incapacity

Who acts: countries, incapacity, She, Long illness, law, they · What happens: not be, do, be, work, pay, mean · To what, where: something, incapacity benefit, help, home, support, secret · Speech: someone speaks here

«incapacity» 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: incapacity in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Not being able to do something, especially because of illness, injury or weakness.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 able	advmod
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 able	cop
3	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 do	mark
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 able	xcomp
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 do	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 illness	punct
8	especially	especially	ADV	_	11 illness	advmod
9	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	11 illness	case
10	of	of	ADP	_	9 because	fixed
11	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 something	appos
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 injury	punct
13	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 illness	conj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 weakness	cc
15	weakness	weakness	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 injury	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 able	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	gerund						able property	tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive		something					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality

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: law, money — kept apart, not parsed.

Being unable to work because of illness or disability; some countries pay incapacity benefit.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 unable	cop
2	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 work	mark
4	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 unable	xcomp
5	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	7 illness	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	5 because	fixed
7	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 work	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 disability	cc
9	disability	disability	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 illness	conj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 pay	punct
11	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	12 countries	det
12	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 pay	nsubj
13	pay	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 unable	conj
14	incapacity	incapacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 benefit	compound
15	benefit	benefit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pay	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 unable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	gerund			unable property	tree rules
2	work	to-infinitive			because illness or disability	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pay	present	some countries	incapacity benefit		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent benefit=Asset

Example 1

Grandad's incapacity after his fall meant he needed help at home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 incapacity	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Grandad	case
3	incapacity	incapacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 meant	nsubj
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 fall	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 fall	nmod:poss
6	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 incapacity	nmod
7	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 needed	nsubj
9	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 meant	ccomp
10	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 needed	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 home	case
12	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 needed	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 meant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	past	Grandad's incapacity after incapacity's fall						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	need	past	incapacity	help		home			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme

Example 2

She received support during her incapacity to work.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 received	nsubj
2	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	support	support	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 received	obj
4	during	during	ADP	_	6 incapacity	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 incapacity	nmod:poss
6	incapacity	incapacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 received	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 work	mark
8	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 incapacity	acl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 received	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past	She	support			during her incapacity		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent support=Theme
2	work	to-infinitive	She not said here						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

His incapacity to keep a secret got him into trouble.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 incapacity	nmod:poss
2	incapacity	incapacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 got	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 keep	mark
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 incapacity	acl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 secret	det
6	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obj
7	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 got	obj
9	into	into	ADP	_	10 trouble	case
10	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 got	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive	His incapacity not said here	a secret					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme
2	get	past	His incapacity	him = he		trouble			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Example 4

Long illness can lead to incapacity.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 illness	amod
2	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lead	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 lead	aux
4	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 incapacity	case
6	incapacity	incapacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lead	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lead	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	can	Long illness					to incapacity	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to incapacity=Patient

Example 5

The law has rules for people with mental incapacity.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 law	det
2	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 people	case
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rules	nmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 incapacity	case
8	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 incapacity	amod
9	incapacity	incapacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 people	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the law	rules				for people with mental incapacity	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient

Example 6

But at length they began to give over, from mere incapacity to hold any more.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	5 began	cc
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 length	case
3	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 began	obl
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 began	nsubj
5	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 give	mark
7	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 began	xcomp
8	over	over	ADV	_	7 give	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 incapacity	punct
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 incapacity	case
11	mere	mere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 incapacity	amod
12	incapacity	incapacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 hold	mark
14	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 incapacity	acl
15	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	16 more	det
16	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	14 hold	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 began	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	begin	past	they		length		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	give over	to-infinitive	they not said here	mere incapacity		over property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incapacity=Theme
3	hold	to-infinitive	they not said here	mere incapacity not said here			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme

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