impair

Who acts: your, loud music, Smoke, fog, driver, Drugs · What happens: damage, make, impair, hear, weaken, be · To what, where: something, it, hearing, Loud noise, adjective, concentration · Speech: someone speaks here

«impair» 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: impair in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To damage something or make it weaker or worse, as in «Loud noise can impair your hearing».

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 damage	mark
2	damage	damage	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 damage	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 make	cc
5	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 damage	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 make	obj
7	weaker	weak	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 make	xcomp
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 worse	cc
9	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 weaker	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 impair	punct
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 impair	mark
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 noise	case
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 noise	punct
14	Loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 noise	amod
15	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 impair	obl
16	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 impair	aux
17	impair	impair	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 make	conj
18	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 hearing	nmod:poss
19	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 impair	obj
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 impair	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 damage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	damage	to-infinitive		something			vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient
2	make	infinitive		it		weak property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
3	impair in a quote	can		your hearing	Loud noise		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hearing=Experiencer
4	hear in a quote		your				nom hearing «act intransitive»: poss=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

«impaired» (adjective) — weakened, as in «hearing impaired» or «visually impaired».

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 impaired	punct
2	impaired	impair	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 impaired	punct
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 adjective	punct
5	adjective	adjective	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 impaired	obl
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 adjective	punct
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	8 weakened	punct
8	weakened	weaken	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 impaired	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 impaired	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 impaired	mark
11	in	in	ADP	_	10 as	fixed
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 impaired	punct
13	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 impaired	aux:pass
14	impaired	impair	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 weakened	parataxis
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 impaired	punct
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 impaired	cc
17	«	«	PUNCT	_	19 impaired	punct
18	visually	visually	ADV	_	19 impaired	advmod
19	impaired	impair	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 impaired	conj
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 impaired	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 impaired	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	impair in a quote	participle	adjective		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	weaken	past			tree rules
3	impair in a quote	gerund · passive			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
4	impair in a quote	participle		visually property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Example 1

Very loud music can impair your hearing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 loud	advmod
2	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 music	amod
3	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 impair	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 impair	aux
5	impair	impair	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hearing	nmod:poss
7	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 impair	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 impair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impair	can	loud music	your hearing					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hearing=Experiencer
2	hear		your						nom hearing «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

Being tired can impair your concentration.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 tired	cop
2	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 impair	parataxis
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 impair	aux
4	impair	impair	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 concentration	nmod:poss
6	concentration	concentration	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 impair	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 impair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						tired property	tree rules
2	impair	can		your concentration					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus concentration=Experiencer

Example 3

Smoke impairs your lungs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 impairs	nsubj
2	impairs	impair	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 lungs	nmod:poss
4	lungs	lung	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 impairs	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 impairs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impair	present	Smoke	your lungs					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus lung=Experiencer

Example 4

Our neighbour is visually impaired and has a guide dog.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 neighbour	nmod:poss
2	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 impaired	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 impaired	aux:pass
4	visually	visually	ADV	_	5 impaired	advmod
5	impaired	impair	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 has	cc
7	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 impaired	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dog	det
9	guide	guide	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dog	compound
10	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 has	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 impaired	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impair	present · passive		Our neighbour				visually property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	have	present		a guide dog					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient

Example 5

The fog impaired the driver's view.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fog	det
2	fog	fog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 impaired	nsubj
3	impaired	impair	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 driver	det
5	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 view	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 driver	case
7	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 impaired	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 impaired	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impair	past	the fog	the driver's view					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus view=Experiencer
2	view		the driver						nom view «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

Drugs can impair your judgement.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drugs	drug	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 impair	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 impair	aux
3	impair	impair	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 judgement	nmod:poss
5	judgement	judgement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 impair	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 impair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impair	can	Drugs	your judgement					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus judgement=Experiencer

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