decomposition

Who acts: natural breaking, Fallen leaves, Worms, Decomposition, you, We · What happens: rot, break, turn, help, be, use · To what, where: number, smaller parts, soil, decomposition, area, rocks

«decomposition» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: decomposition in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

The natural breaking down of dead plants and animals into simpler things, by bacteria, fungi and worms; rotting.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 breaking	det
2	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 breaking	amod
3	breaking	breaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 rotting	nsubj
4	down	down	ADP	_	7 plants	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 plants	case
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 plants	amod
7	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 breaking	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 animals	cc
9	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 plants	conj
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 things	case
11	simpler	simple	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 things	amod
12	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 plants	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bacteria	punct
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 bacteria	case
15	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 breaking	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 fungi	punct
17	fungi	fungus	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 bacteria	conj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 worms	cc
19	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 bacteria	conj
20	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 rotting	punct
21	rotting	rot	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 rotting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rot	gerund	the natural breaking down dead plants into simpler things and animals and bacteria and fungi and worms						vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=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

Usage: maths — kept apart, not parsed.

Breaking a number or shape into smaller parts (partitioning).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Breaking	break	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 number	det
3	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Breaking	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 shape	cc
5	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 number	conj
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 parts	case
7	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 parts	amod
8	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Breaking	obl
9	(	(	PUNCT	_	10 partitioning	punct
10	partitioning	partitioning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 parts	appos
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	10 partitioning	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Breaking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	gerund		a number or shape				into smaller parts result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent number=Patient into part=Result

Meaning 3

Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

The breaking of a substance into simpler substances by a chemical reaction.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 breaking	det
2	breaking	breaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 substance	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 substance	det
5	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 breaking	nmod
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 substances	case
7	simpler	simple	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 substances	amod
8	substances	substance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 substance	nmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 reaction	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 reaction	det
11	chemical	chemical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 reaction	amod
12	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 substances	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 breaking	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

Fallen leaves turn into soil by decomposition.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fallen	fallen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 leaves	amod
2	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turn	nsubj
3	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 soil	case
5	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turn	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 decomposition	case
7	decomposition	decomposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turn	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 turn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	Fallen leaves			soil		by decomposition	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into soil=Source by decomposition=Trajectory

Example 2

Worms and fungi help decomposition.

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	decomposition	decomposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 help	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Worms and fungi	decomposition					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decomposition=Beneficiary

Example 3

Decomposition is faster when it is warm and damp.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Decomposition	decomposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 faster	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 faster	cop
3	faster	fast	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 warm	advmod
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 warm	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 warm	cop
7	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 faster	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 damp	cc
9	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 warm	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 faster	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Decomposition	fast property	tree rules
2	is	present	Decomposition	warm property	tree rules
3	be		Decomposition not said here		tree rules

Example 4

Use decomposition: 36 = 30 + 6.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	decomposition	decomposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 36	punct
4	36	36	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 decomposition	appos
5	=	=	SYM	_	6 30	case
6	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 36	nmod
7	+	+	SYM	_	8 6	cc
8	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 36	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	decomposition					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decomposition=Patient

Example 5

We used decomposition to find the area of the L-shape.

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 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	decomposition	decomposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 find	mark
5	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 area	det
7	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 shape	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 shape	det
10	L	l	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shape	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 L	punct
12	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 area	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	We	decomposition					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decomposition=Patient
2	find	to-infinitive	We not said here	the area of the L shape					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent area=Topic

Example 6

Heating some rocks causes thermal decomposition.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Heating	heat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 causes	csubj
2	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 rocks	det
3	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Heating	obj
4	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	thermal	thermal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 decomposition	amod
6	decomposition	decomposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 causes	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 causes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heat	gerund		some rocks					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent rock=Patient
2	cause	present	Heating	thermal decomposition					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition decomposition=Patient

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