steep hill |  | unmanageable *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The horse grew unmanageable and ran off.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unmanageable:x2:1
# text = The horse grew unmanageable and ran off.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	unmanageable	unmanageable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | the horse |  |  |  |  | unmanageable *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **run off** | past | the horse *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The homework was unmanageable in one night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unmanageable:x3:1
# text = The homework was unmanageable in one night.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	unmanageable	unmanageable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the homework |  |  |  | night | unmanageable *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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