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encase

Who acts: Snow, Builders · What happens: cover, surround, put, encase, break · To what, where: something, hard protective cover, insect, amber millions, car, broken leg

«encase» 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: encase in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To cover or surround something completely, as if in a case or box.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cover	mark
2	cover	cover	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 surround	cc
4	surround	surround	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 cover	conj
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 surround	obj
6	completely	completely	ADV	_	4 surround	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 case	punct
8	as	as	ADP	_	12 case	case
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 case	mark
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 case	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 case	det
12	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cover	obl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 box	cc
14	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 case	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cover	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	to-infinitive						as a case or box	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	surround	infinitive		something				completely property	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme something=Co-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

To put something inside a hard protective cover.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 put	mark
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 put	obj
4	inside	inside	ADP	_	8 cover	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cover	det
6	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cover	amod
7	protective	protective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cover	amod
8	cover	cover	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	to-infinitive		something		a hard protective cover			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent something=Theme inside cover=Destination

Example 1

The insect was encased in amber millions of years ago.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 insect	det
2	insect	insect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 encased	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 encased	aux:pass
4	encased	encase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 millions	case
6	amber	amber	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 millions	compound
7	millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 encased	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 years	case
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 millions	nmod
10	ago	ago	ADV	_	4 encased	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 encased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	encase	past · passive		the insect		amber millions of years		ago property	tree rules

Example 2

Snow encased the car overnight.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 encased	nsubj
2	encased	encase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 car	det
4	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 encased	obj
5	overnight	overnight	ADV	_	2 encased	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 encased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	encase	past	Snow	the car				overnight property	tree rules

Example 3

His broken leg was encased in plaster.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 leg	nmod:poss
2	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 leg	amod
3	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 encased	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 encased	aux:pass
5	encased	encase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 plaster	case
7	plaster	plaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 encased	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 encased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	encase	past · passive		His broken leg		plaster			tree rules

Example 4

The wires are encased in plastic for safety.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wires	det
2	wires	wire	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 encased	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 encased	aux:pass
4	encased	encase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 plastic	case
6	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 encased	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 safety	case
8	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 encased	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 encased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	encase	present · passive		the wires		plastic		for safety	tree rules

Example 5

The chocolate egg was encased in shiny foil.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 egg	det
2	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 egg	compound
3	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 encased	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 encased	aux:pass
5	encased	encase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 foil	case
7	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 foil	amod
8	foil	foil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 encased	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 encased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	encase	past · passive		the chocolate egg		shiny foil			tree rules

Example 6

Builders encase the steel in concrete.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Builders	builder	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 encase	nsubj
2	encase	encase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 steel	det
4	steel	steel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 encase	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 concrete	case
6	concrete	concrete	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 encase	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 encase	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	encase	present	Builders	the steel		concrete			tree rules

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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