bane

Who acts: bane, thing, Noise, cold · What happens: be, cause, prove · To what, where: person, trouble, deadly poison, death, brave hero, bane

«bane» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: bane in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A bane is a person or thing that causes trouble, ruin or death.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bane	det
2	bane	bane	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 thing	cc
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 causes	nsubj
9	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 thing	acl:relcl
10	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 causes	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ruin	punct
12	ruin	ruin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 trouble	conj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 death	cc
14	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 trouble	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a bane	a person or thing					tree rules
2	cause	present	thing	trouble and ruin or death					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition trouble=Patient

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: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A bane is a deadly poison or a cause of death, as in «rat bane».

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bane	det
2	bane	bane	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 poison	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 poison	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 poison	det
5	deadly	deadly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 poison	amod
6	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 cause	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cause	det
9	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 poison	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 death	case
11	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cause	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 bane	punct
13	as	as	ADP	_	17 bane	case
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 bane	case
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 bane	punct
16	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 bane	compound
17	bane	bane	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 poison	appos
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 bane	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 poison	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a bane	a deadly poison or a cause of death					tree rules
2	cause			death					nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

The dragon's bane was a brave hero.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dragon	det
2	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bane	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 dragon	case
4	bane	bane	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hero	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 hero	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hero	det
7	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hero	amod
8	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 hero	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the dragon's bane	a brave hero					tree rules

Example 2

Noise was the bane of his life.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bane	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bane	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bane	det
4	bane	bane	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 life	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 life	nmod:poss
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bane	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 bane	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Noise	the bane				of his life	tree rules

Example 3

The cold proved the bane of the old king.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cold	det
2	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proved	nsubj
3	proved	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bane	det
5	bane	bane	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proved	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 king	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 king	amod
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bane	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 proved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	past	the cold	the bane of the old king					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bane=Theme

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