diminution

Who acts: diminution, formal medicine, pain, formal report, resources, Old age · What happens: get, be, cause, diminish, pass, note · To what, where: number, diminution, storm, gradual diminution

«diminution» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: diminution in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

A reduction in size, amount, importance or strength; getting smaller or less.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 reduction	det
2	reduction	reduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 size	case
4	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduction	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 amount	punct
6	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduction	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 importance	punct
8	importance	importance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 amount	appos
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 strength	cc
10	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 importance	conj
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 getting	punct
12	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 reduction	conj
13	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 getting	xcomp
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 less	cc
15	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 smaller	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reduction	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	gerund						small property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

There was a diminution in the number of birds this spring.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 diminution	det
4	diminution	diminution	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 number	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 number	det
7	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 birds	case
9	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 number	nmod
10	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 spring	det
11	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 birds	nmod:unmarked
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	a diminution			the number of birds this spring; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in number=Location

Example 2

(formal) The medicine caused a diminution of pain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct
2	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 medicine	amod
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 medicine	det
5	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 caused	nsubj
6	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 diminution	det
8	diminution	diminution	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 caused	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 pain	case
10	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 diminution	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 caused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past	the formal medicine	a diminution of pain					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition diminution=Patient
2	diminish		pain						nom diminution «process intransitive»: of=agent

Example 3

The storm passed with no diminution in the wind until the evening.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 storm	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 diminution	case
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 diminution	det
6	diminution	diminution	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 passed	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 wind	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wind	det
9	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 diminution	nmod
10	until	until	ADP	_	12 evening	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 evening	det
12	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 passed	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 storm	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	participle		the storm not said here			evening	with no diminution in the wind	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 4

(formal) The report notes a gradual diminution of resources.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct
2	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 report	amod
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 report	det
5	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 notes	nsubj
6	notes	note	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 diminution	det
8	gradual	gradual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 diminution	amod
9	diminution	diminution	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 notes	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 resources	case
11	resources	resource	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 diminution	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 notes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	note	present	the formal report	a gradual diminution of resources					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent diminution=Topic
2	diminish		resources						nom diminution «process intransitive»: of=agent

Example 5

Old age brought a diminution of his strength.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 age	amod
2	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	nsubj
3	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 diminution	det
5	diminution	diminution	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 strength	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 strength	nmod:poss
8	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 diminution	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 brought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	Old age	a diminution of age's strength					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent diminution=Theme
2	diminish		age's strength						nom diminution «process intransitive»: of=agent

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