abortion Who acts: abortion, treatment, attempt, adults, people, abortion rights · What happens: be, end, not bear, mean, fail, stop · To what, where: medical operation, pregnancy, purpose, baby, plan, medical topic
«abortion» in the school 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: abortion in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 An abortion is a medical operation or treatment that ends a pregnancy on purpose, so a baby is not born.
The tree, 20 words det nsubj cop det amod cc conj nsubj acl:relcl det obj case nmod punct advmod det nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod conj punct root An DET abortion NOUN is AUX a DET medical ADJ operation NOUN or CCONJ treatment NOUN that PRON ends VERB a DET pregnancy NOUN on ADP purpose NOUN , PUNCT so ADV a DET baby NOUN is AUX not PART born VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 abortion det 2 abortion abortion NOUN Number=Sing 6 operation nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 operation cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 operation det 5 medical medical ADJ Degree=Pos 6 operation amod 6 operation operation NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 or or CCONJ _ 8 treatment cc 8 treatment treatment NOUN Number=Sing 6 operation conj 9 that that PRON PronType=Rel 10 ends nsubj 10 ends end VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 treatment acl:relcl 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 pregnancy det 12 pregnancy pregnancy NOUN Number=Sing 10 ends obj 13 on on ADP _ 14 purpose case 14 purpose purpose NOUN Number=Sing 12 pregnancy nmod 15 , , PUNCT _ 21 born punct 16 so so ADV _ 21 born advmod 17 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 18 baby det 18 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 21 born nsubj:pass 19 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 21 born aux:pass 20 not not PART Polarity=Neg 21 born advmod 21 born bear VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 operation conj 22 . . PUNCT _ 6 operation punct
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1 is a present a abortion a medical operation or treatment tree rules 2 end present treatment a pregnancy purpose vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality pregnancy=Eventuality 3 not bear present · passive a baby vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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.
Meaning 2 Usage: formal, rare — kept apart, not parsed.
An abortion can mean a plan or attempt that fails and is stopped early.
The tree, 14 words det nsubj aux det obj cc conj nsubj acl:relcl cc aux:pass conj advmod punct root An DET abortion NOUN can AUX mean VERB a DET plan NOUN or CCONJ attempt NOUN that PRON fails VERB and CCONJ is AUX stopped VERB early ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 abortion det 2 abortion abortion NOUN Number=Sing 4 mean nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 mean aux 4 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 plan det 6 plan plan NOUN Number=Sing 4 mean obj 7 or or CCONJ _ 8 attempt cc 8 attempt attempt NOUN Number=Sing 6 plan conj 9 that that PRON PronType=Rel 10 fails nsubj 10 fails fail VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 attempt acl:relcl 11 and and CCONJ _ 13 stopped cc 12 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 stopped aux:pass 13 stopped stop VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 10 fails conj 14 early early ADV Degree=Pos 13 stopped advmod 15 . . PUNCT _ 4 mean punct
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1 mean can a abortion a plan or attempt vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Topic 2 fail present attempt vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 stop present · passive attempt not said here early property vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»
Example 1 Abortion is a medical topic that adults often debate.
nsubj cop det amod obj nsubj advmod acl:relcl punct root Abortion NOUN is AUX a DET medical ADJ topic NOUN that PRON adults NOUN often ADV debate VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Abortion abortion NOUN Number=Sing 5 topic nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 topic cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 topic det 4 medical medical ADJ Degree=Pos 5 topic amod 5 topic topic NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 that that PRON PronType=Rel 9 debate obj 7 adults adult NOUN Number=Plur 9 debate nsubj 8 often often ADV _ 9 debate advmod 9 debate debate VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 topic acl:relcl 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 topic punct
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1 is a present Abortion a medical topic tree rules 2 debate present adults a medical topic often property vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Co-Agent
Example 2 Some people support abortion rights and others are against them.
det nsubj compound nsubj cc conj cop case ccomp punct root Some DET people NOUN support VERB abortion NOUN rights NOUN and CCONJ others NOUN are AUX against ADP them PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 2 people det 2 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 support nsubj 3 support support VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 abortion abortion NOUN Number=Sing 5 rights compound 5 rights right NOUN Number=Plur 10 them nsubj 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 others cc 7 others other NOUN Number=Plur 5 rights conj 8 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 them cop 9 against against ADP _ 10 them case 10 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 support ccomp 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 support punct
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1 support present some people vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer 2 is present abortion rights and others against rights = right tree rules
Example 3 The news talked about new laws on abortion.
det nsubj case amod obl case nmod punct root The DET news NOUN talked VERB about ADP new ADJ laws NOUN on ADP abortion NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 news det 2 news news NOUN Number=Sing 3 talked nsubj 3 talked talk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 about about ADP _ 6 laws case 5 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 6 laws amod 6 laws law NOUN Number=Plur 3 talked obl 7 on on ADP _ 8 abortion case 8 abortion abortion NOUN Number=Sing 6 laws nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 talked punct
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1 talk past the news about new laws on abortion vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about law=Topic
Example 4 A doctor explained what an abortion is.
det nsubj obj det nsubj acl:relcl punct root A DET doctor NOUN explained VERB what PRON an DET abortion NOUN is VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 doctor det 2 doctor doctor NOUN Number=Sing 3 explained nsubj 3 explained explain VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 what what PRON PronType=Int 3 explained obj 5 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 abortion det 6 abortion abortion NOUN Number=Sing 7 is nsubj 7 is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 what acl:relcl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 explained punct
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1 explain speech: assert participle a doctor vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic 2 be present a abortion vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 5 Different countries have different rules about abortion.
amod nsubj amod obj case nmod punct root Different ADJ countries NOUN have VERB different ADJ rules NOUN about ADP abortion NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Different different ADJ Degree=Pos 2 countries amod 2 countries country NOUN Number=Plur 3 have nsubj 3 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 different different ADJ Degree=Pos 5 rules amod 5 rules rule NOUN Number=Plur 3 have obj 6 about about ADP _ 7 abortion case 7 abortion abortion NOUN Number=Sing 5 rules nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 have punct
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1 have present Different countries different rules about abortion vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient
Example 6 The space mission was aborted because of a fault.
det compound nsubj:pass aux:pass case fixed det obl punct root The DET space NOUN mission NOUN was AUX aborted VERB because ADP of ADP a DET fault NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 mission det 2 space space NOUN Number=Sing 3 mission compound 3 mission mission NOUN Number=Sing 5 aborted nsubj:pass 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 aborted aux:pass 5 aborted abort VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 because because ADP ExtPos=ADP 9 fault case 7 of of ADP _ 6 because fixed 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 fault det 9 fault fault NOUN Number=Sing 5 aborted obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 aborted punct
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1 abort past · passive the space mission because a fault tree rules
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