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title: unwieldy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unwieldy» in the school dictionary: Too big, heavy or awkward to move easily. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# unwieldy

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**Who acts:** unwieldy parcel, beast, huge box · **What happens:** move, slip down, be, jump out, carry · **To what, where:** stairs

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Too big, heavy or awkward to move easily.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unwieldy:m1:1
# text = Too big, heavy or awkward to move easily.
1	Too	too	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	awkward	awkward	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | easily *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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 unwieldy parcel slipped down the stairs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unwieldy:x1:1
# text = The unwieldy parcel slipped down the stairs.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	unwieldy	unwieldy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	parcel	parcel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **slip down** | past | the unwieldy parcel | the stairs |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent stair=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The beast was too heavy and unwieldy to jump out.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unwieldy:x2:1
# text = The beast was too heavy and unwieldy to jump out.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	unwieldy	unwieldy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	jump	jump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the beast |  |  |  |  | heavy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the beast *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **jump out** | to-infinitive | the beast *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The huge box was unwieldy to carry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unwieldy:x3:1
# text = The huge box was unwieldy to carry.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	unwieldy	unwieldy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the huge box |  |  |  |  | unwieldy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | to-infinitive | the huge box *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=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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