garbage

Who acts: you, things, It, garbage truck, We, family · What happens: throw away, be, take out, come, put, not talk · To what, where: other things, film garbage, turn, garbage, banana peel, paper

«garbage» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: garbage in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: mainly US, Canada — kept apart, not parsed.

Rubbish; food waste and other things you throw away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 waste	punct
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waste	compound
4	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rubbish	appos
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 things	cc
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 things	amod
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 waste	conj
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 throw	nsubj
9	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 things	acl:relcl
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 throw	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Rubbish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw away	present	you	other things not said here				away property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=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

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Nonsense; things that are untrue or very bad.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 things	punct
3	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Nonsense	conj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 untrue	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 untrue	cop
6	untrue	untrue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 things	acl:relcl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 bad	cc
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 bad	advmod
9	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 untrue	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Nonsense	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	things					untrue property	tree rules
2	be		things not said here						tree rules

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

That film was garbage.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 film	det
2	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 garbage	compound
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 garbage	cop
4	garbage	garbage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 garbage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		film garbage					tree rules

Meaning 3

Usage: computers — kept apart, not parsed.

Useless or meaningless data.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 meaningless	cc
3	meaningless	meaningless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Useless	conj
4	data	data	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Useless	conj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Useless	punct

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

Example 1

It's your turn to take out the garbage.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 turn	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 turn	cop
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 turn	nmod:poss
4	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 take	mark
6	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 turn	acl
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 take	compound:prt
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 garbage	det
9	garbage	garbage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 turn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	your turn					tree rules
2	take out	to-infinitive		the garbage					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garbage=Theme

Example 2

The garbage truck comes on Tuesdays.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 truck	det
2	garbage	garbage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 truck	compound
3	truck	truck	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 comes	nsubj
4	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 Tuesdays	case
6	Tuesdays	Tuesday	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 comes	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 comes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	the garbage truck				tuesday		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

Put the banana peel in the garbage.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 peel	det
3	banana	banana	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 peel	compound
4	peel	peel	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 garbage	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 garbage	det
7	garbage	garbage	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	the banana peel		the garbage			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent peel=Theme in garbage=Destination

Example 4

Don't talk garbage — of course you can do it!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 talk	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 talk	advmod
3	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	garbage	garbage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 talk	obj
5	—	-	PUNCT	_	10 do	punct
6	of	of	ADP	ExtPos=ADV	10 do	advmod
7	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 of	fixed
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 do	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 do	aux
10	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 talk	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 do	obj
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 talk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not talk	imperative · do-support	you not said here	garbage					vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent garbage=Patient
2	do	can	you	garbage					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Example 5

We sorted the garbage into paper, plastic and food.

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 sorted	nsubj
2	sorted	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 garbage	det
4	garbage	garbage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sorted	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 paper	case
6	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sorted	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 plastic	punct
8	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 paper	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 food	cc
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 paper	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sorted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sort	past	We	the garbage				into paper and plastic and food goal	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent garbage=Theme into paper=Goal

Example 6

A family throws away about 20 kg of garbage a week.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 family	det
2	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 throws	nsubj
3	throws	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 throws	advmod
5	about	about	ADV	_	6 20	advmod
6	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 kg	nummod
7	kg	kg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 throws	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 garbage	case
9	garbage	garbage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kg	nmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 week	det
11	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 throws	obl:unmarked
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 throws	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw away	present	a family	20 kg of garbage			week	away property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kg=Theme

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