absence

Who acts: Absence, you, someone, none, She, Your · What happens: be, mean, not be, absent, have, notice · To what, where: place, time, something, three absences, school, absence · Speech: someone speaks here

«absence» in the English dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 10 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: absence in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Absence is being away from a place, like school or work, when you should be there.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 place	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 place	cop
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 place	cop
4	away	away	ADV	_	7 place	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 place	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 place	det
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 school	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	10 school	case
10	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 place	conj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 work	cc
12	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 school	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 there	punct
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 there	advmod
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 there	nsubj
16	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 there	aux
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 there	cop
18	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 place	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 place	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Absence			a place and school or work		school or work conj; away property	tree rules
2	is	should	you					there property	tree rules

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.

Everyday, meaning 2

An absence is a time when someone is away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 absence	det
2	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 time	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 time	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 time	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 away	mark
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 away	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 away	cop
9	away	away	ADV	_	5 time	acl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 time	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a absence	a time					tree rules
2	is	present	someone					away property	tree rules

Everyday, meaning 3

Absence of something means it is not there or there is none of it.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 something	case
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Absence	nmod
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 there	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 there	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 there	advmod
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 means	ccomp
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 is	cc
10	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	11 is	expl
11	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 there	conj
12	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	11 is	nsubj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 none	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Absence of something				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	not is	present	Absence			there property	tree rules
3	be	present	none of Absence		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	absent			something			nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

She had three absences from school this term.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 absences	nummod
4	absences	absence	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 school	case
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl
7	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 term	det
8	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl:unmarked
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	three absences		school		this term obl:unmarked	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent absence=Patient

Example 2

Your absence was noticed at the meeting.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 absence	nmod:poss
2	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 noticed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 noticed	aux:pass
4	noticed	notice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 meeting	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 meeting	det
7	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 noticed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 noticed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notice	past · passive		Your absence		the meeting			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus
2	absent		Your						nom absence «state transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

In the absence of light, plants cannot make food.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 absence	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 absence	det
3	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 make	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 light	case
5	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 absence	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 absence	punct
7	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 make	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 make	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 make	advmod
10	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 make	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not make	can	plants	food		the absence of light			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset food=Product
2	absent			light					nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Example 4

After a long absence, the swallows returned.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	4 absence	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 absence	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 absence	amod
4	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 returned	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 absence	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 swallows	det
7	swallows	swallow	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 returned	nsubj
8	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 returned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past	the swallows				after a long absence		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

There were 28 pupils and 3 absences, so 25 were present.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 were	expl
2	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	28	28	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 pupils	nummod
4	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 were	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 absences	cc
6	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 absences	nummod
7	absences	absence	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pupils	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 present	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 present	advmod
10	25	25	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 present	nsubj
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 present	cop
12	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 were	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 were	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	28 pupils and 3 absences			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	25					present property	tree rules

Example 6

The absence of rain made the grass turn brown.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 absence	det
2	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 rain	case
4	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absence	nmod
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grass	det
7	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 turn	nsubj
8	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	ccomp
9	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 turn	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	past	the absence of rain			tree rules
2	turn	present	the grass		brown property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	absent			rain		nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Example 7

The teacher marked his absence in the register.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 marked	nsubj
3	marked	mark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 absence	nmod:poss
5	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 marked	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 register	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 register	det
8	register	register	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 marked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 marked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mark	past	the teacher	teacher's absence		the register			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent absence=Theme in register=Destination
2	absent		teacher						nom absence «state transitive»: poss=agent

Example 8

In his absence things are usually quiet on the island.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 things	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 things	nmod:poss
3	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 things	compound
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 quiet	obl
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 quiet	cop
6	usually	usually	ADV	_	7 quiet	advmod
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 island	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 island	det
10	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 quiet	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 quiet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				his absence things		on the island; quiet, usually property	tree rules

Example 9

C. to denote the absence of degrees, minutes, or seconds in their sexagesi- mal notation. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

Sentence 1: C. to denote the absence of degrees, minutes, or seconds in their sexagesi- mal notation.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	C.	c.	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denote	nsubj
2	to	to	PART	_	3 denote	mark
3	denote	denote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 absence	det
5	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denote	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 degrees	case
7	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 absence	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 minutes	punct
9	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 degrees	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 seconds	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 seconds	cc
12	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 denote	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	18 notation	case
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 notation	nmod:poss
15	sexagesi	sexagesi	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 mal	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 sexagesi	punct
17	mal	mal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 notation	amod
18	notation	notation	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 seconds	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 denote	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	denote	to-infinitive	C.	the absence of degrees and minutes	second	vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot absence=Topic
2	absent			degrees and minutes		nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient
3	notate		degrees = degree			nom notation «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct
2	Mordell	Mordell	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Origin	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Origin	det
5	Origin	Origin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Letters	case
7	Letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Origin	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Numerals	cc
9	Numerals	numeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Letters	conj
10	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 Sefer	case
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 according	fixed
12	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	nmod
13	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Sefer	flat
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 1914	punct
15	1914	1914	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Mordell	list
16	))	))	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Example 10

As the - indicates the absence of a vowel letter, and is similar in its nature to the zero, which indicates the absence of a digit, it is possible that the " originated from the zero. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

Sentence 1: As the - indicates the absence of a vowel letter, and is similar in its nature to the zero, which indicates the absence of a digit, it is possible that the " originated from the zero.

The tree, 35 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	SCONJ	_	4 indicates	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 -	det
3	-	-	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 indicates	nsubj
4	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 possible	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 absence	det
6	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 indicates	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 letter	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 letter	det
9	vowel	vowel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 letter	compound
10	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 absence	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 similar	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 similar	cc
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 similar	cop
14	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 indicates	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 nature	case
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 nature	nmod:poss
17	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 similar	obl
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 zero	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 zero	det
20	zero	zero	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 similar	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 indicates	punct
22	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 indicates	nsubj
23	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 zero	acl:relcl
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 absence	det
25	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 indicates	obj
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 digit	case
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 digit	det
28	digit	digit	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 absence	nmod
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 indicates	punct
30	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 possible	nsubj
31	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 possible	cop
32	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
33	that	that	SCONJ	_	36 originated	mark
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 originated	det
35	"	"	PUNCT	_	36 originated	punct
36	originated	originate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 possible	csubj
37	from	from	ADP	_	39 zero	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 zero	det
39	zero	zero	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 originated	obl
40	.	.	PUNCT	_	32 possible	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	the -	the absence of a vowel letter			vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot absence=Topic
2	is	present	the - not said here		-'s nature	to the zero; similar property	tree rules
3	indicate	present	the zero	the absence of a digit			vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot absence=Topic
4	is	present	it			possible property	tree rules
5	originate in a quote	participle			the zero		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	absent			a vowel letter			nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient
7	absent			a digit			nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct
2	Mordell	Mordell	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Origin	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Origin	det
5	Origin	Origin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Letters	case
7	Letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Origin	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Numerals	cc
9	Numerals	numeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Letters	conj
10	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 Sefer	case
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 according	fixed
12	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	nmod
13	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Sefer	flat
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 1914	punct
15	1914	1914	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Mordell	list
16	))	))	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

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📖 absence

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

Everyday, meaning 3

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