Who acts: pests, infestation, barn, Aphid infestation, you · What happens: live, not want, cause, be, infest, have · To what, where: place, pests, harm, head lice, infestation, rats
«infestation» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: infestation in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A large number of insects, animals or pests living in a place where they are not wanted and causing harm.
The tree, 20 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location
2
notwant
present · passive
pests = pest
vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme
3
cause
gerund
harm
vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition harm=Patient
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.
vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with infestation=Theme
Example 5
A moth infestation made holes in the jumpers.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
A
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
3 infestation
det
2
moth
moth
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 infestation
compound
3
infestation
infestation
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 holes
nsubj
4
made
make
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
5 holes
amod
5
holes
hole
NOUN
Number=Plur
root
root
6
in
in
ADP
_
8 jumpers
case
7
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
8 jumpers
det
8
jumpers
jumper
NOUN
Number=Plur
5 holes
nmod
9
.
.
PUNCT
_
5 holes
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
make
participle
vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
Example 6
Keep food covered to prevent an infestation.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Keep
keep
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
2
food
food
NOUN
Number=Sing
1 Keep
obj
3
covered
cover
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
2 food
acl
4
to
to
PART
_
5 prevent
mark
5
prevent
prevent
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
3 covered
advcl
6
an
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
7 infestation
det
7
infestation
infestation
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 prevent
obj
8
.
.
PUNCT
_
1 Keep
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
keep
imperative
you not said here
food
vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme
2
cover
participle
food not said here
vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3
prevent
to-infinitive
a infestation
vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer infestation=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.