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Who acts: your, her, you, we, our, She · What happens: make, improve, handwrite, get, read, improve on · To what, where: something, handwriting, reading, story, more adjectives, times tables

«improve» in the English dictionary: its 3 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: improve in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

To make something better (improve your handwriting).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 make	obj
4	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 make	xcomp
5	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 improve	punct
6	improve	improve	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 make	conj
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 handwriting	nmod:poss
8	handwriting	handwriting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 improve	obj
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 improve	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		something				good property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product
2	improve	infinitive		your handwriting					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent handwriting=Patient
3	handwrite		your						nom handwriting «communication transitive»: poss=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

To get better (her reading improved).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 get	mark
2	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 get	xcomp
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 reading	punct
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 reading	nmod:poss
6	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obj
7	improved	improve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 reading	acl
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 reading	punct
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	to-infinitive		her reading				good property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reading=Stimulus
2	improve	participle		her reading not said here					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	read		her = she						nom reading «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Everyday, meaning 3

Improve on: to do better than before.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Improve	improve	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	1 Improve	compound:prt
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 do	punct
4	to	to	PART	_	5 do	mark
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Improve	conj
6	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 do	advmod
7	than	than	ADP	_	8 before	case
8	before	before	ADV	_	6 better	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Improve	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve on	imperative	you not said here						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	do	to-infinitive	you not said here					well property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

You can improve your story by adding more adjectives.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 improve	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 improve	aux
3	improve	improve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 story	nmod:poss
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 improve	obj
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	7 adding	mark
7	adding	add	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 improve	advcl
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 adjectives	amod
9	adjectives	adjective	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 adding	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 improve	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	can	You	your story					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent story=Patient
2	add speech: assert	gerund	You not said here	more adjectives					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adjective=Patient

Example 2

My times tables have really improved this term.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 times	nmod:poss
2	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tables	compound
3	tables	table	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 improved	nsubj:pass
4	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 improved	aux
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 improved	advmod
6	improved	improve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 term	det
8	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 improved	obl:unmarked
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 improved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	present · perfect · passive		times tables				this term obl:unmarked	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Example 3

How could we improve our experiment?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 improve	advmod
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 improve	aux
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 improve	nsubj
4	improve	improve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 experiment	nmod:poss
6	experiment	experiment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 improve	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 improve	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	could	we	our experiment					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent experiment=Patient
2	experiment		our						nom experiment «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

The weather improved in the afternoon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 weather	det
2	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	improved	improve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 weather	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 afternoon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 afternoon	det
6	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 improved	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 weather	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	participle		the weather not said here			afternoon		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 5

Practise every day to improve your swimming.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Practise	practise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 day	det
3	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Practise	appos
4	to	to	PART	_	5 improve	mark
5	improve	improve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 day	acl
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 swimming	nmod:poss
7	swimming	swimming	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 improve	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Practise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	to-infinitive		your swimming					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent swimming=Patient
3	swim		your						nom swimming «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

She improved on her best time by two seconds.

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 improved	nsubj
2	improved	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 time	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 time	nmod:poss
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 time	amod
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 improved	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 seconds	case
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 seconds	nummod
9	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 improved	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 improved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	past	She				second; time		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 7

Eating well can improve how you feel.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 improve	csubj
2	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Eating	advmod
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 improve	aux
4	improve	improve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 feel	advmod
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 feel	nsubj
7	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 improve	ccomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 improve	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	gerund						well property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	improve	can	Eating						tree rules
3	feel	present	you						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Example 8

Travel improves the mind wonderfully, and does away with all one’s prejudices.”

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Travel	travel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 improves	nsubj
2	improves	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mind	det
4	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 improves	obj
5	wonderfully	wonderfully	ADV	_	2 improves	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 does	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 does	cc
8	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 improves	conj
9	away	away	ADV	_	8 does	advmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	14 prejudices	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 one	det
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 prejudices	nmod:poss
13	’s	's	PART	_	12 one	case
14	prejudices	prejudice	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 does	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 improves	punct
16	”	"	PUNCT	_	2 improves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	present	Travel	the mind				wonderfully property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent mind=Patient
2	do away	present	Travel not said here					with all one's prejudices; away property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	prejudice		all one						nom prejudice «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 9

Tenneman's "Grundriss der Geschichte der Philosophie," improved by Prof. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)

Sentence 1: Tenneman's "Grundriss der Geschichte der Philosophie," improved by Prof.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tenneman	Tenneman	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Geschichte	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Tenneman	case
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Grundriss	punct
4	Grundriss	Grundriss	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Geschichte	compound
5	der	d	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 Grundriss	conj
6	Geschichte	Geschichte	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	der	d	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 Geschichte	amod
8	Philosophie	Philosophie	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Geschichte	flat
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 improved	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 improved	punct
11	improved	improve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 Geschichte	acl
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 Prof	case
13	Prof	Prof	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 improved	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 Geschichte	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	participle		Tenneman's Grundriss Geschichte not said here				by Prof	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Sentence 2: (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct
2	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Kalisch	punct
5	Kalisch	Kalisch	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	conj
6	1877	1877	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 Kalisch	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct

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

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