📖 cariesWho acts: Caries, slow damage, holes, dentist, Sugary drinks, Fluoride toothpaste · What happens: be, make, call, mean, check, cause · To what, where: tooth decay, holes, cavities, decay, teeth, dental caries · Speech: someone speaks here
«caries» in the English 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: caries in the English dictionary .
Everyday, meaning 1 Usage: formal, medical — kept apart, not parsed.
Caries is tooth decay: the slow damage to teeth that makes holes called cavities.
The tree, 14 words nsubj cop compound punct det amod appos case nmod nsubj acl:relcl obj acl xcomp punct root Caries NOUN is AUX tooth NOUN decay NOUN : PUNCT the DET slow ADJ damage NOUN to ADP teeth NOUN that PRON makes VERB holes NOUN called VERB cavities NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Caries caries NOUN Number=Sing 4 decay nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 decay cop 3 tooth tooth NOUN Number=Sing 4 decay compound 4 decay decay NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 : : PUNCT _ 8 damage punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 damage det 7 slow slow ADJ Degree=Pos 8 damage amod 8 damage damage NOUN Number=Sing 4 decay appos 9 to to ADP _ 10 teeth case 10 teeth tooth NOUN Number=Plur 8 damage nmod 11 that that PRON PronType=Rel 12 makes nsubj 12 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 damage acl:relcl 13 holes hole NOUN Number=Plur 12 makes obj 14 called call VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 13 holes acl 15 cavities cavity NOUN Number=Plur 14 called xcomp 16 . . PUNCT _ 4 decay punct
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1 is a present Caries tooth decay the slow damage to teeth appos tree rules 2 make present the slow damage to teeth holes vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hole=Product 3 call participle holes not said here cavities vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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 Usage: medical — kept apart, not parsed.
Caries can also mean decay in bone.
nsubj aux advmod obj case nmod punct root Caries NOUN can AUX also ADV mean VERB decay NOUN in ADP bone NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Caries cary NOUN Number=Plur 4 mean nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 mean aux 3 also also ADV _ 4 mean advmod 4 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 decay decay NOUN Number=Sing 4 mean obj 6 in in ADP _ 7 bone case 7 bone bone NOUN Number=Sing 5 decay nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 mean punct
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1 mean can Caries decay in bone vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot decay=Theme in bone=Attribute
Example 1 The dentist checked my teeth for caries.
det nsubj nmod:poss obj case obl punct root The DET dentist NOUN checked VERB my PRON teeth NOUN for ADP caries NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 dentist det 2 dentist dentist NOUN Number=Sing 3 checked nsubj 3 checked check VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 teeth nmod:poss 5 teeth tooth NOUN Number=Plur 3 checked obj 6 for for ADP _ 7 caries case 7 caries cary NOUN Number=Plur 3 checked obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 checked punct
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1 check past the dentist my teeth for caries vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme for cary=Attribute
Example 2 Sugary drinks can cause dental caries.
amod nsubj aux amod obj punct root Sugary ADJ drinks NOUN can AUX cause VERB dental ADJ caries NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sugary sugary ADJ Degree=Pos 2 drinks amod 2 drinks drink NOUN Number=Plur 4 cause nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 cause aux 4 cause cause VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 dental dental ADJ Degree=Pos 6 caries amod 6 caries cary NOUN Number=Plur 4 cause obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 cause punct
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1 cause can Sugary drinks dental caries vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition cary=Patient
Example 3 Fluoride toothpaste helps protect against caries.
compound nsubj xcomp case obl punct root Fluoride NOUN toothpaste NOUN helps VERB protect VERB against ADP caries NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fluoride fluoride NOUN Number=Sing 2 toothpaste compound 2 toothpaste toothpaste NOUN Number=Sing 3 helps nsubj 3 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 protect protect VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 helps xcomp 5 against against ADP _ 6 caries case 6 caries cary NOUN Number=Plur 4 protect obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 helps punct
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1 help present Fluoride toothpaste vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 protect infinitive Fluoride toothpaste not said here against caries vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent against cary=Theme
Example 4 Caries is the medical word for tooth decay.
nsubj cop det amod case compound nmod punct root Caries NOUN is AUX the DET medical ADJ word NOUN for ADP tooth NOUN decay NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Caries caries NOUN Number=Sing 5 word nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 word cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 word det 4 medical medical ADJ Degree=Pos 5 word amod 5 word word NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 for for ADP _ 8 decay case 7 tooth tooth NOUN Number=Sing 8 decay compound 8 decay decay NOUN Number=Sing 5 word nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 word punct
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1 is a present Caries the medical word for tooth decay tree rules
Example 5 Brush twice a day to prevent caries.
advmod det obl:unmarked mark advcl obj punct root Brush VERB twice ADV a DET day NOUN to PART prevent VERB caries NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Brush brush VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 twice twice ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 1 Brush advmod 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 day det 4 day day NOUN Number=Sing 1 Brush obl:unmarked 5 to to PART _ 6 prevent mark 6 prevent prevent VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Brush advcl 7 caries cary NOUN Number=Plur 6 prevent obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 1 Brush punct
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1 brush imperative you not said here day twice property vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 prevent to-infinitive you not said here caries vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer cary=Theme
Example 6 Early caries looks like a small white spot on the tooth.
amod nsubj case det amod amod obl case det nmod punct root Early ADJ caries NOUN looks VERB like ADP a DET small ADJ white ADJ spot NOUN on ADP the DET tooth NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Early early ADJ Degree=Pos 2 caries amod 2 caries caries NOUN Number=Sing 3 looks nsubj 3 looks look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 like like ADP _ 8 spot case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 spot det 6 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 8 spot amod 7 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 8 spot amod 8 spot spot NOUN Number=Sing 3 looks obl 9 on on ADP _ 11 tooth case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 tooth det 11 tooth tooth NOUN Number=Sing 8 spot nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 looks punct
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1 look present Early caries like a small white spot on the tooth vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
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