backsliding Who acts: you, some, preacher, people, Toad, backsliding · What happens: go back, do, fall away, be, backslide, warn · To what, where: faith, people, old bad habits, backsliding person · Speech: someone speaks here
«backsliding» 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: backsliding in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Going back to bad old habits after you had been doing better.
advmod case amod amod obl mark nsubj aux aux conj xcomp punct root Going VERB back ADV to ADP bad ADJ old ADJ habits NOUN after SCONJ you PRON had AUX been AUX doing VERB better ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Going go VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 back back ADV _ 1 Going advmod 3 to to ADP _ 6 habits case 4 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 6 habits amod 5 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 6 habits amod 6 habits habit NOUN Number=Plur 1 Going obl 7 after after SCONJ _ 11 doing mark 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 11 doing nsubj 9 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 doing aux 10 been be AUX Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 11 doing aux 11 doing do VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Going conj 12 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 11 doing xcomp 13 . . PUNCT _ 1 Going punct
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1 go back gerund to bad old habits result vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to habit=Result 2 do past · perfect · progressive you good property vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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: church — kept apart, not parsed.
Falling away from faith or from living as a Christian after having been committed.
The tree, 14 words advmod case obl cc case conj case det obl mark aux cop advcl punct root Falling VERB away ADV from ADP faith NOUN or CCONJ from ADP living ADJ as ADP a DET Christian PROPN after SCONJ having AUX been AUX committed ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Falling fall VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 away away ADV _ 1 Falling advmod 3 from from ADP _ 4 faith case 4 faith faith NOUN Number=Sing 1 Falling obl 5 or or CCONJ _ 7 living cc 6 from from ADP _ 7 living case 7 living living ADJ Degree=Pos 4 faith conj 8 as as ADP _ 10 Christian case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 Christian det 10 Christian Christian PROPN Number=Sing 7 living obl 11 after after SCONJ _ 14 committed mark 12 having have AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 14 committed aux 13 been be AUX Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 14 committed cop 14 committed committed ADJ Degree=Pos 7 living advcl 15 . . PUNCT _ 1 Falling punct
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1 fall away gerund faith away property vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute 2 is gerund · perfect committed property tree rules
Example 1 After a week of early nights, there was some backsliding at the weekend.
The tree, 13 words case det obl case amod nmod punct expl nsubj acl case det obl punct root After ADP a DET week NOUN of ADP early ADJ nights NOUN , PUNCT there PRON was VERB some DET backsliding VERB at ADP the DET weekend NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 After after ADP _ 3 week case 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 week det 3 week week NOUN Number=Sing 9 was obl 4 of of ADP _ 6 nights case 5 early early ADJ Degree=Pos 6 nights amod 6 nights night NOUN Number=Plur 3 week nmod 7 , , PUNCT _ 3 week punct 8 there there PRON PronType=Dem 9 was expl 9 was be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 10 some some DET PronType=Ind 9 was nsubj 11 backsliding backslide VERB VerbForm=Ger 10 some acl 12 at at ADP _ 14 weekend case 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 weekend det 14 weekend weekend NOUN Number=Sing 11 backsliding obl 15 . . PUNCT _ 9 was punct
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1 be past some there week vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 backslide gerund weekend tree rules
Example 2 The preacher warned the people against backsliding.
det nsubj det obj mark acl punct root The DET preacher NOUN warned VERB the DET people NOUN against SCONJ backsliding VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 preacher det 2 preacher preacher NOUN Number=Sing 3 warned nsubj 3 warned warn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 people det 5 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 warned obj 6 against against SCONJ _ 7 backsliding mark 7 backsliding backslide VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 people acl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 warned punct
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1 warn speech: warn past the preacher the people vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient 2 backslide gerund the people not said here tree rules
Example 3 Toad promised to change, but his backsliding began at once.
nsubj mark xcomp punct cc nmod:poss nsubj conj case obl punct root Toad PROPN promised VERB to PART change VERB , PUNCT but CCONJ his PRON backsliding NOUN began VERB at ADP once ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Toad Toad PROPN Number=Sing 2 promised nsubj 2 promised promise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 change mark 4 change change VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 promised xcomp 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 began punct 6 but but CCONJ _ 9 began cc 7 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 backsliding nmod:poss 8 backsliding backsliding NOUN Number=Sing 9 began nsubj 9 began begin VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 promised conj 10 at at ADP _ 11 once case 11 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 9 began obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 promised punct
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1 promise speech: promise past Toad vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 change not said to happen to-infinitive Toad not said here vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 begin past Toad's backsliding vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
Example 4 We must stop backsliding into old bad habits.
nsubj aux xcomp case amod amod obl punct root We PRON must AUX stop VERB backsliding VERB into ADP old ADJ bad ADJ habits 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 stop nsubj 2 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 stop aux 3 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 backsliding backslide VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 stop xcomp 5 into into ADP _ 8 habits case 6 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 8 habits amod 7 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 8 habits amod 8 habits habit NOUN Number=Plur 4 backsliding obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 stop punct
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1 stop must We vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 2 backslide gerund We not said here old bad habits tree rules
Example 5 Christians believe God forgives the backsliding person who comes back.
nsubj nsubj ccomp det amod obj nsubj acl:relcl advmod punct root Christians PROPN believe VERB God PROPN forgives VERB the DET backsliding VERB person NOUN who PRON comes VERB back ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Christians Christian PROPN Number=Plur 2 believe nsubj 2 believe believe VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 God God PROPN Number=Sing 4 forgives nsubj 4 forgives forgive VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 believe ccomp 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 person det 6 backsliding backslide VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 person amod 7 person person NOUN Number=Sing 4 forgives obj 8 who who PRON PronType=Rel 9 comes nsubj 9 comes come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 person acl:relcl 10 back back ADV _ 9 comes advmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 believe punct
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1 believe present Christians vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 2 forgive present God the backsliding person vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme 3 backslide gerund tree rules 4 come back present the backsliding person vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 6 My diet lasted two days before the backsliding started.
nmod:poss nsubj nummod obl:unmarked mark det nsubj advcl punct root My PRON diet NOUN lasted VERB two NUM days NOUN before SCONJ the DET backsliding NOUN started VERB . PUNCT 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 diet nmod:poss 2 diet diet NOUN Number=Sing 3 lasted nsubj 3 lasted last VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 days nummod 5 days day NOUN Number=Plur 3 lasted obl:unmarked 6 before before SCONJ _ 9 started mark 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 backsliding det 8 backsliding backsliding NOUN Number=Sing 9 started nsubj 9 started start VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 lasted advcl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 lasted punct
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1 last past My diet day vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme 2 start past the backsliding vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
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