acquiring Who acts: Acquiring, She, museum, We, company, He · What happens: acquire, mean, get, gain, buy, learn · To what, where: something, it, skill, habit, taste, new dinosaur skeleton · Speech: someone speaks here
«acquiring» 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: acquiring in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.
Acquiring means getting or gaining something, often by buying it or by effort.
The tree, 13 words nsubj xcomp cc conj obj punct advmod mark conj obj cc case conj punct root Acquiring VERB means VERB getting VERB or CCONJ gaining VERB something PRON , PUNCT often ADV by SCONJ buying VERB it PRON or CCONJ by ADP effort NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Acquiring acquire VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 getting get VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 means xcomp 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 gaining cc 5 gaining gain VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 getting conj 6 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 5 gaining obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 buying punct 8 often often ADV _ 10 buying advmod 9 by by SCONJ _ 10 buying mark 10 buying buy VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 getting conj 11 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 buying obj 12 or or CCONJ _ 14 effort cc 13 by by ADP _ 14 effort case 14 effort effort NOUN Number=Sing 10 buying conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 acquire gerund vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 get not said to happen gerund vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer 4 gain gerund something vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme 5 buy gerund it often property vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
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 Acquiring a skill or habit means learning it over time.
csubj det obj cc conj xcomp obj case obl punct root Acquiring VERB a DET skill NOUN or CCONJ habit NOUN means VERB learning VERB it PRON over ADP time NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Acquiring acquire VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 means csubj 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 skill det 3 skill skill NOUN Number=Sing 1 Acquiring obj 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 habit cc 5 habit habit NOUN Number=Sing 3 skill conj 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 learning learn VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 means xcomp 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 learning obj 9 over over ADP _ 10 time case 10 time time NOUN Number=Sing 7 learning obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 acquire gerund a skill or habit vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset skill=Theme 2 mean present Acquiring vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 learn not said to happen gerund Acquiring not said here habit time vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
Example 1 She is acquiring a taste for spicy food.
nsubj aux det obj case amod obl punct root She PRON is AUX acquiring VERB a DET taste NOUN for ADP spicy ADJ food NOUN . PUNCT 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 3 acquiring nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 acquiring aux 3 acquiring acquire VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 taste det 5 taste taste NOUN Number=Sing 3 acquiring obj 6 for for ADP _ 8 food case 7 spicy spicy ADJ Degree=Pos 8 food amod 8 food food NOUN Number=Sing 3 acquiring obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 acquiring punct
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1 acquire present · progressive She a taste for spicy food vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent taste=Theme for food=Asset
Example 2 The museum is acquiring a new dinosaur skeleton.
det nsubj aux det amod compound obj punct root The DET museum NOUN is AUX acquiring VERB a DET new ADJ dinosaur NOUN skeleton NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 museum det 2 museum museum NOUN Number=Sing 4 acquiring nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 acquiring aux 4 acquiring acquire VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 skeleton det 6 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 8 skeleton amod 7 dinosaur dinosaur NOUN Number=Sing 8 skeleton compound 8 skeleton skeleton NOUN Number=Sing 4 acquiring obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 acquiring punct
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1 acquire present · progressive the museum a new dinosaur skeleton vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset skeleton=Theme
Example 3 We are acquiring new words every day.
nsubj aux amod obj det obl:unmarked punct root We PRON are AUX acquiring VERB new ADJ words NOUN every DET day NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 acquiring nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 acquiring aux 3 acquiring acquire VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 5 words amod 5 words word NOUN Number=Plur 3 acquiring obj 6 every every DET PronType=Tot 7 day det 7 day day NOUN Number=Sing 3 acquiring obl:unmarked 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 acquiring punct
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1 acquire present · progressive We new words day vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
Example 4 Acquiring a second language takes practice.
csubj det amod obj obj punct root Acquiring VERB a DET second ADJ language NOUN takes VERB practice NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Acquiring acquire VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 takes csubj 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 language det 3 second second ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 4 language amod 4 language language NOUN Number=Sing 1 Acquiring obj 5 takes take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 practice practice NOUN Number=Sing 5 takes obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 takes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 acquire gerund a second language vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset language=Theme 2 take present Acquiring practice vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent practice=Theme
Example 5 The company is acquiring a smaller shop.
det nsubj aux det amod obj punct root The DET company NOUN is AUX acquiring VERB a DET smaller ADJ shop NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 company det 2 company company NOUN Number=Sing 4 acquiring nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 acquiring aux 4 acquiring acquire VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 shop det 6 smaller small ADJ Degree=Cmp 7 shop amod 7 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 4 acquiring obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 acquiring punct
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1 acquire present · progressive the company a smaller shop vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset shop=Theme
Example 6 He is acquiring quite a collection of stamps.
nsubj aux det:predet det obj case nmod punct root He PRON is AUX acquiring VERB quite DET a DET collection NOUN of ADP stamps NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 acquiring nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 acquiring aux 3 acquiring acquire VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 quite quite DET PronType=Ind 6 collection det:predet 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 collection det 6 collection collection NOUN Number=Sing 3 acquiring obj 7 of of ADP _ 8 stamps case 8 stamps stamp NOUN Number=Plur 6 collection nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 acquiring punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 acquire present · progressive He quite collection of stamps vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent collection=Theme
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