inhibit Who acts: you, salt, bacteria, Cold weather, Fear, medicines · What happens: slow down, block, stop, happen, grow, inhibit · To what, where: something, bacteria, someone, him, growth, plant growth
«inhibit» 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: inhibit in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To slow down, block or stop something from happening or growing: salt inhibits bacteria.
The tree, 14 words mark advcl compound:prt punct cc conj obj mark advcl cc conj punct nsubj parataxis obj punct root To PART slow VERB down ADP , PUNCT block VERB or CCONJ stop VERB something PRON from SCONJ happening VERB or CCONJ growing VERB : PUNCT salt NOUN inhibits VERB bacteria NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 slow mark 2 slow slow VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 block advcl 3 down down ADP _ 2 slow compound:prt 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 block punct 5 block block VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 stop cc 7 stop stop VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 5 block conj 8 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 7 stop obj 9 from from SCONJ _ 10 happening mark 10 happening happen VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 stop advcl 11 or or CCONJ _ 12 growing cc 12 growing grow VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 10 happening conj 13 : : PUNCT _ 15 inhibits punct 14 salt salt NOUN Number=Sing 15 inhibits nsubj 15 inhibits inhibit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 block parataxis 16 bacteria bacteria NOUN Number=Sing 15 inhibits obj 17 . . PUNCT _ 5 block punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 slow down to-infinitive you not said here vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 block imperative you not said here vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer 3 stop infinitive you not said here something vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality something=Eventuality 4 happen gerund you not said here vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 5 grow gerund you not said here vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 6 inhibit present salt bacteria vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer bacteria=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 To make someone feel shy or unable to act freely: being watched inhibits him.
The tree, 14 words mark advcl obj xcomp cc conj mark xcomp advmod punct aux:pass parataxis conj obj punct root To PART make VERB someone PRON feel VERB shy ADJ or CCONJ unable ADJ to PART act VERB freely ADV : PUNCT being AUX watched VERB inhibits VERB him PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 make mark 2 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 feel advcl 3 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 make obj 4 feel feel VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 5 shy shy ADJ Degree=Pos 4 feel xcomp 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 unable cc 7 unable unable ADJ Degree=Pos 5 shy conj 8 to to PART _ 9 act mark 9 act act VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 unable xcomp 10 freely freely ADV _ 9 act advmod 11 : : PUNCT _ 13 watched punct 12 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 13 watched aux:pass 13 watched watch VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 feel parataxis 14 inhibits inhibit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 watched conj 15 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 inhibits obj 16 . . PUNCT _ 4 feel punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make to-infinitive you not said here someone vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset someone=Product 2 feel imperative you not said here shy property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus 3 act to-infinitive you not said here freely property vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 watch gerund · passive vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location» 5 inhibit present him = he vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer he=Eventuality
Example 1 Salt inhibits the growth of bacteria.
nsubj det obj case nmod punct root Salt NOUN inhibits VERB the DET growth NOUN of ADP bacteria NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Salt salt NOUN Number=Sing 2 inhibits nsubj 2 inhibits inhibit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 growth det 4 growth growth NOUN Number=Sing 2 inhibits obj 5 of of ADP _ 6 bacteria case 6 bacteria bacterium NOUN Number=Plur 4 growth nmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 inhibits punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 inhibit present Salt the growth of bacteria vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer growth=Eventuality 2 grow bacteria nom growth «process intransitive»: of=agent
Example 2 Cold weather inhibits plant growth.
amod nsubj compound obj punct root Cold ADJ weather NOUN inhibits VERB plant NOUN growth NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cold cold ADJ Degree=Pos 2 weather amod 2 weather weather NOUN Number=Sing 3 inhibits nsubj 3 inhibits inhibit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 plant plant NOUN Number=Sing 5 growth compound 5 growth growth NOUN Number=Sing 3 inhibits obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 inhibits punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 inhibit present Cold weather plant growth vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer growth=Eventuality
Example 3 Fear of mistakes can inhibit learning.
nsubj case nmod aux xcomp punct root Fear NOUN of ADP mistakes NOUN can AUX inhibit VERB learning VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fear fear NOUN Number=Sing 5 inhibit nsubj 2 of of ADP _ 3 mistakes case 3 mistakes mistake NOUN Number=Plur 1 Fear nmod 4 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 inhibit aux 5 inhibit inhibit VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 learning learn VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 inhibit xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 inhibit punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 inhibit can Fear of mistakes vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality 2 learn gerund Fear of mistakes not said here vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 fear mistakes nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient
Example 4 Some medicines inhibit pain signals.
det nsubj compound obj punct root Some DET medicines NOUN inhibit VERB pain NOUN signals NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 2 medicines det 2 medicines medicine NOUN Number=Plur 3 inhibit nsubj 3 inhibit inhibit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 pain pain NOUN Number=Sing 5 signals compound 5 signals signal NOUN Number=Plur 3 inhibit obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 inhibit punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 inhibit present some medicines pain signals vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer signal=Eventuality
Example 5 Being filmed inhibited her dancing.
aux:pass aux:pass nmod:poss obj punct root Being AUX filmed VERB inhibited VERB her PRON dancing NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 inhibited aux:pass 2 filmed film VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 inhibited aux:pass 3 inhibited inhibit VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 dancing nmod:poss 5 dancing dancing NOUN Number=Sing 3 inhibited obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 inhibited punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 inhibit gerund · passive her dancing vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: dancing=Eventuality 2 dance her = she nom dancing «act transitive»: poss=agent
Example 6 Shade inhibits weeds from growing.
nsubj obj mark advcl punct root Shade NOUN inhibits VERB weeds NOUN from SCONJ growing VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Shade shade NOUN Number=Sing 2 inhibits nsubj 2 inhibits inhibit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 weeds weed NOUN Number=Plur 2 inhibits obj 4 from from SCONJ _ 5 growing mark 5 growing grow VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 inhibits advcl 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 inhibits punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 inhibit present Shade weeds vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer weed=Eventuality 2 grow gerund Shade not said here vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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