degenerate

Who acts: Degenerate · What happens: degenerate, be, fall, mean, have, lose · To what, where: good state, game, shouting match, castle, ruins, degenerate creature · Speech: someone speaks here

«degenerate» 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: degenerate in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To degenerate is to get worse, falling from a good state into a worse one.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 degenerate	mark
2	degenerate	degenerate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 get	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 get	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 get	mark
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 get	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 falling	punct
8	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 get	advcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 state	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 state	det
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 state	amod
12	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 falling	obl
13	into	into	ADP	_	16 one	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 one	det
15	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	16 one	amod
16	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 falling	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	degenerate	to-infinitive			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is	present		bad, get property	tree rules
3	fall	gerund	a good state	into a worse one	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from state=Initial_Location into one=Destination

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: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

Degenerate means having fallen to a lower or worse state than before.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Degenerate	degenerate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	ccomp
4	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 having	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	10 state	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 state	det
7	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 state	amod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 worse	cc
9	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 lower	conj
10	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fallen	obl
11	than	than	ADP	_	12 before	case
12	before	before	ADV	_	4 fallen	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Degenerate		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	gerund			tree rules
3	fall	participle		to a lower state; before property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to state=Theme

Example 1

The game degenerated into a shouting match.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 game	det
2	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	degenerated	degenerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 game	acl
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 match	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 match	det
6	shouting	shouting	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 match	compound
7	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 degenerated	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 game	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	degenerate	participle		the game not said here		a shouting match			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 2

Over the years the castle degenerated into ruins.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Over	over	ADP	_	3 years	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 years	det
3	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 castle	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 castle	det
5	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	degenerated	degenerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 castle	acl
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 ruins	case
8	ruins	ruin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 degenerated	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 castle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	degenerate	participle		the castle not said here		ruins			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 3

The degenerate creature had lost all its old strength.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 creature	det
2	degenerate	degenerate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 creature	amod
3	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lost	aux
5	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 strength	det:predet
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 strength	nmod:poss
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 strength	amod
9	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 lost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · perfect · passive		the degenerate creature					tree rules

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