carrion

Who acts: Carrion, Carrion animals, Carrion crows, Hyenas, giant flower, Burying beetles · What happens: rot, be, eat, circle, feed, smell · To what, where: dead rotting flesh, dead animals, Vultures, carrion, flies, young

«carrion» in the English dictionary: its 2 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: carrion in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Carrion is the dead and rotting flesh of animals.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carrion	carrion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flesh	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 flesh	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 flesh	det
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 flesh	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 rotting	cc
6	rotting	rot	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 flesh	amod
7	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 animals	case
9	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 flesh	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 flesh	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rot	gerund							vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is a	present	Carrion	the dead rotting flesh				of animals	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

Usage: adjective use — kept apart, not parsed.

Carrion animals, such as a carrion crow, eat dead animals.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carrion	carrion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 animals	compound
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 eat	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 crow	punct
4	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	8 crow	case
5	as	as	ADP	_	4 such	fixed
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 crow	det
7	carrion	carrion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 crow	compound
8	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 animals	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 eat	punct
10	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 animals	amod
12	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 eat	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 eat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	Carrion animals such a carrion crow	dead animals					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient

Example 1

Vultures circled over the carrion in the desert.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vultures	vulture	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	circled	circle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Vultures	acl
3	over	over	ADP	_	5 carrion	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 carrion	det
5	carrion	carrion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 circled	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 desert	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 desert	det
8	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carrion	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Vultures	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	circle	participle		Vultures not said here		the carrion in the desert			vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Carrion crows eat dead animals by the roadside.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carrion	carrion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crows	compound
2	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eat	nsubj
3	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 animals	amod
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eat	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 roadside	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 roadside	det
8	roadside	roadside	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eat	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 eat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	Carrion crows	dead animals				by the roadside	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient

Example 3

Hyenas feed on carrion as well as hunting.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hyenas	hyena	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 feed	nsubj
2	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 carrion	case
4	carrion	carrion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feed	obl
5	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	8 hunting	cc
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 as	fixed
7	as	as	ADP	_	5 as	fixed
8	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feed	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 feed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	present	Hyenas					on carrion; hunting conj	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on carrion=Patient

Example 4

The giant flower smelled like carrion and attracted flies.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 flower	det
2	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 flower	amod
3	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smelled	nsubj
4	smelled	smell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 carrion	case
6	carrion	carrion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smelled	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 attracted	cc
8	attracted	attract	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 smelled	conj
9	flies	fly	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 attracted	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 smelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	participle	the giant flower					like carrion	vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	attract	past	the giant flower not said here	flies					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Patient

Example 5

Burying beetles bury carrion to feed their young.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Burying	bury	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 beetles	amod
2	beetles	beetle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bury	nsubj
3	bury	bury	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	carrion	carrion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bury	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 feed	mark
6	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 bury	advcl
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 young	nmod:poss
8	young	young	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feed	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bury	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	bury	gerund			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	bury	present	Burying beetles	carrion	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carrion=Theme
3	feed	to-infinitive	Burying beetles not said here	beetles's young	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent young=Recipient

Example 6

Tasmanian devils clean up carrion in the bush.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tasmanian	tasmanian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 devils	amod
2	devils	devil	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 clean	nsubj
3	clean	clean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 clean	compound:prt
5	carrion	carrion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 clean	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 bush	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bush	det
8	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 clean	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 clean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean up	present	Tasmanian devils	carrion		the bush			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent carrion=Patient

Example 7

The battlefield was full of carrion birds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 battlefield	det
2	battlefield	battlefield	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 full	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 full	cop
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 birds	case
6	carrion	carrion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 birds	compound
7	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 full	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 full	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the battlefield					of carrion birds; full property	tree rules

Example 8

Greedy for carrion, and sure that this must be a fresh corpse, the bird swooped down upon the boy.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Greedy	greedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 carrion	case
3	carrion	carrion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Greedy	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sure	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sure	cc
6	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Greedy	conj
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 corpse	mark
8	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 corpse	nsubj
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 corpse	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 corpse	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 corpse	det
12	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 corpse	amod
13	corpse	corpse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sure	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 swooped	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bird	det
16	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 swooped	nsubj
17	swooped	swoop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 corpse	parataxis
18	down	down	ADV	_	17 swooped	advmod
19	upon	upon	ADP	_	21 boy	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 boy	det
21	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 swooped	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Greedy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	must	this	a fresh corpse					tree rules
2	swoop down	past	the bird					upon the boy; down property	tree rules

Example 9

and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture, and the cormorant; (Torah DEU.14.17, JPS 1917)

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 pelican	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pelican	det
3	pelican	pelican	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 vulture	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 vulture	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 vulture	det
7	carrion	carrion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 vulture	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 carrion	punct
9	vulture	vulture	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pelican	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cormorant	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 cormorant	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cormorant	det
13	cormorant	cormorant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pelican	conj
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 DEU.14.17	punct
15	(	(	PUNCT	_	17 DEU.14.17	punct
16	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 DEU.14.17	compound
17	DEU.14.17	DEU.14.17	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 pelican	appos
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 JPS	punct
19	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 DEU.14.17	conj
20	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 DEU.14.17	flat
21	)	)	PUNCT	_	17 DEU.14.17	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 10

and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture; (Torah LEV.11.18, JPS 1917)

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 owl	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 owl	det
3	horned	horned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 owl	amod
4	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pelican	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 pelican	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pelican	det
8	pelican	pelican	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 owl	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 vulture	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 vulture	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 vulture	det
12	carrion	carrion	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 vulture	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 carrion	punct
14	vulture	vulture	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 owl	conj
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 LEV.11.18	punct
16	(	(	PUNCT	_	18 LEV.11.18	punct
17	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 LEV.11.18	compound
18	LEV.11.18	LEV.11.18	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 owl	appos
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 JPS	punct
20	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 LEV.11.18	conj
21	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	20 JPS	flat
22	)	)	PUNCT	_	18 LEV.11.18	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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📖 carrion

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

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