accumulative

Who acts: part, song, verse, accumulative tale, time, pile · What happens: grow, add, build, be, tell, become · To what, where: one thing, last, one more animal, tale · Speech: someone speaks here

«accumulative» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: accumulative in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Growing bigger by adding one thing after another, so that each part builds on the last.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 builds	csubj
2	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Growing	xcomp
3	by	by	SCONJ	_	4 adding	mark
4	adding	add	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Growing	advcl
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 thing	nummod
6	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 adding	obj
7	after	after	ADP	_	8 another	case
8	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	4 adding	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 builds	punct
10	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	14 builds	mark
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 so	fixed
12	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	13 part	det
13	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 builds	nsubj
14	builds	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 last	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 last	det
17	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 builds	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 builds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	gerund					big property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	add speech: assert	gerund		one thing		after another		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient
3	build	present	each part		the last			vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on last=Source

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.

Example 1

The song is accumulative: each verse adds one more animal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 song	det
2	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accumulative	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 accumulative	cop
4	accumulative	accumulative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 adds	punct
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 verse	det
7	verse	verse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 adds	nsubj
8	adds	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 accumulative	conj
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 animal	nummod
10	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 animal	amod
11	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 adds	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 accumulative	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the song					accumulative property	tree rules
2	add speech: assert	present	each verse	one more animal					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient

Example 2

An accumulative tale grows longer each time it is told.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 tale	det
2	accumulative	accumulative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tale	amod
3	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grows	nsubj
4	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 grows	advmod
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 time	det
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grows	obl:unmarked
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 told	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 told	aux:pass
10	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 time	acl:relcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 grows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	a accumulative tale				time	long property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	present · passive	each time not said here	tale					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Example 3

The pile of items became larger in an accumulative way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pile	det
2	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 became	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 items	case
4	items	item	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pile	nmod
5	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 became	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 way	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 way	det
9	accumulative	accumulative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 way	amod
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 larger	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	the pile of items					large property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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