adolescence

Who acts: something, Adolescence, Many changes, uncle, book, sleep needs · What happens: be, grow, happen, say, follow, stay · To what, where: adult, noisiest time, girl, adolescence, early adolescence · Speech: someone speaks here

«adolescence» 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: adolescence in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The time of life between being a child and being an adult, roughly the teenage years.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 time	det
2	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 life	case
4	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 time	nmod
5	between	between	ADP	_	8 child	case
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 child	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 life	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 adult	cc
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 adult	cop
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 adult	det
12	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 child	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 years	punct
14	roughly	roughly	ADV	_	17 years	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 years	det
16	teenage	teenage	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 years	amod
17	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 time	parataxis
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 time	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						between a child and a adult	tree rules
2	is a	gerund		a adult					tree rules

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

An early stage of growth of something, like a country or an idea.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stage	det
2	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stage	amod
3	stage	stage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 growth	case
5	growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stage	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 something	case
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 growth	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 country	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 country	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 country	det
11	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stage	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 idea	cc
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 idea	det
14	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 country	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow		something						nom growth «process intransitive»: of=agent

Example 1

Adolescence is when children grow into adults.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adolescence	adolescence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grow	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 grow	cop
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 grow	advmod
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 grow	nsubj
5	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 adults	case
7	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 grow	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 grow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Adolescence					into adults; grow property	tree rules

Example 2

Many changes happen to the body during adolescence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 changes	amod
2	changes	change	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 happen	nsubj
3	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 body	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 body	det
6	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happen	obl
7	during	during	ADP	_	8 adolescence	case
8	adolescence	adolescence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happen	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	Many changes				during adolescence	to the body	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

My uncle says adolescence was his noisiest time.

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 uncle	nmod:poss
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	adolescence	adolescence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 time	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 time	cop
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 time	nmod:poss
7	noisiest	noisy	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 time	amod
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	My uncle						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	adolescence	uncle's noisiest time					tree rules

Example 4

The book follows a girl through her adolescence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 book	det
2	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 follows	nsubj
3	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 follows	obj
6	through	through	ADP	_	8 adolescence	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 adolescence	nmod:poss
8	adolescence	adolescence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 follows	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 follows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	present	the book	a girl		book's adolescence			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent girl=Theme through adolescence=Trajectory

Example 5

In early adolescence, sleep needs stay high.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 adolescence	case
2	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 adolescence	amod
3	adolescence	adolescence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stay	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 adolescence	punct
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 needs	compound
6	needs	need	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stay	nsubj
7	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stay	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 stay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	sleep needs			early adolescence		high property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in adolescence=Location

Example 6

Our health lesson talked about feelings in adolescence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 lesson	nmod:poss
2	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lesson	compound
3	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 talked	nsubj
4	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 feelings	case
6	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 talked	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 adolescence	case
8	adolescence	adolescence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 talked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 talked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	past	Our health lesson			adolescence		about feelings	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about feeling=Topic

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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