caries

Who acts: Caries, slow damage, holes, dentist, Sugary drinks, Fluoride toothpaste · What happens: be, make, call, mean, check, cause · To what, where: tooth decay, holes, cavities, decay, teeth, dental caries · Speech: someone speaks here

«caries» 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: caries in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal, medical — kept apart, not parsed.

Caries is tooth decay: the slow damage to teeth that makes holes called cavities.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Caries	caries	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 decay	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 decay	cop
3	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 decay	compound
4	decay	decay	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 damage	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 damage	det
7	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 damage	amod
8	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 decay	appos
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 teeth	case
10	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 damage	nmod
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 makes	nsubj
12	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 damage	acl:relcl
13	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 makes	obj
14	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 holes	acl
15	cavities	cavity	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 called	xcomp
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 decay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	Caries	tooth decay	tree rules
2	make	present	the slow damage to teeth	holes	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hole=Product
3	call	participle	holes not said here	cavities	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «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: medical — kept apart, not parsed.

Caries can also mean decay in bone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Caries	cary	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 mean	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	also	also	ADV	_	4 mean	advmod
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	decay	decay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mean	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 bone	case
7	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 decay	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	Caries	decay				in bone	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot decay=Theme in bone=Attribute

Example 1

The dentist checked my teeth for caries.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dentist	det
2	dentist	dentist	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 checked	nsubj
3	checked	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 teeth	nmod:poss
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 checked	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 caries	case
7	caries	cary	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 checked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 checked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	past	the dentist	my teeth				for caries	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme for cary=Attribute

Example 2

Sugary drinks can cause dental caries.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sugary	sugary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 drinks	amod
2	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cause	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cause	aux
4	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	dental	dental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 caries	amod
6	caries	cary	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cause	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cause	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	can	Sugary drinks	dental caries					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition cary=Patient

Example 3

Fluoride toothpaste helps protect against caries.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fluoride	fluoride	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 toothpaste	compound
2	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 helps	nsubj
3	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 helps	xcomp
5	against	against	ADP	_	6 caries	case
6	caries	cary	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 protect	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Fluoride toothpaste						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	protect	infinitive	Fluoride toothpaste not said here					against caries	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent against cary=Theme

Example 4

Caries is the medical word for tooth decay.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Caries	caries	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 word	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 word	det
4	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 word	amod
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 decay	case
7	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 decay	compound
8	decay	decay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 word	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Caries	the medical word				for tooth decay	tree rules

Example 5

Brush twice a day to prevent caries.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brush	brush	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Brush	advmod
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 day	det
4	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Brush	obl:unmarked
5	to	to	PART	_	6 prevent	mark
6	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Brush	advcl
7	caries	cary	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 prevent	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Brush	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	brush	imperative	you not said here				day	twice property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	prevent	to-infinitive	you not said here	caries					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer cary=Theme

Example 6

Early caries looks like a small white spot on the tooth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 caries	amod
2	caries	caries	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looks	nsubj
3	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	like	like	ADP	_	8 spot	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 spot	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 spot	amod
7	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 spot	amod
8	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looks	obl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 tooth	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tooth	det
11	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spot	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 looks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	Early caries					like a small white spot on the tooth	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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