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desiccation

Who acts: process, Cacti, desiccation, pond, Mud cracks, Frogs · What happens: dry, be, live, remove, have, avoid · To what, where: something, things, water, food, thick skin, desiccation

«desiccation» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: desiccation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The process of drying something out completely, or the state of being very dry.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 process	det
2	process	process	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 drying	mark
4	drying	dry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 process	acl
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 drying	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 something	compound:prt
7	completely	completely	ADV	_	4 drying	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 state	punct
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 state	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 state	det
11	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 process	appos
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 dry	case
13	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 dry	cop
14	very	very	ADV	_	15 dry	advmod
15	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 state	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 process	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dry	gerund	the process not said here	something				completely property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient something=Result
2	is	gerund						dry property	tree rules

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 removal of water from food, soil or living things.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 removal	det
2	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 water	case
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removal	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 food	case
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removal	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 soil	punct
8	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 food	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 living	cc
10	living	live	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 food	conj
11	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 living	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 removal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	gerund		things					vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme thing=Location
2	remove			water		food and soil			nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient from=place

Example 1

Cacti have thick skin to avoid desiccation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cacti	cactus	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 skin	amod
4	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 avoid	mark
6	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 have	advcl
7	desiccation	desiccation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 avoid	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Cacti	thick skin					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient
2	avoid	to-infinitive	Cacti not said here	desiccation					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent desiccation=Location

Example 2

The pond's desiccation left fish stranded in the mud.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pond	det
2	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 desiccation	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 pond	case
4	desiccation	desiccation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	nsubj
5	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 left	obj
7	stranded	strand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 fish	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 mud	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mud	det
10	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stranded	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 left	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	the pond's desiccation	fish					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme
2	strand	participle		fish not said here		the mud			tree rules
3	desiccate		the pond						nom desiccation «state transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

Desiccation is used to preserve fruit like raisins.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Desiccation	desiccation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 used	aux:pass
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 preserve	mark
5	preserve	preserve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 used	xcomp
6	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 preserve	obj
7	like	like	ADP	_	8 raisins	case
8	raisins	raisin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 preserve	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		Desiccation					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Theme clause=Eventuality
2	preserve	to-infinitive		fruit				like raisins	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Beneficiary

Example 4

Mud cracks form during the desiccation of a lake bed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cracks	compound
2	cracks	crack	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 form	nsubj
3	form	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	during	during	ADP	_	6 desiccation	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 desiccation	det
6	desiccation	desiccation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 form	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 bed	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bed	det
9	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bed	compound
10	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 desiccation	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 form	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	present	Mud cracks				during the desiccation of a lake bed		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	desiccate			a lake bed					nom desiccation «state transitive»: of=patient

Example 5

Frogs must keep moist to avoid desiccation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 keep	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 keep	aux
3	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	moist	moist	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 keep	xcomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 avoid	mark
6	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 moist	advcl
7	desiccation	desiccation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 avoid	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	must	Frogs					moist property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	avoid	to-infinitive	Frogs not said here	desiccation					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent desiccation=Location

Example 6

Raisins are grapes dried by desiccation in the sun.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Raisins	raisin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grapes	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 grapes	cop
3	grapes	grape	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	dried	dry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 grapes	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 desiccation	case
6	desiccation	desiccation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dried	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 sun.	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sun.	det
9	sun.	sun.	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Raisins	grapes					tree rules
2	dry	participle		grapes not said here		the sun.		by desiccation	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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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