fragment

Who acts: fragment, that, sentence fragment, words, Archaeologists, I · What happens: be, break off, not be, find, hear, say · To what, where: small piece, something, small part, group, complete sentence, small pieces · Speech: someone speaks here

«fragment» in the English dictionary: its 4 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: fragment in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

A fragment is a small piece that has broken off something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fragment	det
2	fragment	fragment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 piece	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 piece	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 piece	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 piece	amod
6	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 broken	nsubj
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 broken	aux
9	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 piece	parataxis
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 broken	compound:prt
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 broken	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 piece	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a fragment	a small piece					tree rules
2	break off	present · perfect	that	something					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Patient

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 fragment is a small part of something, like a fragment of a song or a conversation.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fragment	det
2	fragment	fragment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 part	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 part	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 part	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 part	amod
6	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 something	case
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 part	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fragment	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 fragment	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fragment	det
12	fragment	fragment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 something	appos
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 song	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 song	det
15	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fragment	nmod
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 conversation	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 conversation	det
18	conversation	conversation	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fragment	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 part	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a fragment	a small part				of something	tree rules

Everyday, meaning 3

Usage: grammar — kept apart, not parsed.

A sentence fragment is a group of words that is not a complete sentence.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fragment	det
2	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fragment	compound
3	fragment	fragment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 group	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 group	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 group	det
6	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 words	case
8	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 group	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 sentence	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 sentence	cop
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 sentence	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 sentence	det
13	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sentence	amod
14	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 words	acl:relcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 group	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a sentence fragment	a group				of words	tree rules
2	not is a	present	words	a complete sentence					tree rules

Everyday, meaning 4

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To fragment is to break into small pieces.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 fragment	mark
2	fragment	fragment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 break	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 break	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 break	mark
5	break	break	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 pieces	case
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pieces	amod
8	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 break	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 break	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				small pieces		fragment advcl; break property	tree rules

Example 1

Archaeologists found fragments of an old pot.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Archaeologists	archaeologist	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fragments	fragment	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 found	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 pot	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pot	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pot	amod
7	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fragments	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	Archaeologists	fragments of a old pot					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fragment=Topic

Example 2

A fragment of glass was stuck in my shoe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fragment	det
2	fragment	fragment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stuck	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 glass	case
4	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fragment	nmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stuck	cop
6	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 shoe	case
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 shoe	nmod:poss
9	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stuck	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 stuck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	a fragment of glass			my shoe		stuck property	tree rules

Example 3

I heard only a fragment of what they said.

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	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 fragment	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fragment	det
5	fragment	fragment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 what	case
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 fragment	nmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 what	acl:relcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	I	a fragment					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer fragment=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past	they						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 4

«Running down the hill.» is a sentence fragment.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Running	punct
2	Running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 fragment	csubj
3	down	down	ADP	_	5 hill	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hill	det
5	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Running	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Running	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Running	punct
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 fragment	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 fragment	det
10	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fragment	compound
11	fragment	fragment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 fragment	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run down in a quote	gerund		the hill					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hill=Trajectory
2	is a	present	Running	a sentence fragment					tree rules

Example 5

The meteor broke into tiny fragments.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 meteor	det
2	meteor	meteor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broke	nsubj
3	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 fragments	case
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fragments	amod
6	fragments	fragment	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 broke	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 broke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	the meteor					into tiny fragments result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into fragment=Result

Example 6

Bone fragments told the scientists about the animal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fragments	compound
2	fragments	fragment	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 scientists	det
5	scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 told	iobj
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 animal	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animal	det
8	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scientists	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	Bone fragments		the scientists about the animal				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent scientist=Recipient

Example 7

The ice fragmented into floating chunks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ice	det
2	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	fragmented	fragment	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ice	acl
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 chunks	case
5	floating	float	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 chunks	amod
6	chunks	chunk	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fragmented	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ice	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fragment	participle		the ice not said here				into floating chunks result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into chunk=Result
2	float	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 8

Every man may read in this book, but only in fragments.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 read	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 read	aux
4	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 book	case
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 book	det
7	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 read	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fragments	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 fragments	cc
10	only	only	ADV	_	12 fragments	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 fragments	case
12	fragments	fragment	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 book	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	may	every man			this book but fragments			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 9

Would it be to bold to conclude that the Sefer Yetzirah represents the genuine fragments of Philolaus"? (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

Sentence 1: Would it be to bold to conclude that the Sefer Yetzirah represents the genuine fragments of Philolaus"?

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 bold	aux
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bold	nsubj
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 bold	cop
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 bold	case
5	bold	bold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 conclude	mark
7	conclude	conclude	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 bold	csubj
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 represents	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Yetzirah	det
10	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Yetzirah	compound
11	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 represents	nsubj
12	represents	represent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 conclude	ccomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fragments	det
14	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 fragments	amod
15	fragments	fragment	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 represents	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 Philolaus	case
17	Philolaus	Philolaus	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 fragments	nmod
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 fragments	punct
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 bold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	would	it		bold property	tree rules
2	conclude	to-infinitive				vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	represent	present	the Sefer Yetzirah	the genuine fragments of Philolaus		vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fragment=Theme

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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📖 fragment

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

Everyday, meaning 3

Everyday, meaning 4

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