Mova0.5 pre-release⌕

☰

home / corpora / dictionaries / school dictionary / D / dispersal

dispersal

Who acts: Making, Dandelion seeds, Birds, Coconuts, water, police · What happens: spread out, make, break up, go in, use, help · To what, where: things, wide area, crowd, different directions, wind, berries

«dispersal» 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: dispersal in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Spreading things out over a wide area: seed dispersal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spreading	spread	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Spreading	obj
3	out	out	ADV	_	1 Spreading	advmod
4	over	over	ADP	_	7 area	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 area	det
6	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 area	amod
7	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Spreading	obl
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 dispersal	punct
9	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dispersal	compound
10	dispersal	dispersal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 area	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Spreading	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread out	gerund		things		a wide area and seed dispersal		out property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thing=Theme over area=Destination

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

Making a crowd or group break up and go in different directions.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 break	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 crowd	det
3	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Making	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 group	cc
5	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 crowd	conj
6	break	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 break	compound:prt
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 go	cc
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 break	conj
10	in	in	ADV	_	9 go	advmod
11	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 directions	amod
12	directions	direction	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 go	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 break	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund		a crowd or group					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset crowd=Product
2	break up	present	Making						vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	go in	infinitive	Making not said here	different directions					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

Dandelion seeds use the wind for dispersal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dandelion	dandelion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seeds	compound
2	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	nsubj
3	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wind	det
5	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 use	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 dispersal	case
7	dispersal	dispersal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 use	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	Dandelion seeds	the wind				for dispersal	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent wind=Theme for dispersal=Eventuality

Example 2

Birds help with seed dispersal when they eat berries.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 help	nsubj
2	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 dispersal	case
4	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dispersal	compound
5	dispersal	dispersal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 help	obl
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 eat	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 eat	nsubj
8	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 help	advcl
9	berries	berry	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 eat	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Birds					with seed dispersal	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with dispersal=Theme
2	eat	present	Birds = bird	berries					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent berry=Patient

Example 3

Coconuts float, so water helps their dispersal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Coconuts	coconut	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 float	nsubj
2	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 helps	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 helps	advmod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 helps	nsubj
6	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 float	conj
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 dispersal	nmod:poss
8	dispersal	dispersal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 helps	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 float	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present	Coconuts						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	help	present	water	Coconuts's dispersal					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dispersal=Beneficiary
3	disperse		Coconuts = coconut						nom dispersal «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

The police ordered the dispersal of the crowd.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 police	det
2	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ordered	nsubj
3	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dispersal	det
5	dispersal	dispersal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ordered	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 crowd	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 crowd	det
8	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dispersal	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ordered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	the police	the dispersal of the crowd					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dispersal=Theme
2	disperse			the crowd					nom dispersal «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 5

We learned about seed dispersal in science.

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 learned	nsubj
2	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 dispersal	case
4	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dispersal	compound
5	dispersal	dispersal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 learned	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 science	case
7	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dispersal	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 learned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	past	We					about seed dispersal in science	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about dispersal=Topic

Example 6

The dispersal of the smoke took an hour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dispersal	det
2	dispersal	dispersal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 took	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 smoke	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 smoke	det
5	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dispersal	nmod
6	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hour	det
8	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	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 dispersal of the smoke				hour		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	disperse			the smoke					nom dispersal «act transitive»: of=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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispersal/