external

Who acts: outside, skin, cream, you, external angle, external examiner · What happens: come, not swallow, be, paint, mark, test · To what, where: outside, external examiner, place, external covering, external walls, music test · Speech: someone speaks here

«external» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: external in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

On the outside, or coming from the outside.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 outside	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 outside	det
3	outside	outside	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 coming	punct
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 coming	cc
6	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 outside	acl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 outside	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 outside	det
9	outside	outside	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coming	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 outside	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	gerund	the outside not said here			the outside			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from outside=Initial_Location

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

Coming from another place or person, not your own school or group: «an external examiner».

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 place	case
3	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	4 place	det
4	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Coming	obl
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 person	cc
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 place	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 school	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 school	advmod
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 school	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 school	amod
11	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 place	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 group	cc
13	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 school	conj
14	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Coming	punct
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 examiner	punct
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 examiner	det
17	external	external	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 examiner	amod
18	examiner	examiner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Coming	obl
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 examiner	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Coming	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	gerund		a external examiner		another place or person and your own school or group			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from place=Initial_Location

Meaning 3

Usage: medicine — kept apart, not parsed.

For use on the outside of the body only, not to be swallowed.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	2 use	case
2	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 swallowed	obl
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 outside	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 outside	det
5	outside	outside	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 body	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 body	det
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 outside	nmod
9	only	only	ADV	_	14 swallowed	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 swallowed	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 swallowed	advmod
12	to	to	PART	_	14 swallowed	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 swallowed	aux:pass
14	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 swallowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not swallow	to-infinitive · passive						for use on the outside of the body	vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»

Example 1

The skin is the body's external covering.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 skin	det
2	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 covering	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 covering	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 body	det
5	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 covering	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 body	case
7	external	external	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 covering	amod
8	covering	covering	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 covering	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the skin	the body's external covering					tree rules

Example 2

This cream is for external use only.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 cream	det
2	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 use	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 use	cop
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 use	case
5	external	external	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 use	amod
6	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	only	only	ADV	_	6 use	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	this cream					for external use	tree rules

Example 3

Paint the external walls of the shed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Paint	paint	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 walls	det
3	external	external	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 walls	amod
4	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Paint	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 shed	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shed	det
7	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walls	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Paint	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	imperative	you not said here	the external walls of the shed					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent wall=Destination

Example 4

The external angle of a triangle is outside the shape.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 angle	det
2	external	external	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 angle	amod
3	angle	angle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shape	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 triangle	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 triangle	det
6	triangle	triangle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 angle	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 shape	cop
8	outside	outside	ADP	_	10 shape	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shape	det
10	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 shape	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the external angle of a triangle					outside the shape	tree rules

Example 5

An external examiner came to mark our music test.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 examiner	det
2	external	external	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 examiner	amod
3	examiner	examiner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 mark	mark
6	mark	mark	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 came	xcomp
7	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 test	nmod:poss
8	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 test	compound
9	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mark	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	come	past	a external examiner		tree rules
2	mark	to-infinitive	a external examiner not said here	our music test	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent test=Destination
3	test		our		nom test «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

External noise from the road made it hard to sleep.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	External	external	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 noise	amod
2	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 road	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 road	det
5	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 noise	nmod
6	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 made	obj
8	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 made	xcomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 sleep	mark
10	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 hard	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	External noise from the road	road				hard property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
2	sleep	to-infinitive	road not said here						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 7

Insects have an external skeleton called an exoskeleton.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 skeleton	det
4	external	external	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 skeleton	amod
5	skeleton	skeleton	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obj
6	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 skeleton	acl
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 exoskeleton	det
8	exoskeleton	exoskeleton	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 called	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Insects	a external skeleton					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skeleton=Patient
2	call	participle	a external skeleton not said here	a exoskeleton					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent exoskeleton=Recipient

Example 8

"Nothing at all," answered their mother; "that's only something external.

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Nothing	punct
2	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 answered	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 all	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 Nothing	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Nothing	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 answered	punct
7	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mother	nmod:poss
9	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 answered	obj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 something	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 something	punct
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 something	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 something	cop
14	only	only	ADV	_	15 something	advmod
15	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 answered	obl
16	external	external	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 something	amod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 answered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	Nothing		their mother				vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent mother=Eventuality
2	is a in a quote	present	that	something					tree rules

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