evolutionary Who acts: Evolutionary, scientists, living things, Birds, evolutionary tree, animals · What happens: mean, do, explain, change, share, show · To what, where: many generations, change, evolutionary history, evolutionary change, clues, evolutionary advantage · Speech: someone speaks here
«evolutionary» 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: evolutionary in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Evolutionary means to do with evolution, the very slow change of living things over many generations, as scientists explain it.
The tree, 20 words nsubj mark ccomp case obl punct det advmod amod conj case amod nmod case amod obl punct mark nsubj advcl obj punct root Evolutionary PROPN means VERB to PART do VERB with ADP evolution NOUN , PUNCT the DET very ADV slow ADJ change NOUN of ADP living ADJ things NOUN over ADP many ADJ generations NOUN , PUNCT as SCONJ scientists NOUN explain VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Evolutionary Evolutionary PROPN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 do mark 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 means ccomp 5 with with ADP _ 6 evolution case 6 evolution evolution NOUN Number=Sing 4 do obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 11 change punct 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 change det 9 very very ADV _ 10 slow advmod 10 slow slow ADJ Degree=Pos 11 change amod 11 change change NOUN Number=Sing 6 evolution conj 12 of of ADP _ 14 things case 13 living living ADJ Degree=Pos 14 things amod 14 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 11 change nmod 15 over over ADP _ 17 generations case 16 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 17 generations amod 17 generations generation NOUN Number=Plur 4 do obl 18 , , PUNCT _ 21 explain punct 19 as as SCONJ _ 21 explain mark 20 scientists scientist NOUN Number=Plur 21 explain nsubj 21 explain explain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 do advcl 22 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 21 explain obj 23 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Evolutionary vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 do not said to happen to-infinitive over many generations with evolution and the slow change of living things vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 explain speech: assert present scientists change vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic 4 change living things nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent
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 Evolutionary also means changing slowly and step by step, not suddenly, as in an evolutionary change in design.
The tree, 18 words nsubj advmod xcomp advmod cc conj case obl punct advmod advmod punct case case det amod obl case nmod punct root Evolutionary PROPN also ADV means VERB changing VERB slowly ADV and CCONJ step NOUN by ADP step NOUN , PUNCT not PART suddenly ADV , PUNCT as ADP in ADP an DET evolutionary ADJ change NOUN in ADP design NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Evolutionary Evolutionary PROPN Number=Sing 3 means nsubj 2 also also ADV _ 3 means advmod 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 changing change VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 means xcomp 5 slowly slowly ADV _ 4 changing advmod 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 step cc 7 step step NOUN Number=Sing 4 changing conj 8 by by ADP _ 9 step case 9 step step NOUN Number=Sing 4 changing obl 10 , , PUNCT _ 12 suddenly punct 11 not not PART Polarity=Neg 12 suddenly advmod 12 suddenly suddenly ADV _ 4 changing advmod 13 , , PUNCT _ 18 change punct 14 as as ADP _ 18 change case 15 in in ADP _ 18 change case 16 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 18 change det 17 evolutionary evolutionary ADJ Degree=Pos 18 change amod 18 change change NOUN Number=Sing 4 changing obl 19 in in ADP _ 20 design case 20 design design NOUN Number=Sing 18 change nmod 21 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
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1 mean present Evolutionary vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 change not said to happen gerund Evolutionary not said here by step; as a evolutionary change in design; slowly, suddenly property vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1 Birds and dinosaurs share an evolutionary history.
nsubj cc conj det amod obj punct root Birds NOUN and CCONJ dinosaurs NOUN share VERB an DET evolutionary ADJ history NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Birds bird NOUN Number=Plur 4 share nsubj 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 dinosaurs cc 3 dinosaurs dinosaur NOUN Number=Plur 1 Birds conj 4 share share VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 history det 6 evolutionary evolutionary ADJ Degree=Pos 7 history amod 7 history history NOUN Number=Sing 4 share obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 share punct
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1 share present Birds and dinosaurs a evolutionary history tree rules
Example 2 The evolutionary tree shows how animals are related.
det amod nsubj advmod nsubj cop ccomp punct root The DET evolutionary ADJ tree NOUN shows VERB how ADV animals NOUN are AUX related ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 tree det 2 evolutionary evolutionary ADJ Degree=Pos 3 tree amod 3 tree tree NOUN Number=Sing 4 shows nsubj 4 shows show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 how how ADV PronType=Int 8 related advmod 6 animals animal NOUN Number=Plur 8 related nsubj 7 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 related cop 8 related related ADJ Degree=Pos 4 shows ccomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 shows punct
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1 show present the evolutionary tree vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is present animals related property tree rules
Example 3 Darwin's work helped explain evolutionary change.
nmod:poss case nsubj xcomp amod obj punct root Darwin PROPN 's PART work NOUN helped VERB explain VERB evolutionary ADJ change NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Darwin Darwin PROPN Number=Sing 3 work nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Darwin case 3 work work NOUN Number=Sing 4 helped nsubj 4 helped help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 explain explain VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 helped xcomp 6 evolutionary evolutionary ADJ Degree=Pos 7 change amod 7 change change NOUN Number=Sing 5 explain obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 helped punct
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1 help past Darwin's work vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 explain speech: assert infinitive Darwin's work not said here evolutionary change vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent change=Topic 3 work Darwin nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 4 Fossils give clues about evolutionary steps.
nsubj obj case amod nmod punct root Fossils NOUN give VERB clues NOUN about ADP evolutionary ADJ steps NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fossils fossil NOUN Number=Plur 2 give nsubj 2 give give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 clues clue NOUN Number=Plur 2 give obj 4 about about ADP _ 6 steps case 5 evolutionary evolutionary ADJ Degree=Pos 6 steps amod 6 steps step NOUN Number=Plur 3 clues nmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 give punct
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1 give present Fossils clues about evolutionary steps vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clue=Theme
Example 5 The new phone is an evolutionary change, not a revolution.
det amod nsubj cop det amod punct advmod det conj punct root The DET new ADJ phone NOUN is AUX an DET evolutionary ADJ change NOUN , PUNCT not PART a DET revolution NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 phone det 2 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 3 phone amod 3 phone phone NOUN Number=Sing 7 change nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 change cop 5 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 change det 6 evolutionary evolutionary ADJ Degree=Pos 7 change amod 7 change change NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 , , PUNCT _ 11 revolution punct 9 not not PART Polarity=Neg 11 revolution advmod 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 revolution det 11 revolution revolution NOUN Number=Sing 7 change conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 7 change punct
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1 is a present the new phone a evolutionary change and a revolution tree rules
Example 6 Camouflage gives animals an evolutionary advantage.
nsubj obj det amod obj punct root Camouflage NOUN gives VERB animals NOUN an DET evolutionary ADJ advantage NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Camouflage camouflage NOUN Number=Sing 2 gives nsubj 2 gives give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 animals animal NOUN Number=Plur 2 gives obj 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 advantage det 5 evolutionary evolutionary ADJ Degree=Pos 6 advantage amod 6 advantage advantage NOUN Number=Sing 2 gives obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 gives punct
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1 give present Camouflage a evolutionary advantage animals vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient advantage=Theme
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