decay Who acts: dead plants, process, tooth decay, Leaves, you, old log · What happens: rot, break down, do, become, be, cause · To what, where: old building, holes, teeth, soil, tooth decay, forest
«decay» 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: decay in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To rot or break down slowly, as dead plants, animals and food do.
The tree, 13 words mark cc conj compound:prt advmod punct mark amod nsubj punct conj cc conj parataxis punct root To PART rot VERB or CCONJ break VERB down ADP slowly ADV , PUNCT as SCONJ dead ADJ plants NOUN , PUNCT animals NOUN and CCONJ food NOUN do VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 rot mark 2 rot rot VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 or or CCONJ _ 4 break cc 4 break break VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 2 rot conj 5 down down ADP _ 4 break compound:prt 6 slowly slowly ADV _ 4 break advmod 7 , , PUNCT _ 15 do punct 8 as as SCONJ _ 15 do mark 9 dead dead ADJ Degree=Pos 10 plants amod 10 plants plant NOUN Number=Plur 15 do nsubj 11 , , PUNCT _ 12 animals punct 12 animals animal NOUN Number=Plur 10 plants conj 13 and and CCONJ _ 14 food cc 14 food food NOUN Number=Sing 10 plants conj 15 do do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 break parataxis 16 . . PUNCT _ 2 rot punct
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1 rot to-infinitive vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 break down infinitive slowly property vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 3 do present dead plants and animals and food vn act-114-1 «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 To become weaker or worse over time, like an old building.
mark xcomp cc conj case obl punct case det amod xcomp punct root To PART become VERB weaker ADJ or CCONJ worse ADJ over ADP time NOUN , PUNCT like ADP an DET old ADJ building NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 become mark 2 become become VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 weaker weak ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 become xcomp 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 worse cc 5 worse bad ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 weaker conj 6 over over ADP _ 7 time case 7 time time NOUN Number=Sing 3 weaker obl 8 , , PUNCT _ 12 building punct 9 like like ADP _ 12 building case 10 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 building det 11 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 12 building amod 12 building building NOUN Number=Sing 2 become xcomp 13 . . PUNCT _ 12 building punct
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1 become to-infinitive a old building weak property vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
Meaning 3 As a noun, the process of rotting; "tooth decay" is holes in teeth caused by germs and sugar.
The tree, 18 words case det punct det appos mark acl punct punct compound nsubj punct cop nmod case nmod acl case obl cc conj punct root As ADP a DET noun NOUN , PUNCT the DET process NOUN of SCONJ rotting VERB ; PUNCT " PUNCT tooth NOUN decay NOUN " PUNCT is AUX holes NOUN in ADP teeth NOUN caused VERB by ADP germs NOUN and CCONJ sugar NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 As as ADP _ 3 noun case 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 noun det 3 noun noun NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 process punct 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 process det 6 process process NOUN Number=Sing 3 noun appos 7 of of SCONJ _ 8 rotting mark 8 rotting rot VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 process acl 9 ; ; PUNCT _ 15 holes punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 12 decay punct 11 tooth tooth NOUN Number=Sing 12 decay compound 12 decay decay NOUN Number=Sing 15 holes nsubj 13 " " PUNCT _ 12 decay punct 14 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 holes cop 15 holes hole NOUN Number=Plur 3 noun nmod 16 in in ADP _ 17 teeth case 17 teeth tooth NOUN Number=Plur 15 holes nmod 18 caused cause VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 17 teeth acl 19 by by ADP _ 20 germs case 20 germs germ NOUN Number=Plur 18 caused obl 21 and and CCONJ _ 22 sugar cc 22 sugar sugar NOUN Number=Sing 20 germs conj 23 . . PUNCT _ 3 noun punct
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1 rot gerund the process not said here vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 is a present tooth decay holes teeth tree rules 3 cause participle teeth not said here by germs and sugar vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
Example 1 Leaves decay and turn into soil.
