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incipient

Who acts: doctor, incipient crack, Grandad, incipient signs, storm, gardener · What happens: begin, happen, show, grow, spot, give · To what, where: stage, early stage, incipient infection, medicine, doctor, engineers

«incipient» 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: incipient in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

Just beginning to happen or to show: an incipient cold, incipient baldness.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Just	just	ADV	_	2 beginning	advmod
2	beginning	begin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 happen	mark
4	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 beginning	xcomp
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 show	cc
6	to	to	PART	_	7 show	mark
7	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 happen	conj
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 cold	punct
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 incipient	det
10	incipient	incipient	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cold	nsubj
11	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 beginning	parataxis
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 baldness	punct
13	incipient	incipient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 baldness	amod
14	baldness	baldness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cold	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 beginning	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	gerund							vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	happen	to-infinitive							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	show	to-infinitive							vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «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

In an early stage, before it is fully grown or obvious.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 stage	case
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stage	det
3	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stage	amod
4	stage	stage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 grown	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stage	punct
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 grown	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 grown	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 grown	aux:pass
9	fully	fully	ADV	_	10 grown	advmod
10	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 obvious	cc
12	obvious	obvious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 grown	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 grown	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present · passive		stage		a early stage		fully property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 1

The doctor spotted an incipient infection and gave him medicine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 doctor	det
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spotted	nsubj
3	spotted	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 infection	det
5	incipient	incipient	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 infection	compound
6	infection	infection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spotted	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gave	cc
8	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 spotted	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 gave	iobj
10	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gave	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spotted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	past	the doctor	a incipient infection					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme infection=Destination
2	give	past	the doctor not said here	medicine	doctor				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient medicine=Theme

Example 2

An incipient crack in the dam worried the engineers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 crack	det
2	incipient	incipient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 crack	amod
3	crack	crack	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 worried	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 dam	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dam	det
6	dam	dam	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 crack	nmod
7	worried	worry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 engineers	det
9	engineers	engineer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 worried	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 worried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	worry	past	a incipient crack in the dam	the engineers					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus engineer=Experiencer

Example 3

Grandad has incipient baldness, he jokes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	incipient	incipient	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 baldness	compound
4	baldness	baldness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 jokes	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 jokes	nsubj
7	jokes	joke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 has	parataxis
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Grandad	incipient baldness					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baldness=Patient
2	joke speech: other	present	Grandad						vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

There were incipient signs of spring: tiny green buds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 were	expl
2	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	incipient	incipient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 signs	amod
4	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 were	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 spring	case
6	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 signs	nmod
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 buds	punct
8	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 buds	amod
9	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 buds	amod
10	buds	bud	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 signs	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 were	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	incipient signs of spring and tiny green buds			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sign			spring					nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 5

The storm was still incipient, just a dark line of clouds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 incipient	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 incipient	cop
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 incipient	advmod
5	incipient	incipient	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 line	punct
7	just	just	ADV	_	10 line	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 line	det
9	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 line	amod
10	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 incipient	appos
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 clouds	case
12	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 line	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 incipient	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the storm	incipient			still		tree rules

Example 6

The gardener caught the incipient disease before it spread to the other roses.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gardener	det
2	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caught	nsubj
3	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 disease	det
5	incipient	incipient	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 disease	compound
6	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caught	obj
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 spread	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 spread	nsubj
9	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 caught	advcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 roses	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 roses	det
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 roses	amod
13	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 spread	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 caught	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	the gardener	the incipient disease					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disease=Theme
2	spread	past	gardener					to the other roses	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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