caution

Who acts: warning, caution, you, sign, police, teacher · What happens: avoid, say, warn, be, not do, use · To what, where: danger, Great care, Caution, warning, official warning, someone · Speech: someone speaks here

«caution» in the English dictionary: its 5 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: caution in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Great care to avoid danger or mistakes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 care	amod
2	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 avoid	mark
4	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 care	acl
5	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 avoid	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 mistakes	cc
7	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 danger	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 care	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	to-infinitive		danger or mistakes					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent danger=Location

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

A warning, like a sign saying "Caution: wet floor".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 warning	det
2	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 warning	punct
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 sign	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sign	det
6	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warning	nmod
7	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 warning	acl
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Caution	punct
9	Caution	caution	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 saying	obj
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 floor	punct
11	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 floor	amod
12	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Caution	conj
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Caution	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 warning	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund	a warning like a sign not said here	Caution and wet floor					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent caution=Topic

Everyday, meaning 3

Usage: law, UK — kept apart, not parsed.

An official warning from the police instead of a charge.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 warning	det
2	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 warning	amod
3	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 police	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 police	det
6	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 warning	nmod
7	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	10 charge	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	7 instead	fixed
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 charge	det
10	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 warning	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 warning	punct

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

Everyday, meaning 4

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To warn someone to be careful or not to do something again.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 warn	mark
2	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 warn	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	6 careful	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 careful	cop
6	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 warn	ccomp
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 do	cc
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 do	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 do	mark
10	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 careful	conj
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 do	obj
12	again	again	ADV	_	10 do	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 warn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	to-infinitive		someone			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient
2	is	to-infinitive				careful property	tree rules
3	not do	to-infinitive	something		again		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality

Everyday, meaning 5

A caution can also be an informal word for something or someone surprising, funny or remarkable.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 caution	det
2	caution	caution	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 word	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 word	aux
4	also	also	ADV	_	8 word	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 word	cop
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 word	det
7	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 word	amod
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 something	case
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 word	nmod
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 someone	cc
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 something	conj
13	surprising	surprising	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 something	amod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 funny	punct
15	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 surprising	conj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 remarkable	cc
17	remarkable	remarkable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 surprising	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 word	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	a caution	a informal word				for something someone	tree rules

Example 1

Use caution when crossing the road.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	caution	caution	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 crossing	advmod
4	crossing	cross	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Use	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 road	det
6	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crossing	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	caution					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caution=Patient
2	cross	gerund	you not said here	the road					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient

Example 2

The sign said "Caution: wet floor."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sign	det
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Caution	punct
5	Caution	caution	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	obj
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 floor	punct
7	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 floor	amod
8	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Caution	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 Caution	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Caution	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the sign	Caution and wet floor					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent caution=Topic

Example 3

Handle the glass beakers with caution.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Handle	handle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 beakers	det
3	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 beakers	compound
4	beakers	beaker	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Handle	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 caution	case
6	caution	caution	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 beakers	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Handle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	handle	imperative	you not said here	the glass beakers				with caution	vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent beaker=Theme with caution=Instrument

Example 4

The police gave him a caution for shouting in the street.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 police	det
2	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gave	iobj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 caution	det
6	caution	caution	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 shouting	mark
8	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 gave	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 street	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 street	det
11	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shouting	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the police	a caution	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient caution=Theme
2	shout speech: express	gerund	the police not said here			the street			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

The teacher cautioned us not to run in the corridor.

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 cautioned	nsubj
3	cautioned	caution	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 cautioned	obj
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 run	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 run	mark
7	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 cautioned	advcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 corridor	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 corridor	det
10	corridor	corridor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 run	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cautioned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	caution speech: other	past	the teacher		us				vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient
2	not run	to-infinitive	the teacher not said here			the corridor			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in corridor=Trajectory

Example 6

She threw caution to the wind and jumped into the lake.

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 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	caution	caution	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 wind	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wind	det
6	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 jumped	cc
8	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threw	conj
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 lake	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lake	det
11	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 jumped	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 threw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	She	caution		the wind			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent caution=Theme to wind=Destination
2	jump	past	She not said here					into the lake result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into lake=Result

Example 7

It's best to err on the side of caution and take a coat.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 best	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 best	cop
3	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 err	mark
5	err	err	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 best	csubj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 side	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 side	det
8	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 err	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 caution	case
10	caution	caution	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 side	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 take	cc
12	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 err	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 coat	det
14	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 take	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 best	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present			good property	tree rules
2	err	to-infinitive		the side of caution		tree rules
3	take	infinitive	a coat			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Theme

Example 8

I 'clar' ter grashus ef dat jug ain't a caution!"

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 clar	nsubj
2	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 clar	punct
3	clar	clar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 clar	punct
5	ter	ter	X	Foreign=Yes	13 caution	nsubj
6	grashus	grashus	X	Foreign=Yes	5 ter	flat:foreign
7	ef	ef	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ter	flat
8	dat	dat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ai	amod
9	jug	jug	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ai	compound
10	ai	ai	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ter	conj
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 caution	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 caution	det
13	caution	caution	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 clar	conj
14	!	!	PUNCT	_	13 caution	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 caution	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not caution speech: other		ter and dat jug ai						tree rules

Example 9

The author of the Sefer Yetzirah apparently cautioned against the very errors and mistakes into which all writers on Hebrew grammar have fallen. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

Sentence 1: The author of the Sefer Yetzirah apparently cautioned against the very errors and mistakes into which all writers on Hebrew grammar have fallen.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 author	det
2	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cautioned	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 Yetzirah	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Yetzirah	det
5	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Yetzirah	compound
6	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 author	nmod
7	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	8 cautioned	advmod
8	cautioned	caution	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	against	against	ADP	_	12 errors	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 errors	det
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 errors	advmod
12	errors	error	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cautioned	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 mistakes	cc
14	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 errors	conj
15	into	into	ADP	_	16 which	case
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 fallen	obl
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 writers	det
18	writers	writer	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 fallen	nsubj
19	on	on	ADP	_	21 grammar	case
20	Hebrew	hebrew	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 grammar	amod
21	grammar	grammar	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 writers	nmod
22	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 fallen	aux
23	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 errors	acl:relcl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 cautioned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	caution speech: other	past	the author of the Sefer Yetzirah					against the errors and mistakes; apparently property	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent against error=Topic
2	fall	present · perfect	all writers on Hebrew grammar			the errors and mistakes			vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into which=Result

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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📖 caution

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

Everyday, meaning 3

Everyday, meaning 4

Everyday, meaning 5

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