decrepit

Who acts: Decrepit, building, decrepit cottage, toy car, wheels · What happens: mean, wear out, describe, fall apart, walk, have · To what, where: age, building, neglect, holes, roof, decrepit

«decrepit» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: decrepit in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Decrepit means old, weak and worn out, often from age or hard use.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Decrepit	decrepit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 weak	punct
5	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 old	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 worn	cc
7	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 weak	conj
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 worn	compound:prt
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 age	punct
10	often	often	ADV	_	12 age	advmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 age	case
12	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 worn	obl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 use	cc
14	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 use	amod
15	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 age	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Decrepit					old property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	wear out	participle	Decrepit not said here				from age or hard use		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from age=Source

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

Decrepit can describe a building that is falling apart from neglect.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Decrepit	decrepit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 describe	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 describe	aux
3	describe	describe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 building	det
5	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 describe	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 falling	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 falling	aux
8	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 building	acl:relcl
9	apart	apart	ADV	_	8 falling	advmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 neglect	case
11	neglect	neglect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 falling	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	can	Decrepit	a building					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent building=Theme
2	fall apart	present · progressive	a building			neglect		apart property	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Example 1

The decrepit old fisherman could hardly walk to the shore.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 decrepit	det
2	decrepit	decrepit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walk	nsubj
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fisherman	amod
4	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 decrepit	conj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 walk	aux
6	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	7 walk	advmod
7	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 shore	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shore	det
10	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walk	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	could	the decrepit and old fisherman					to the shore result; hardly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to shore=Result

Example 2

The decrepit cottage had holes in its roof.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cottage	det
2	decrepit	decrepit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cottage	compound
3	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 roof	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 roof	nmod:poss
8	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the decrepit cottage	holes		cottage's roof			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Patient

Example 3

The toy car was so decrepit that its wheels fell off.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 car	det
2	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 car	compound
3	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 decrepit	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 decrepit	cop
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 decrepit	advmod
6	decrepit	decrepit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 fell	mark
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 wheels	nmod:poss
9	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fell	nsubj
10	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 decrepit	advcl
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 fell	compound:prt
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 decrepit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the toy car	decrepit					tree rules
2	fall off	past	car's wheels						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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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