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excess

Who acts: amount, you, insurer, lorry, We, limit · What happens: be, need, allow, pay, pour off, have · To what, where: amount, insurance claim, excess water, excess, airport, 30

«excess» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: excess in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An amount that is more than is needed, allowed or usual.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 amount	det
2	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 needed	nsubj:pass
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 more	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 more	cop
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 amount	acl:relcl
6	than	than	ADP	_	5 more	fixed
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 needed	aux:pass
8	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 allowed	punct
10	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 needed	conj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 usual	cc
12	usual	usual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 allowed	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 needed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a amount					more property	tree rules
2	need	present · passive		a amount					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme
3	allow	participle							vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer

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

in excess of: more than.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	in	in	ADP	_	2 excess	case
2	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	2 excess	case
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 more	punct
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 excess	conj
6	than	than	ADP	_	5 more	fixed
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 excess	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 3

Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

Extra; more than needed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 more	amod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Extra	punct
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	SCONJ	_	5 needed	mark
5	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 more	advcl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 more	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	participle							vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

"excess baggage".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 baggage	punct
2	excess	excess	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 baggage	amod
3	baggage	baggage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 baggage	punct
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 baggage	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 4

Usage: UK, Australia — kept apart, not parsed.

The amount you pay yourself in an insurance claim before the insurer pays.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 amount	det
2	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pay	obj
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 pay	nsubj
4	pay	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 pay	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 claim	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 claim	det
8	insurance	insurance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 claim	compound
9	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pay	obl
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 pays	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 insurer	det
12	insurer	insurer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pays	nsubj
13	pays	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pay	advcl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 pay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	present	you	the amount		a insurance claim			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent amount=Recipient yourself=Asset
2	pay	present	the insurer						vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Pour off the excess water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pour	pour	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	off	off	ADP	_	1 Pour	compound:prt
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
4	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 water	compound
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pour	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Pour	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour off	imperative	you not said here	the excess water					vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

Example 2

The lorry was in excess of its weight limit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lorry	det
2	lorry	lorry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 excess	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 excess	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 excess	case
5	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 limit	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 limit	nmod:poss
8	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 limit	compound
9	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 excess	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 excess	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the lorry			excess		of lorry's weight limit	tree rules

Example 3

We had to pay for excess baggage at the airport.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 pay	mark
4	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 baggage	case
6	excess	excess	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 baggage	amod
7	baggage	baggage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pay	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 airport	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 airport	det
10	airport	airport	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pay	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	We						tree rules
2	pay	to-infinitive	We not said here			the airport		for excess baggage	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for baggage=Theme

Example 4

If the limit is 30 and there are 34, the excess is 4.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	5 30	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 limit	det
3	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 30	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 30	cop
5	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 34	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 are	cc
7	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	8 are	expl
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 34	cop
9	34	34	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 4	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 excess	det
12	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 4	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 4	cop
14	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 34	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 34	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a a condition, not said to happen	present	the limit	30					tree rules
2	is a	present	30	34					tree rules
3	is a	present	the excess	4					tree rules

Example 5

Eating sweets to excess is bad for your teeth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 bad	csubj
2	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Eating	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 excess	mark
4	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sweets	acl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bad	cop
6	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 teeth	case
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 teeth	nmod:poss
9	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bad	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	gerund		sweets					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient
2	is	present	Eating					for your teeth; bad property	tree rules

Example 6

Wipe off the excess paint.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wipe	wipe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	off	off	ADP	_	1 Wipe	compound:prt
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 paint	det
4	excess	excess	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 paint	amod
5	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wipe	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Wipe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wipe off	imperative	you not said here	the excess paint					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent paint=Source

Example 7

The first-born of these was beautiful beyond compare, whereat the Queen was so very glad, that those present were afraid that her excess of joy would do her harm.

The tree, 30 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 born	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 born	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 first	punct
4	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 beautiful	case
6	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	8 beautiful	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 beautiful	cop
8	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 born	obl
9	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	10 compare	case
10	compare	compare	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 beautiful	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 glad	punct
12	whereat	whereat	ADV	PronType=Int	18 glad	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Queen	det
14	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 glad	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 glad	cop
16	so	so	ADV	_	18 glad	advmod
17	very	very	ADV	_	18 glad	advmod
18	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 beautiful	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 afraid	punct
20	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 afraid	mark
21	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	22 present	det
22	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 afraid	nsubj
23	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 afraid	cop
24	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 glad	advcl
25	that	that	SCONJ	_	31 do	mark
26	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 excess	nmod:poss
27	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 do	nsubj
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 joy	case
29	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 excess	nmod
30	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	31 do	aux
31	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 afraid	ccomp
32	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 harm	nmod:poss
33	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 do	obj
34	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 born	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	participle							vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	past	these					beyond compare; beautiful property	tree rules
3	is	past	the Queen					glad, whereat property	tree rules
4	is	past	that present					afraid property	tree rules
5	do	would	her excess of joy	excess's harm					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Eventuality
6	harm		excess						nom harm «state transitive»: poss=agent

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