disrupt

Who acts: something, new invention, you, Heavy snow, noisy neighbours, our · What happens: stop, go on, cause, change, work, disrupt · To what, where: something, trouble, way, industry, lesson, trains

«disrupt» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: disrupt in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To stop something from going on normally by causing trouble, noise or problems.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 stop	mark
2	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 stop	obj
4	from	from	SCONJ	_	5 going	mark
5	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 stop	advcl
6	on	on	ADP	_	5 going	compound:prt
7	normally	normally	ADV	_	5 going	advmod
8	by	by	SCONJ	_	9 causing	mark
9	causing	cause	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 going	advcl
10	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 causing	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 noise	punct
12	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 trouble	conj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 problems	cc
14	problems	problem	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 trouble	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stop	to-infinitive	something		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality something=Eventuality
2	go on	gerund		normally property	vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	cause	gerund	trouble and noise or problems		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition trouble=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.

Meaning 2

To change the way something works in a big, new way, such as a new invention disrupting an industry.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 change	mark
2	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 works	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 way	det
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 change	obj
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 works	nsubj
6	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	12 way	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 way	det
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 way	amod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 big	punct
11	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 way	amod
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 works	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 invention	punct
14	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	18 invention	case
15	as	as	ADP	_	14 such	fixed
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 invention	det
17	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 invention	amod
18	invention	invention	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 way	parataxis
19	disrupting	disrupt	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 invention	acl
20	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 industry	det
21	industry	industry	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 disrupting	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 works	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	change	to-infinitive	something not said here	the way		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient
2	work	present	something		in a big new way	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in way=Theme
3	disrupt	gerund	a new invention not said here	a industry		tree rules

Example 1

Please don't disrupt the lesson by talking.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	4 disrupt	discourse
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 disrupt	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 disrupt	advmod
4	disrupt	disrupt	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lesson	det
6	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disrupt	obj
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 talking	mark
8	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 disrupt	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 disrupt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not disrupt	imperative · do-support	you not said here	the lesson					tree rules
2	talk	gerund	you not said here						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

Heavy snow disrupted the trains.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 snow	amod
2	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disrupted	nsubj
3	disrupted	disrupt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 trains	det
5	trains	train	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 disrupted	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 disrupted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disrupt	past	Heavy snow	the trains					tree rules

Example 3

The noisy neighbours disrupted our sleep.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 neighbours	det
2	noisy	noisy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 neighbours	amod
3	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 disrupted	nsubj
4	disrupted	disrupt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sleep	nmod:poss
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disrupted	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 disrupted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disrupt	past	the noisy neighbours	our sleep					tree rules
2	sleep		our						nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

The fire alarm disrupted the assembly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 alarm	det
2	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 alarm	compound
3	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disrupted	nsubj
4	disrupted	disrupt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 assembly	det
6	assembly	assembly	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disrupted	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 disrupted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disrupt	past	the fire alarm	the assembly					tree rules

Example 5

Floods disrupted the delivery of food.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Floods	flood	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 disrupted	nsubj
2	disrupted	disrupt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 delivery	det
4	delivery	delivery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disrupted	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 food	case
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 delivery	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 disrupted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disrupt	past	Floods	the delivery of food					tree rules
2	deliver			food					nom delivery «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 6

Phones can disrupt your homework time.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 disrupt	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 disrupt	aux
3	disrupt	disrupt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 time	nmod:poss
5	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 time	compound
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disrupt	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 disrupt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disrupt	can	Phones				time		tree rules

Example 7

(formal) Services may be disrupted due to engineering works.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct
2	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Services	amod
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct
4	Services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 disrupted	nsubj:pass
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 disrupted	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 disrupted	aux:pass
7	disrupted	disrupt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	11 works	case
9	to	to	ADP	_	8 due	fixed
10	engineering	engineering	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 works	compound
11	works	work	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 disrupted	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 disrupted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disrupt	may · passive		formal Services				due engineering works	tree rules

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