demise

Who acts: person, something, demise, News · What happens: die, fail, be, surprise · To what, where: village

«demise» 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: demise in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

The death of a person.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 death	det
2	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 person	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 death	nmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 death	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die		a person						nom death «event intransitive»: of=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

The end or failure of something, such as a plan or a business.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 end	det
2	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 failure	cc
4	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 end	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 something	case
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 failure	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 plan	punct
8	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	11 plan	case
9	as	as	ADP	_	8 such	fixed
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 plan	det
11	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 something	appos
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 business	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 business	det
14	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 plan	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 end	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fail		something						nom failure «act intransitive»: of=agent

Example 1

The old king's demise was sad.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 king	amod
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 demise	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 king	case
5	demise	demise	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sad	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sad	cop
7	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 sad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the old king's demise					sad property	tree rules

Example 2

After the flood, the town's demise was sudden.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 flood	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 flood	det
3	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sudden	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 flood	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 town	det
6	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 demise	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 town	case
8	demise	demise	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sudden	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 sudden	cop
10	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 sudden	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the town's demise				after the flood	sudden property	tree rules

Example 3

News of his demise surprised the village.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	News	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 surprised	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 demise	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 demise	nmod:poss
4	demise	demise	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 News	nmod
5	surprised	surprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 village	det
7	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 surprised	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 surprised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surprise	past	News of News's demise	the village					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus village=Experiencer

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