dilapidated
Who acts: dilapidated barn, We, Ivy · What happens: dilapidate, mean, fall, need, have, break · To what, where: repair, broken roof, dilapidated dovecot, old garden, dilapidated walls
«dilapidated» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: dilapidated in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Dilapidated means old, falling to pieces and in need of repair.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dilapidated | dilapidate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 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 falling | punct |
| 5 | falling | fall | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 means | advcl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 pieces | case |
| 7 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 falling | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 need | cc |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 need | case |
| 10 | need | need | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pieces | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 repair | case |
| 12 | repair | repair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 need | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dilapidate | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | old property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | fall | gerund | to pieces and need of repair | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to piece=Theme | |||||
| 4 | need | repair | nom need «state transitive»: of=patient |
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.
Example 1
The dilapidated barn had a broken roof.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 barn | det |
| 2 | dilapidated | dilapidate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 barn | amod |
| 3 | barn | barn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 roof | det |
| 6 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 roof | amod |
| 7 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dilapidate | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | have | past | the dilapidated barn | a broken roof | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roof=Patient | ||||
| 3 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Example 2
We found a dilapidated dovecot in the old garden.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 found | nsubj |
| 2 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dovecot | det |
| 4 | dilapidated | dilapidate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 dovecot | amod |
| 5 | dovecot | dovecot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 found | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 garden | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 garden | det |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 garden | amod |
| 9 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 found | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 found | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | We | a dilapidated dovecot | the old garden | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dovecot=Topic | |||
| 2 | dilapidate | participle | tree rules |
Example 3
Ivy grew over the dilapidated walls.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivy | Ivy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 grew | nsubj |
| 2 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | over | over | ADP | _ | 6 walls | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 walls | det |
| 5 | dilapidated | dilapidate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 walls | amod |
| 6 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grew | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 grew | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | past | Ivy | the dilapidated walls | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over wall=Location | ||||
| 2 | dilapidate | participle | tree rules |
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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