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avoidance

Who acts: act, Avoidance, Fire safety, His, stripes, Tax avoidance · What happens: keep away, not do, help, avoid, be, get · To what, where: something, teeth, sugary drinks, him, trouble, homework

«avoidance» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: avoidance in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The act of keeping away from something or not doing something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 act	det
2	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 keeping	mark
4	keeping	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 act	acl
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 keeping	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 something	case
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 keeping	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 doing	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 doing	advmod
10	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 something	conj
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 doing	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 act	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep away	gerund	the act not said here			something		away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from something=Eventuality
2	not do	gerund	the act not said here	something					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality

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

Avoidance of sugary drinks helps your teeth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 helps	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 drinks	case
3	sugary	sugary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 drinks	amod
4	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Avoidance	nmod
5	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 teeth	nmod:poss
7	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 helps	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Avoidance of sugary drinks	your teeth					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Beneficiary
2	avoid			sugary drinks					nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 2

Fire safety is about the avoidance of risks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 safety	compound
2	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 avoidance	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 avoidance	cop
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 avoidance	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 avoidance	det
6	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 risks	case
8	risks	risk	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 avoidance	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 avoidance	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Fire safety					about the avoidance; of risks	tree rules

Example 3

His avoidance of homework got him into trouble.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 avoidance	nmod:poss
2	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 homework	case
4	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 avoidance	nmod
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 got	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 trouble	case
8	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	His avoidance of homework	him = he		trouble			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2	avoid		His = he	homework					nom avoidance «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Example 4

Zebras' stripes may help in predator avoidance.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zebras	zebra	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stripes	nmod:poss
2	'	's	PART	_	1 Zebras	case
3	stripes	stripe	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 help	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 help	aux
5	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 avoidance	case
7	predator	predator	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 avoidance	compound
8	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 help	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	may	Zebras's stripes			predator avoidance			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Example 5

Avoidance doesn't solve the problem.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 solve	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 solve	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 solve	advmod
4	solve	solve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 problem	det
6	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 solve	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 solve	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not solve	present · do-support	Avoidance	the problem					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Topic

Example 6

Tax avoidance means using legal tricks to pay less tax.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tax	tax	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 avoidance	compound
2	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 means	xcomp
5	legal	legal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tricks	amod
6	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 using	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 pay	mark
8	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 using	advcl
9	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 tax	amod
10	tax	tax	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pay	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Tax avoidance						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	use not said to happen	gerund	Tax avoidance not said here	legal tricks					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Patient
3	pay	to-infinitive	Tax avoidance not said here	less tax					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tax=Asset

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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