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title: unreasonable — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unreasonable» in the school dictionary: Not fair or sensible; asking for more than is right or fair. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# unreasonable

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**Who acts:** asking, It, king, answer, Your · **What happens:** ask, be, make, answer · **To what, where:** more, unreasonable demand

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Not fair or sensible; asking for more than is right or fair.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unreasonable:m1:1
# text = Not fair or sensible; asking for more than is right or fair.
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	6	obj	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  | more |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent more=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | asking |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | asking *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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It is unreasonable to ask for three cakes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unreasonable:x1:1
# text = It is unreasonable to ask for three cakes.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	unreasonable	unreasonable	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	_	8	case	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	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 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | unreasonable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for three cakes | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The king made an unreasonable demand.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unreasonable:x2:1
# text = The king made an unreasonable demand.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	unreasonable	unreasonable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	demand	demand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the king | a unreasonable demand |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demand=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Your answer of 900 is unreasonable for this problem.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unreasonable:x3:1
# text = Your answer of 900 is unreasonable for this problem.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	900	900	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	unreasonable	unreasonable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Your answer of 900 |  |  |  |  | for this problem; unreasonable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **answer** |  | Your |  |  |  |  |  | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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