diffusion

Who acts: Diffusion, science diffusion, Perfume · What happens: be, take, diffuse, spread · To what, where: spreading, slow spreading, space, tale, air, folk tale

«diffusion» 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: diffusion in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Diffusion is the spreading of something far and wide, such as ideas, customs or stories, from one place to many others.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Diffusion	diffusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spreading	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 spreading	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 spreading	det
4	spreading	spreading	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 something	case
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 spreading	nmod
7	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 something	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 ideas	cc
9	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ideas	amod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ideas	punct
11	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	13 ideas	case
12	as	as	ADP	_	11 such	fixed
13	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 something	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 customs	punct
15	customs	custom	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 ideas	conj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 stories	cc
17	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 ideas	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 place	punct
19	from	from	ADP	_	21 place	case
20	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 place	nummod
21	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spreading	conj
22	to	to	ADP	_	24 others	case
23	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 others	amod
24	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 place	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 spreading	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Diffusion	the spreading and one place to many others				of something	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

In science, diffusion is the slow spreading of a gas or liquid into the space around it.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 science	case
2	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 diffusion	compound
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 science	punct
4	diffusion	diffusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spreading	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 spreading	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 spreading	det
7	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 spreading	amod
8	spreading	spreading	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 gas	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 gas	det
11	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spreading	nmod
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 liquid	cc
13	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gas	conj
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 space	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 space	det
16	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spreading	nmod
17	around	around	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 space	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 spreading	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	science diffusion	the slow spreading		the space around space		of a gas or liquid	tree rules

Example 1

The diffusion of the tale took many years.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 diffusion	det
2	diffusion	diffusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 took	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 tale	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tale	det
5	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 diffusion	nmod
6	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 years	amod
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 took	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	the diffusion of the tale				year		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	diffuse			the tale					nom diffusion «process transitive»: of=patient

Example 2

Perfume spreads by diffusion through the air.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Perfume	perfume	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spreads	nsubj
2	spreads	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 diffusion	case
4	diffusion	diffusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spreads	obl
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 air	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 air	det
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spreads	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spreads	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	present	Perfume			the air		by diffusion	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by diffusion=Location

Example 3

The folk-tale spread by diffusion from India to Spain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tale	det
2	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tale	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 folk	punct
4	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	spread	spread	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 tale	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 diffusion	case
7	diffusion	diffusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spread	obl
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 India	case
9	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 spread	obl
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Spain	case
11	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 spread	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tale	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	participle		the folk tale not said here	Spain	India		by diffusion	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by diffusion=Location

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