distend Who acts: balloon, tummy, Starving children, body, vet, Water · What happens: swell out, stretch, distend, puff out, blow, feel · To what, where: adjective, air, distended bellies, egg, distended belly, sponge
«distend» 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: distend in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To swell out or stretch because of pressure from inside.
mark compound:prt cc conj case fixed obl case obl punct root To PART swell VERB out ADP or CCONJ stretch VERB because ADP of ADP pressure NOUN from ADP inside ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 swell mark 2 swell swell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 out out ADP _ 2 swell compound:prt 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 stretch cc 5 stretch stretch VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 2 swell conj 6 because because ADP ExtPos=ADP 8 pressure case 7 of of ADP _ 6 because fixed 8 pressure pressure NOUN Number=Sing 2 swell obl 9 from from ADP _ 10 inside case 10 inside inside ADV _ 2 swell obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 swell punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 swell out to-infinitive because pressure vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute 2 stretch infinitive vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 distended (adjective): swollen and puffed out.
punct obj punct punct parataxis cc conj compound:prt punct root distended VERB ( PUNCT adjective NOUN ) PUNCT : PUNCT swollen ADJ and CCONJ puffed VERB out ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 distended distend VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 2 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 adjective punct 3 adjective adjective NOUN Number=Sing 1 distended obj 4 ) ) PUNCT _ 3 adjective punct 5 : : PUNCT _ 6 swollen punct 6 swollen swollen ADJ Degree=Pos 1 distended parataxis 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 puffed cc 8 puffed puff VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 swollen conj 9 out out ADP _ 8 puffed compound:prt 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 distended punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 distend past adjective vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent adjective=Patient 2 puff out participle vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
Example 1 The balloon distended as we blew air into it.
det nsubj advcl mark nsubj obj case obl punct root The DET balloon NOUN distended VERB as SCONJ we PRON blew VERB air NOUN into ADP it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 balloon det 2 balloon balloon NOUN Number=Sing 6 blew nsubj 3 distended distend VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 blew advcl 4 as as SCONJ _ 6 blew mark 5 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 blew nsubj 6 blew blow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 air air NOUN Number=Sing 6 blew obj 8 into into ADP _ 9 it case 9 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 blew obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 blew punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 distend participle the balloon not said here vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 blow past the balloon air air vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent air=Material into it=Product
Example 2 After the big meal, his tummy felt distended.
case det amod obl punct nmod:poss nsubj xcomp punct root After ADP the DET big ADJ meal NOUN , PUNCT his PRON tummy NOUN felt VERB distended VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 After after ADP _ 4 meal case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 meal det 3 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 4 meal amod 4 meal meal NOUN Number=Sing 8 felt obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 meal punct 6 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 tummy nmod:poss 7 tummy tummy NOUN Number=Sing 8 felt nsubj 8 felt feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 distended distend VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 felt xcomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 8 felt punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 feel past his tummy after the big meal vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 distend participle his tummy not said here vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 3 Starving children can have distended bellies.
amod nsubj aux amod obj punct root Starving VERB children NOUN can AUX have VERB distended VERB bellies NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Starving starve VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 children amod 2 children child NOUN Number=Plur 4 have nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 have aux 4 have have VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 distended distend VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 bellies amod 6 bellies belly NOUN Number=Plur 4 have obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 have punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 starve gerund tree rules 2 have can Starving children distended bellies vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belly=Patient 3 distend participle vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 4 The snake's body distended as it swallowed the egg.
det nmod:poss case nsubj mark nsubj advcl det obj punct root The DET snake NOUN 's PART body NOUN distended VERB as SCONJ it PRON swallowed VERB the DET egg NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 snake det 2 snake snake NOUN Number=Sing 4 body nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 snake case 4 body body NOUN Number=Sing 5 distended nsubj 5 distended distend VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 as as SCONJ _ 8 swallowed mark 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 swallowed nsubj 8 swallowed swallow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 distended advcl 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 egg det 10 egg egg NOUN Number=Sing 8 swallowed obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 distended punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 distend past the snake's body vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 swallow past body the egg vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient
Example 5 The vet felt the dog's distended belly.
det nsubj det nmod:poss case amod obj punct root The DET vet NOUN felt VERB the DET dog NOUN 's PART distended VERB belly NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 vet det 2 vet vet NOUN Number=Sing 3 felt nsubj 3 felt feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 dog det 5 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 8 belly nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 dog case 7 distended distend VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 belly amod 8 belly belly NOUN Number=Sing 3 felt obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 felt punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 feel past the vet the dog's distended belly vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belly=Theme 2 distend participle vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 6 Water made the sponge distend.
nsubj det obj acl:relcl punct root Water NOUN made VERB the DET sponge NOUN distend VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Water water NOUN Number=Sing 2 made nsubj 2 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 sponge det 4 sponge sponge NOUN Number=Sing 2 made obj 5 distend distend VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 sponge acl:relcl 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 made punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make past Water the sponge vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sponge=Product 2 distend present the sponge not said here vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
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