benign Who acts: Benign, benign lump, old man, doctor, lump, we · What happens: mean, not be, not spread, give, say, be · To what, where: cancer, benign smile, benign influence, those · Speech: someone speaks here
«benign» 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: benign in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Benign means kind, gentle and not harmful.
nsubj xcomp punct conj cc advmod conj punct root Benign ADJ means VERB kind ADJ , PUNCT gentle ADJ and CCONJ not PART harmful ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Benign benign ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 kind kind ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 gentle punct 5 gentle gentle ADJ Degree=Pos 3 kind conj 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 harmful cc 7 not not PART Polarity=Neg 8 harmful advmod 8 harmful harmful ADJ Degree=Pos 3 kind conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Benign kind property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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: medicine — kept apart, not parsed.
A benign lump or tumour is not cancer and does not spread.
det amod nsubj cc conj cop advmod cc aux advmod conj punct root A DET benign ADJ lump NOUN or CCONJ tumour NOUN is AUX not PART cancer NOUN and CCONJ does AUX not PART spread VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 lump det 2 benign benign ADJ Degree=Pos 3 lump amod 3 lump lump NOUN Number=Sing 8 cancer nsubj 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 tumour cc 5 tumour tumour NOUN Number=Sing 3 lump conj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 cancer cop 7 not not PART Polarity=Neg 8 cancer advmod 8 cancer cancer NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 and and CCONJ _ 12 spread cc 10 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 spread aux 11 not not PART Polarity=Neg 12 spread advmod 12 spread spread VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 cancer conj 13 . . PUNCT _ 8 cancer punct
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1 not is a present a benign lump or tumour cancer tree rules 2 not spread present · do-support a benign lump or tumour not said here vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 1 The old man gave a benign smile.
det amod nsubj det amod obj punct root The DET old ADJ man NOUN gave VERB a DET benign ADJ smile NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 man det 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 3 man amod 3 man man NOUN Number=Sing 4 gave nsubj 4 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 smile det 6 benign benign ADJ Degree=Pos 7 smile amod 7 smile smile NOUN Number=Sing 4 gave obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 gave punct
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1 give past the old man a benign smile vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smile=Theme
Example 2 The doctor said the lump was benign, so we were relieved.
det nsubj det nsubj cop ccomp punct advmod nsubj cop conj punct root The DET doctor NOUN said VERB the DET lump NOUN was AUX benign ADJ , PUNCT so ADV we PRON were AUX relieved ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 doctor det 2 doctor doctor NOUN Number=Sing 3 said nsubj 3 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 lump det 5 lump lump NOUN Number=Sing 7 benign nsubj 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 benign cop 7 benign benign ADJ Degree=Pos 3 said ccomp 8 , , PUNCT _ 12 relieved punct 9 so so ADV _ 12 relieved advmod 10 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 12 relieved nsubj 11 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 relieved cop 12 relieved relieved ADJ Degree=Pos 7 benign conj 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 said punct
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1 say speech: assert past the doctor vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is past the lump benign property tree rules 3 is past we relieved property tree rules
Example 3 The weather was benign all week.
det nsubj cop det obl:unmarked punct root The DET weather NOUN was AUX benign ADJ all DET week NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 weather det 2 weather weather NOUN Number=Sing 4 benign nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 benign cop 4 benign benign ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 all all DET PronType=Tot 6 week det 6 week week NOUN Number=Sing 4 benign obl:unmarked 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 benign punct
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1 is past the weather week benign property tree rules
Example 4 Badger looked at Mole with a benign expression.
nsubj case obl case det amod obl punct root Badger PROPN looked VERB at ADP Mole PROPN with ADP a DET benign ADJ expression NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Badger Badger PROPN Number=Sing 2 looked nsubj 2 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 at at ADP _ 4 Mole case 4 Mole Mole PROPN Number=Sing 2 looked obl 5 with with ADP _ 8 expression case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 expression det 7 benign benign ADJ Degree=Pos 8 expression amod 8 expression expression NOUN Number=Sing 2 looked obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 looked punct
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1 look past Badger with a benign expression; at Mole vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at mole=Theme
Example 5 Most spiders in Britain are benign to people.
amod nsubj case nmod cop case obl punct root Most ADJ spiders NOUN in ADP Britain PROPN are AUX benign ADJ to ADP people NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Most most ADJ Degree=Sup 2 spiders amod 2 spiders spider NOUN Number=Plur 6 benign nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 4 Britain case 4 Britain Britain PROPN Number=Sing 2 spiders nmod 5 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 benign cop 6 benign benign ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 to to ADP _ 8 people case 8 people people NOUN Number=Plur 6 benign obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 benign punct
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1 is present Most spiders in Britain to people; benign property tree rules
Example 6 Her presence seemed to have a benign influence on those there.
nmod:poss nsubj mark xcomp det amod obj case nmod amod punct root Her PRON presence NOUN seemed VERB to PART have VERB a DET benign ADJ influence NOUN on ADP those PRON there ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 presence nmod:poss 2 presence presence NOUN Number=Sing 3 seemed nsubj 3 seemed seem VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 have mark 5 have have VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 seemed xcomp 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 influence det 7 benign benign ADJ Degree=Pos 8 influence amod 8 influence influence NOUN Number=Sing 5 have obj 9 on on ADP _ 10 those case 10 those that PRON Number=Plur PronType=Dem 8 influence nmod 11 there there ADV PronType=Dem 10 those amod 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 seemed punct
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1 seem past Her presence vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute 2 have to-infinitive Her presence not said here a benign influence those vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent influence=Patient
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