combustion

Who acts: Combustion, fuel, engine, candle flame, Car engines, wood · What happens: burn, join, give out, be, need, use · To what, where: heat, fuel, engine, internal combustion engine, example, internal combustion

«combustion» 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: combustion in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

Combustion is burning: a chemical reaction when a fuel joins with oxygen and gives out heat and light.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Combustion	combustion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 burning	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 burning	aux
3	burning	burn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 reaction	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 reaction	det
6	chemical	chemical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reaction	amod
7	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 burning	conj
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 joins	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fuel	det
10	fuel	fuel	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 joins	nsubj
11	joins	join	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 reaction	acl
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 oxygen	case
13	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 joins	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 gives	cc
15	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 joins	conj
16	out	out	ADP	_	15 gives	compound:prt
17	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 gives	obj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 light	cc
19	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 heat	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 burning	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	burn	present · progressive	Combustion			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	join	present	a fuel		with oxygen	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient with oxygen=Co-Patient
3	give out	present	a fuel not said here	heat and light		vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent heat=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

An engine that burns fuel inside it is an internal combustion engine, like a car engine.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 engine	det
2	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 engine	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 burns	nsubj
4	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 engine	acl:relcl
5	fuel	fuel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burns	obj
6	inside	inside	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 burns	obl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 engine	cop
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 engine	det
10	internal	internal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 engine	amod
11	combustion	combustion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 engine	compound
12	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 engine	punct
14	like	like	ADP	_	17 engine	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 engine	det
16	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 engine	compound
17	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 engine	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 engine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	present	a engine	fuel		engine			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fuel=Theme
2	is a	present	a engine	a internal combustion engine and a car engine					tree rules

Example 1

Combustion needs fuel, heat and oxygen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Combustion	combustion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 needs	nsubj
2	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fuel	fuel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 needs	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 heat	punct
5	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fuel	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 oxygen	cc
7	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fuel	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 needs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Combustion	fuel and heat and oxygen					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fuel=Theme

Example 2

A candle flame is an example of combustion.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 flame	det
2	candle	candle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flame	compound
3	flame	flame	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 example	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 example	cop
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 example	det
6	example	example	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 combustion	case
8	combustion	combustion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 example	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 example	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a candle flame	a example				of combustion	tree rules

Example 3

Car engines use internal combustion.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 engines	compound
2	engines	engine	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	nsubj
3	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	internal	internal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 combustion	amod
5	combustion	combustion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 use	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	Car engines	internal combustion					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent combustion=Patient

Example 4

Combustion of wood gives off smoke and ash.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Combustion	combustion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gives	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 wood	case
3	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Combustion	nmod
4	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 gives	compound:prt
6	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gives	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ash	cc
8	ash	ash	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 smoke	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give off	present	Combustion of wood	smoke and ash					vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source smoke=Theme
2	combust		wood						nom combustion «process intransitive»: of=agent

Example 5

We learned about the fire triangle and combustion.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 learned	nsubj
2	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	6 triangle	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 triangle	det
5	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 triangle	compound
6	triangle	triangle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 learned	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 combustion	cc
8	combustion	combustion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 triangle	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 learned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	past	We					about the fire triangle and combustion	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about triangle=Topic

Example 6

Spontaneous combustion of a pile of oily rags can start a fire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spontaneous	spontaneous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 combustion	amod
2	combustion	combustion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 start	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 pile	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pile	det
5	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 combustion	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 rags	case
7	oily	oily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rags	amod
8	rags	rag	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pile	nmod
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 start	aux
10	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fire	det
12	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 start	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 start	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	can	Spontaneous combustion of a pile of oily rags	a fire					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality
2	combust		a pile of oily rags						nom combustion «process intransitive»: of=agent

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