nsubj cc conj case obl punct root Leaves NOUN decay VERB and CCONJ turn VERB into ADP soil NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Leaves leaf NOUN Number=Plur 2 decay nsubj 2 decay decay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 turn cc 4 turn turn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 decay conj 5 into into ADP _ 6 soil case 6 soil soil NOUN Number=Sing 4 turn obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 decay punct
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1 decay present Leaves vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 turn present Leaves not said here soil vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into soil=Trajectory
Example 2 Brush your teeth to stop tooth decay.
nmod:poss obj mark advcl compound obj punct root Brush VERB your PRON teeth NOUN to PART stop VERB tooth NOUN decay NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Brush brush VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 teeth nmod:poss 3 teeth tooth NOUN Number=Plur 1 Brush obj 4 to to PART _ 5 stop mark 5 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Brush advcl 6 tooth tooth NOUN Number=Sing 7 decay compound 7 decay decay NOUN Number=Sing 5 stop obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 1 Brush punct
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1 brush imperative you not said here your teeth vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme 2 stop to-infinitive you not said here tooth decay vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality decay=Eventuality
Example 3 The old log was decaying in the forest.
det amod nsubj aux case det obl punct root The DET old ADJ log NOUN was AUX decaying VERB in ADP the DET forest NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 log det 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 3 log amod 3 log log NOUN Number=Sing 5 decaying nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 decaying aux 5 decaying decay VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 in in ADP _ 8 forest case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 forest det 8 forest forest NOUN Number=Sing 5 decaying obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 decaying punct
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1 decay past · progressive the old log the forest vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 4 Worms and fungi help things decay.
nsubj cc conj obj xcomp punct root Worms NOUN and CCONJ fungi NOUN help VERB things NOUN decay VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Worms worm NOUN Number=Plur 4 help nsubj 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 fungi cc 3 fungi fungus NOUN Number=Plur 1 Worms conj 4 help help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 4 help obj 6 decay decay VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 help xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 help punct
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1 help present Worms and fungi things vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent thing=Beneficiary clause=Theme 2 decay infinitive things not said here vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 5 The castle has fallen into decay.
det nsubj aux case obl punct root The DET castle NOUN has AUX fallen VERB into ADP decay NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 castle det 2 castle castle NOUN Number=Sing 4 fallen nsubj 3 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 fallen aux 4 fallen fall VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 into into ADP _ 6 decay case 6 decay decay NOUN Number=Sing 4 fallen obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 fallen punct
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1 fall present · perfect the castle into decay result vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into decay=Result
Example 6 Sugary drinks cause tooth decay.
amod nsubj compound obj punct root Sugary ADJ drinks NOUN cause VERB tooth NOUN decay NOUN . PUNCT 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 3 cause nsubj 3 cause cause VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 tooth tooth NOUN Number=Sing 5 decay compound 5 decay decay NOUN Number=Sing 3 cause obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 cause punct
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1 cause present Sugary drinks tooth decay vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition decay=Patient
Example 7 But he feared nothing, except that his plums should decay, and this never happened.
The tree, 14 words cc nsubj obj punct mark mark nmod:poss nsubj aux conj punct cc nsubj advmod conj punct root But CCONJ he PRON feared VERB nothing PRON , PUNCT except ADP that SCONJ his PRON plums NOUN should AUX decay VERB , PUNCT and CCONJ this PRON never ADV happened VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 But but CCONJ _ 3 feared cc 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 feared nsubj 3 feared fear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 3 feared obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 11 decay punct 6 except except ADP _ 11 decay mark 7 that that SCONJ _ 11 decay mark 8 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 plums nmod:poss 9 plums plum NOUN Number=Plur 11 decay nsubj 10 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 11 decay aux 11 decay decay VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 feared conj 12 , , PUNCT _ 16 happened punct 13 and and CCONJ _ 16 happened cc 14 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 16 happened nsubj 15 never never ADV PronType=Neg 16 happened advmod 16 happened happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 feared conj 17 . . PUNCT _ 3 feared punct
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1 fear past he nothing vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus 2 decay should his plums vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 3 not happen past this vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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