cancer Who acts: Cancer, cells, aunt, much sun, Smoking, Doctors · What happens: be, grow out, spread, have, cause, work · To what, where: serious illness, control, one kind, group, treatment, skin cancer
«cancer» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: cancer in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Cancer is a serious illness in which some cells in the body grow out of control and can spread.
The tree, 19 words nsubj cop det amod case obl det nsubj case det nmod conj case case obl cc aux conj punct root Cancer NOUN is AUX a DET serious ADJ illness NOUN in ADP which PRON some DET cells NOUN in ADP the DET body NOUN grow VERB out ADP of ADP control NOUN and CCONJ can AUX spread VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cancer cancer NOUN Number=Sing 5 illness nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 illness cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 illness det 4 serious serious ADJ Degree=Pos 5 illness amod 5 illness illness NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 in in ADP _ 7 which case 7 which which PRON PronType=Rel 13 grow obl 8 some some DET PronType=Ind 9 cells det 9 cells cell NOUN Number=Plur 13 grow nsubj 10 in in ADP _ 12 body case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 body det 12 body body NOUN Number=Sing 9 cells nmod 13 grow grow VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 illness conj 14 out out ADP _ 16 control case 15 of of ADP _ 16 control case 16 control control NOUN Number=Sing 13 grow obl 17 and and CCONJ _ 19 spread cc 18 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 19 spread aux 19 spread spread VERB VerbForm=Inf 13 grow conj 20 . . PUNCT _ 5 illness punct
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1 is a present Cancer a serious illness tree rules 2 grow out infinitive some cells in the body control a serious illness vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location control=Theme 3 spread can some cells in the body not said here vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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 A cancer is one kind of this illness, like skin cancer.
det nsubj cop nummod case det nmod punct case compound nmod punct root A DET cancer NOUN is AUX one NUM kind NOUN of ADP this DET illness NOUN , PUNCT like ADP skin NOUN cancer NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 cancer det 2 cancer cancer NOUN Number=Sing 5 kind nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 kind cop 4 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 kind nummod 5 kind kind NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 8 illness case 7 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 8 illness det 8 illness illness NOUN Number=Sing 5 kind nmod 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 cancer punct 10 like like ADP _ 12 cancer case 11 skin skin NOUN Number=Sing 12 cancer compound 12 cancer cancer NOUN Number=Sing 5 kind nmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 kind punct
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1 is a present a cancer one kind of this illness; like skin cancer tree rules
Meaning 3 Cancer is also a group of stars and a star sign, with a capital C.
The tree, 15 words nsubj cop advmod det case nmod cc det compound conj punct case det compound conj root Cancer NOUN is AUX also ADV a DET group NOUN of ADP stars NOUN and CCONJ a DET star NOUN sign NOUN , PUNCT with ADP a DET capital NOUN C. NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cancer cancer NOUN Number=Sing 5 group nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 group cop 3 also also ADV _ 5 group advmod 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 group det 5 group group NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 7 stars case 7 stars star NOUN Number=Plur 5 group nmod 8 and and CCONJ _ 11 sign cc 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 sign det 10 star star NOUN Number=Sing 11 sign compound 11 sign sign NOUN Number=Sing 7 stars conj 12 , , PUNCT _ 16 C. punct 13 with with ADP _ 16 C. case 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 C. det 15 capital capital NOUN Number=Sing 16 C. compound 16 C. c. NOUN Number=Sing 5 group conj
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1 is a present Cancer a group and a capital C. of stars and a star sign tree rules
Example 1 My aunt is having treatment for cancer.
nmod:poss nsubj aux obj case nmod punct root My PRON aunt NOUN is AUX having VERB treatment NOUN for ADP cancer NOUN . 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 aunt nmod:poss 2 aunt aunt NOUN Number=Sing 4 having nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 having aux 4 having have VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 treatment treatment NOUN Number=Sing 4 having obj 6 for for ADP _ 7 cancer case 7 cancer cancer NOUN Number=Sing 5 treatment nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 having punct
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1 have present · progressive My aunt treatment for cancer vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treatment=Patient
Example 2 Too much sun can cause skin cancer.
