formic

Who acts: Formic acid, acid, Ants, Nettle stings, burning feeling, Birds · What happens: do, be, make, sting, cause, burn · To what, where: stinging acid, itchy burning feeling, formic acid, Ants, name, Latin word

«formic» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: formic in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

To do with ants.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 do	mark
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 ants	case
4	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 do	obl
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	to-infinitive						with ants	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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

Usage: chemistry — kept apart, not parsed.

«Formic acid» is a stinging acid made by ants and stinging nettles; it causes the itchy, burning feeling of an ant bite or nettle sting.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 acid	punct
2	Formic	formic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 acid	amod
3	acid	acid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 acid	nsubj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 acid	punct
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 acid	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 acid	det
7	stinging	stinging	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 acid	amod
8	acid	acid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 acid	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 ants	case
11	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 made	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 nettles	cc
13	stinging	sting	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 nettles	amod
14	nettles	nettle	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 ants	conj
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 causes	punct
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 causes	nsubj
17	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 acid	parataxis
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 feeling	det
19	itchy	itchy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 feeling	amod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 burning	punct
21	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	22 feeling	amod
22	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 causes	obj
23	of	of	ADP	_	26 bite	case
24	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 bite	det
25	ant	ant	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 bite	compound
26	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 feeling	nmod
27	or	or	CCONJ	_	29 sting	cc
28	nettle	nettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 sting	compound
29	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 bite	conj
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 acid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Formic acid	a stinging acid		tree rules
2	make	participle		a stinging acid not said here	by ants and stinging nettles	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	sting	gerund				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	cause	present	acid	the itchy burning feeling of a ant bite or nettle sting		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition feeling=Patient
5	burn	gerund				vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

Ants spray formic acid to defend themselves.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 spray	nsubj
2	spray	spray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	formic	formic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 acid	amod
4	acid	acid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spray	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 defend	mark
6	defend	defend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 spray	advcl
7	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 defend	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spray	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spray	present	Ants	formic acid					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent acid=Theme
2	defend	to-infinitive	Ants not said here	Ants = ant					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Beneficiary

Example 2

Nettle stings contain formic acid.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nettle	nettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stings	compound
2	stings	sting	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 contain	nsubj
3	contain	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	formic	formic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 acid	amod
5	acid	acid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contain	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 contain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	Nettle stings	formic acid					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot acid=Theme

Example 3

The burning feeling of an ant bite comes from formic acid.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 feeling	det
2	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 feeling	amod
3	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 comes	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 bite	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bite	det
6	ant	ant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bite	compound
7	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feeling	nmod
8	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 acid	case
10	formic	formic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 acid	amod
11	acid	acid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 comes	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 comes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	gerund							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come	present	the burning feeling of a ant bite			formic acid			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from acid=Initial_Location

Example 4

Formic acid got its name from the Latin word for ant.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Formic	formic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 acid	amod
2	acid	acid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 name	nmod:poss
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 word	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 word	det
8	Latin	Latin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 word	amod
9	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 ant	case
11	ant	ant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 word	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	Formic acid	acid's name		the Latin word for ant			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent name=Theme from word=Source
2	name		acid						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 5

Birds sometimes use formic acid from ants to clean their feathers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	nsubj
2	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 use	advmod
3	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	formic	formic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 acid	amod
5	acid	acid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 use	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 ants	case
7	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 clean	mark
9	clean	clean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 use	advcl
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 feathers	nmod:poss
11	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 clean	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	Birds	formic acid		ants		sometimes property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acid=Patient
2	clean	to-infinitive	Birds not said here	Birds's feathers					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent feather=Patient

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