insectivorous Who acts: Insectivorous, Bats, Venus flytrap, Hedgehogs, Many birds, Sundews · What happens: mean, eat, be, trap, help, control · To what, where: insects, thousands, insectivorous plant, insectivorous animals, insectivorous plants, flies
«insectivorous» 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: insectivorous in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Insectivorous means eating insects as the main food.
nsubj xcomp obj case det amod obl punct root Insectivorous PROPN means VERB eating VERB insects NOUN as ADP the DET main ADJ food NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Insectivorous Insectivorous PROPN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 eating eat VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 means xcomp 4 insects insect NOUN Number=Plur 3 eating obj 5 as as ADP _ 8 food case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 food det 7 main main ADJ Degree=Pos 8 food amod 8 food food NOUN Number=Sing 3 eating obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Insectivorous vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 eat not said to happen gerund Insectivorous not said here insects as the main food vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=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.
Example 1 Bats are insectivorous and eat thousands of insects a night.
nsubj cop cc conj obj case nmod det obl:unmarked punct root Bats NOUN are AUX insectivorous ADJ and CCONJ eat VERB thousands NOUN of ADP insects NOUN a DET night NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Bats bat NOUN Number=Plur 3 insectivorous nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 insectivorous cop 3 insectivorous insectivorous ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 eat cc 5 eat eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 insectivorous conj 6 thousands thousand NOUN Number=Plur 5 eat obj 7 of of ADP _ 8 insects case 8 insects insect NOUN Number=Plur 6 thousands nmod 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 night det 10 night night NOUN Number=Sing 5 eat obl:unmarked 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 insectivorous punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Bats insectivorous property tree rules 2 eat present Bats not said here thousands of insects night vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thousand=Patient
Example 2 The Venus flytrap is an insectivorous plant.
det compound nsubj cop det amod punct root The DET Venus PROPN flytrap NOUN is AUX an DET insectivorous ADJ plant NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 flytrap det 2 Venus Venus PROPN Number=Sing 3 flytrap compound 3 flytrap flytrap NOUN Number=Sing 7 plant nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 plant cop 5 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 plant det 6 insectivorous insectivorous ADJ Degree=Pos 7 plant amod 7 plant plant NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 plant punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the Venus flytrap a insectivorous plant tree rules
Example 3 Hedgehogs are insectivorous animals.
nsubj cop amod punct root Hedgehogs NOUN are AUX insectivorous ADJ animals NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Hedgehogs hedgehog NOUN Number=Plur 4 animals nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 animals cop 3 insectivorous insectivorous ADJ Degree=Pos 4 animals amod 4 animals animal NOUN Number=Plur root root 5 . . PUNCT _ 4 animals punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Hedgehogs insectivorous animals tree rules
Example 4 Many birds are insectivorous in summer.
amod nsubj cop case obl punct root Many ADJ birds NOUN are AUX insectivorous ADJ in ADP summer NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Many many ADJ Degree=Pos 2 birds amod 2 birds bird NOUN Number=Plur 4 insectivorous nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 insectivorous cop 4 insectivorous insectivorous ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 in in ADP _ 6 summer case 6 summer summer NOUN Number=Sing 4 insectivorous obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 insectivorous punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Many birds summer insectivorous property tree rules
Example 5 Sundews are insectivorous plants that trap flies with sticky hairs.
nsubj cop amod nsubj acl:relcl obj case amod obl punct root Sundews NOUN are AUX insectivorous ADJ plants NOUN that PRON trap VERB flies NOUN with ADP sticky ADJ hairs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sundews sundew NOUN Number=Plur 4 plants nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 plants cop 3 insectivorous insectivorous ADJ Degree=Pos 4 plants amod 4 plants plant NOUN Number=Plur root root 5 that that PRON PronType=Rel 6 trap nsubj 6 trap trap VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 plants acl:relcl 7 flies fly NOUN Number=Plur 6 trap obj 8 with with ADP _ 10 hairs case 9 sticky sticky ADJ Degree=Pos 10 hairs amod 10 hairs hair NOUN Number=Plur 6 trap obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 plants punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Sundews insectivorous plants tree rules 2 trap present insectivorous plants flies with sticky hairs vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Patient
Example 6 Insectivorous animals help control pests.
amod nsubj xcomp obj punct root Insectivorous ADJ animals NOUN help VERB control VERB pests NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Insectivorous insectivorous ADJ Degree=Pos 2 animals amod 2 animals animal NOUN Number=Plur 3 help nsubj 3 help help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 control control VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 help xcomp 5 pests pest NOUN Number=Plur 4 control obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 help punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 help present Insectivorous animals vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 control infinitive Insectivorous animals not said here pests vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pest=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.
← previous insectivorenext → insecure↑ back to I in school dictionary This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insectivorous/