advmod amod nsubj aux compound obj punct root Too ADV much ADJ sun NOUN can AUX cause VERB skin NOUN cancer NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Too too ADV _ 2 much advmod 2 much much ADJ Degree=Pos 3 sun amod 3 sun sun NOUN Number=Sing 5 cause nsubj 4 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 cause aux 5 cause cause VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 skin skin NOUN Number=Sing 7 cancer compound 7 cancer cancer NOUN Number=Sing 5 cause obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 cause punct
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1 cause can much sun skin cancer vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition cancer=Patient
Example 3 Smoking can cause lung cancer.
nsubj aux compound obj punct root Smoking NOUN can AUX cause VERB lung NOUN cancer NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Smoking smoking NOUN Number=Sing 3 cause nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 cause aux 3 cause cause VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 lung lung NOUN Number=Sing 5 cancer compound 5 cancer cancer NOUN Number=Sing 3 cause obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 cause punct
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1 cause can Smoking lung cancer vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition cancer=Patient
Example 4 Doctors and scientists work hard to cure cancer.
nsubj cc conj xcomp mark xcomp obj punct root Doctors NOUN and CCONJ scientists NOUN work VERB hard ADJ to PART cure VERB cancer NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Doctors doctor NOUN Number=Plur 4 work nsubj 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 scientists cc 3 scientists scientist NOUN Number=Plur 1 Doctors conj 4 work work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 4 work xcomp 6 to to PART _ 7 cure mark 7 cure cure VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 hard xcomp 8 cancer cancer NOUN Number=Sing 7 cure obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 work punct
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1 work present Doctors and scientists hard property vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 cure to-infinitive Doctors and scientists not said here cancer vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer cancer=Source
Example 5 Many people get better after cancer treatment.
amod nsubj xcomp case compound obl punct root Many ADJ people NOUN get VERB better ADJ after ADP cancer NOUN treatment NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Many many ADJ Degree=Pos 2 people amod 2 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 get nsubj 3 get get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 get xcomp 5 after after ADP _ 7 treatment case 6 cancer cancer NOUN Number=Sing 7 treatment compound 7 treatment treatment NOUN Number=Sing 3 get obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 get punct
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1 get present Many people after cancer treatment good property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
Example 6 You cannot catch cancer from another person.
nsubj aux advmod obj case det obl punct root You PRON can AUX not PART catch VERB cancer NOUN from ADP another DET person NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 catch nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 catch aux 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 4 catch advmod 4 catch catch VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 cancer cancer NOUN Number=Sing 4 catch obj 6 from from ADP _ 8 person case 7 another another DET PronType=Ind 8 person det 8 person person NOUN Number=Sing 4 catch obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 catch punct
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1 not catch can You cancer from another person vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent cancer=Theme from person=Source
Example 7 The Tropic of Cancer is a line on the map north of the equator.
The tree, 14 words det nsubj case nmod cop det case det nmod advmod case det nmod punct root The DET Tropic PROPN of ADP Cancer PROPN is AUX a DET line NOUN on ADP the DET map NOUN north ADV of ADP the DET equator NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Tropic det 2 Tropic Tropic PROPN Number=Sing 7 line nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 4 Cancer case 4 Cancer Cancer PROPN Number=Sing 2 Tropic nmod 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 line cop 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 line det 7 line line NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 on on ADP _ 10 map case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 map det 10 map map NOUN Number=Sing 7 line nmod 11 north north ADV _ 14 equator advmod 12 of of ADP _ 14 equator case 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 equator det 14 equator equator NOUN Number=Sing 10 map nmod 15 . . PUNCT _ 7 line punct
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1 is a present the Tropic of Cancer a line the map of the equator tree rules
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