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constipation

Who acts: Constipation, poo, Eating, you, doctor, boy · What happens: not be, be, give, eat, help, stop · To what, where: tummy ache, you, fruit, constipation, plenty · Speech: someone speaks here

«constipation» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: constipation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Constipation is when you can't poo easily or often, because your poo is hard and dry.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Constipation	constipation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 poo	nsubj:outer
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 poo	cop
3	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 poo	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 poo	nsubj
5	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 poo	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 poo	advmod
7	poo	poo	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	easily	easily	ADV	_	7 poo	advmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 often	cc
10	often	often	ADV	_	8 easily	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 hard	punct
12	because	because	SCONJ	_	16 hard	mark
13	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 poo	nmod:poss
14	poo	poo	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hard	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 hard	cop
16	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 poo	parataxis
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 dry	cc
18	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 hard	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 poo	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	can · present	Constipation					easily, poo property	tree rules
2	is	present	your poo					hard property	tree rules
3	be		your poo not said here						tree rules

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.

Example 1

Constipation can give you a tummy ache.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Constipation	constipation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 give	aux
3	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 give	iobj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ache	det
6	tummy	tummy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ache	compound
7	ache	ache	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	can	Constipation	a tummy ache	you				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient ache=Theme

Example 2

Eating fruit and vegetables helps stop constipation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 helps	csubj
2	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Eating	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 vegetables	cc
4	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fruit	conj
5	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 helps	xcomp
7	constipation	constipation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stop	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	gerund		fruit and vegetables					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient
2	help	present	Eating						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	stop	infinitive	Eating not said here	constipation					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality constipation=Eventuality

Example 3

Drink plenty of water to avoid constipation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	plenty	plenty	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Drink	obj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 water	case
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 plenty	nmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 avoid	mark
6	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Drink	advcl
7	constipation	constipation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 avoid	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Drink	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	imperative	you not said here	plenty of water					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plenty=Patient
2	avoid	to-infinitive	you not said here	constipation					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent constipation=Location

Example 4

The doctor said the boy had constipation.

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 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 had	nsubj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
7	constipation	constipation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 had	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the doctor						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	past	the boy	constipation					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent constipation=Patient

Example 5

Fibre in bread and beans helps prevent constipation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fibre	fibre	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 helps	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 bread	case
3	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fibre	nmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 beans	cc
5	beans	bean	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bread	conj
6	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 helps	xcomp
8	constipation	constipation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 prevent	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Fibre in bread and beans						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	prevent	infinitive	Fibre in bread and beans not said here	constipation					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer constipation=Theme

Example 6

Being active helps with constipation too.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 active	cop
2	active	active	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 helps	csubj
3	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 constipation	case
5	constipation	constipation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 helps	obl
6	too	too	ADV	_	3 helps	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						active property	tree rules
2	help	present						with constipation	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with constipation=Theme

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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