disseminate

Who acts: school, Wind, scientists, Missionaries · What happens: spread, scatter, disseminate, find · To what, where: information, news, parents, dandelion seeds, Fake news, findings

«disseminate» 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: disseminate in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To spread information, news or ideas widely to many people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 spread	mark
2	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spread	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 news	punct
5	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 information	conj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 ideas	cc
7	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 information	conj
8	widely	widely	ADV	_	2 spread	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 people	case
10	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 people	amod
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 spread	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spread	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	to-infinitive		information and news or ideas				to many people; widely property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location information=Theme

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

Usage: science, formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To spread or scatter widely, as seeds or a disease.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 spread	mark
2	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 scatter	cc
4	scatter	scatter	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 spread	conj
5	widely	widely	ADV	_	4 scatter	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 seeds	punct
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 seeds	case
8	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 scatter	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 disease	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 disease	det
11	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 seeds	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spread	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	to-infinitive							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	scatter	infinitive						as seeds or a disease; widely property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme

Example 1

The school disseminates news to parents by email.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 school	det
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disseminates	nsubj
3	disseminates	disseminate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disseminates	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 parents	case
6	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 disseminates	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 email	case
8	email	email	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disseminates	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 disseminates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disseminate	present	the school	news	parents			by email	vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent news=Theme to parent=Recipient

Example 2

Wind disseminates dandelion seeds far and wide.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disseminates	nsubj
2	disseminates	disseminate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dandelion	dandelion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seeds	compound
4	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 disseminates	obj
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 disseminates	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wide	cc
7	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 far	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 disseminates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disseminate	present	Wind	dandelion seeds				far property	vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent seed=Theme

Example 3

Fake news can be disseminated very quickly online.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 news	amod
2	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disseminated	nsubj:pass
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 disseminated	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 disseminated	aux:pass
5	disseminated	disseminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 quickly	advmod
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	5 disseminated	advmod
8	online	online	ADV	_	5 disseminated	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 disseminated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disseminate	can · passive		Fake news				online, quickly property	vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

Example 4

The scientists disseminated their findings at a conference.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 scientists	det
2	scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 disseminated	nsubj
3	disseminated	disseminate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 findings	nmod:poss
5	findings	finding	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 disseminated	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 conference	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 conference	det
8	conference	conference	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disseminated	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 disseminated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disseminate	past	the scientists	scientists's findings		a conference			vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent finding=Theme
2	find		scientists = scientist						nom finding «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 5

Missionaries disseminated the Gospel in many lands.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Missionaries	missionary	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 disseminated	nsubj
2	disseminated	disseminate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Gospel	det
4	Gospel	Gospel	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 disseminated	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 lands	case
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lands	amod
7	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 disseminated	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 disseminated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disseminate	past	Missionaries	the Gospel		many lands			vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent gospel=Theme

Example 6

Leaflets were disseminated to every house.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leaflets	leaflet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 disseminated	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 disseminated	aux:pass
3	disseminated	disseminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 house	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 house	det
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disseminated	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 disseminated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disseminate	past · passive		Leaflets	every house				vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to house=Recipient

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