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disfigure

Who acts: person, way, scar, curse, Graffiti, fire · What happens: disfigure, be, look, damage · To what, where: way, face, old witch, wall, old church

«disfigure» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: disfigure in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To disfigure is to spoil the way a person or thing looks, so that it is ugly or damaged.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 disfigure	mark
2	disfigure	disfigure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 spoil	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 spoil	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 spoil	mark
5	spoil	spoil	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 way	det
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spoil	obj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 looks	nsubj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 thing	cc
11	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 person	conj
12	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 way	acl:relcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 ugly	punct
14	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	18 ugly	mark
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 so	fixed
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 ugly	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 ugly	cop
18	ugly	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 spoil	parataxis
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 damaged	cc
20	damaged	damage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 ugly	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 spoil	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disfigure	to-infinitive							vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present						spoil property	tree rules
3	look	present	a person or thing	the way not said here					vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Attribute
4	is	present	way					ugly property	tree rules
5	damage	participle	way not said here						vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=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.

Example 1

The scar disfigured his face.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 scar	det
2	scar	scar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disfigured	nsubj
3	disfigured	disfigure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 face	nmod:poss
5	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disfigured	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 disfigured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disfigure	past	the scar	scar's face					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient

Example 2

A curse disfigured the old witch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 curse	det
2	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disfigured	nsubj
3	disfigured	disfigure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 witch	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 witch	amod
6	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disfigured	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 disfigured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disfigure	past	a curse	the old witch					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Patient

Example 3

Graffiti disfigured the wall of the school.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Graffiti	Graffiti	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 disfigured	nsubj
2	disfigured	disfigure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wall	det
4	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disfigured	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 school	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 school	det
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wall	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 disfigured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disfigure	past	Graffiti	the wall of the school					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Patient

Example 4

The fire disfigured the old church.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fire	det
2	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disfigured	nsubj
3	disfigured	disfigure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 church	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 church	amod
6	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disfigured	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 disfigured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disfigure	past	the fire	the old church					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=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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