catastrophic Who acts: Catastrophic, flood, catastrophic fire, Losing, first try, My · What happens: mean, cause, use, joke, be, destroy · To what, where: terrible damage, Catastrophic, forest, map, baking bread, catastrophic damage
«catastrophic» 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: catastrophic in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Catastrophic means causing terrible damage, harm or suffering; a disaster.
nsubj xcomp amod obj punct conj cc conj punct det conj punct root Catastrophic ADJ means VERB causing VERB terrible ADJ damage NOUN , PUNCT harm NOUN or CCONJ suffering NOUN ; PUNCT a DET disaster NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Catastrophic catastrophic ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 causing cause VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 means xcomp 4 terrible terrible ADJ Degree=Pos 5 damage amod 5 damage damage NOUN Number=Sing 3 causing obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 harm punct 7 harm harm NOUN Number=Sing 5 damage conj 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 suffering cc 9 suffering suffering NOUN Number=Sing 5 damage conj 10 ; ; PUNCT _ 12 disaster punct 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 disaster det 12 disaster disaster NOUN Number=Sing 2 means conj 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Catastrophic vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 cause not said to happen gerund Catastrophic not said here terrible damage and harm or suffering vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition damage=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 Catastrophic is also used for something very bad or a total failure, sometimes with a joking tone.
The tree, 17 words nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod case obl advmod amod cc det amod conj punct advmod case det amod appos punct root Catastrophic ADJ is AUX also ADV used VERB for ADP something PRON very ADV bad ADJ or CCONJ a DET total ADJ failure NOUN , PUNCT sometimes ADV with ADP a DET joking VERB tone NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Catastrophic catastrophic ADJ Degree=Pos 4 used nsubj:pass 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 used aux:pass 3 also also ADV _ 4 used advmod 4 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 for for ADP _ 6 something case 6 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 4 used obl 7 very very ADV _ 8 bad advmod 8 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 6 something amod 9 or or CCONJ _ 12 failure cc 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 failure det 11 total total ADJ Degree=Pos 12 failure amod 12 failure failure NOUN Number=Sing 6 something conj 13 , , PUNCT _ 18 tone punct 14 sometimes sometimes ADV PronType=Ind 18 tone advmod 15 with with ADP _ 18 tone case 16 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 18 tone det 17 joking joke VERB VerbForm=Ger 18 tone amod 18 tone tone NOUN Number=Sing 12 failure appos 19 . . PUNCT _ 4 used punct
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1 use present · passive Catastrophic for something vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for something=Eventuality 2 joke speech: other gerund vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1 The flood was catastrophic for the town.
det nsubj cop case det obl punct root The DET flood NOUN was AUX catastrophic ADJ for ADP the DET town NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 flood det 2 flood flood NOUN Number=Sing 4 catastrophic nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 catastrophic cop 4 catastrophic catastrophic ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 for for ADP _ 7 town case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 town det 7 town town NOUN Number=Sing 4 catastrophic obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 catastrophic punct
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1 is past the flood for the town; catastrophic property tree rules
Example 2 A catastrophic fire destroyed the forest.
det amod nsubj det obj punct root A DET catastrophic ADJ fire NOUN destroyed VERB the DET forest NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 fire det 2 catastrophic catastrophic ADJ Degree=Pos 3 fire amod 3 fire fire NOUN Number=Sing 4 destroyed nsubj 4 destroyed destroy VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 forest det 6 forest forest NOUN Number=Sing 4 destroyed obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 destroyed punct
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1 destroy past a catastrophic fire the forest vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forest=Patient
Example 3 Losing the map would be catastrophic for the explorers.
csubj det obj aux cop case det obl punct root Losing VERB the DET map NOUN would AUX be AUX catastrophic ADJ for ADP the DET explorers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Losing lose VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 catastrophic csubj 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 map det 3 map map NOUN Number=Sing 1 Losing obj 4 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 catastrophic aux 5 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 6 catastrophic cop 6 catastrophic catastrophic ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 for for ADP _ 9 explorers case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 explorers det 9 explorers explorer NOUN Number=Plur 6 catastrophic obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 catastrophic punct
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1 lose gerund the map vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Eventuality 2 is would Losing for the explorers; catastrophic property tree rules
Example 4 My first try at baking bread was catastrophic!
nmod:poss amod nsubj case compound nmod cop punct root My PRON first ADJ try NOUN at ADP baking NOUN bread NOUN was AUX catastrophic ADJ ! 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 3 try nmod:poss 2 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 3 try amod 3 try try NOUN Number=Sing 8 catastrophic nsubj 4 at at ADP _ 6 bread case 5 baking baking NOUN Number=Sing 6 bread compound 6 bread bread NOUN Number=Sing 3 try nmod 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 catastrophic cop 8 catastrophic catastrophic ADJ Degree=Pos root root 9 ! ! PUNCT _ 8 catastrophic punct
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1 is past My first try at baking bread catastrophic property tree rules 2 try My baking bread nom try «act transitive»: poss=agent at=place
Example 5 Scientists warn that some storms can be catastrophic.
nsubj mark det nsubj aux cop advcl punct root Scientists NOUN warn VERB that SCONJ some DET storms NOUN can AUX be AUX catastrophic ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Scientists scientist NOUN Number=Plur 2 warn nsubj 2 warn warn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 that that SCONJ _ 8 catastrophic mark 4 some some DET PronType=Ind 5 storms det 5 storms storm NOUN Number=Plur 8 catastrophic nsubj 6 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 catastrophic aux 7 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 catastrophic cop 8 catastrophic catastrophic ADJ Degree=Pos 2 warn advcl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 warn punct
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1 warn speech: warn present Scientists vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent 2 is can some storms catastrophic property tree rules
Example 6 The bridge suffered catastrophic damage in the earthquake.
det nsubj amod obj case det nmod punct root The DET bridge NOUN suffered VERB catastrophic ADJ damage NOUN in ADP the DET earthquake NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 bridge det 2 bridge bridge NOUN Number=Sing 3 suffered nsubj 3 suffered suffer VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 catastrophic catastrophic ADJ Degree=Pos 5 damage amod 5 damage damage NOUN Number=Sing 3 suffered obj 6 in in ADP _ 8 earthquake case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 earthquake det 8 earthquake earthquake NOUN Number=Sing 5 damage nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 suffered punct
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1 suffer past the bridge catastrophic damage the earthquake vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer damage=Stimulus
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