investigate

Who acts: you, ball, police, We, plants, Mum · What happens: try, find out, study, test, learn, investigate · To what, where: facts, something, burglary, dark, pattern, times tables

«investigate» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: investigate in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To try to find out the facts about something, especially a crime or problem.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 try	mark
2	try	try	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 find	mark
4	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 try	xcomp
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 find	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 facts	det
7	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 find	obj
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 something	case
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 facts	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 crime	punct
11	especially	especially	ADV	_	13 crime	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 crime	det
13	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 something	appos
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 problem	cc
15	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 crime	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 try	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	to-infinitive							vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	find out not said to happen	to-infinitive		the facts				about something	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Topic

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: science, maths — kept apart, not parsed.

To study or test something carefully to learn about it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 study	mark
2	study	study	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 test	cc
4	test	test	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 study	conj
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 test	obj
6	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	4 test	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 learn	mark
8	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 test	advcl
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 learn	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 study	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	study	to-infinitive			vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	test	infinitive	something	carefully property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme
3	learn	to-infinitive		about it	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

Example 1

Investigate which ball bounces highest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Investigate	investigate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 ball	det
3	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bounces	nsubj
4	bounces	bounce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Investigate	ccomp
5	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 bounces	parataxis
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Investigate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	investigate	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	bounce	present	which ball						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The police are investigating the burglary.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 police	det
2	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 investigating	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 investigating	aux
4	investigating	investigate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 burglary	det
6	burglary	burglary	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 investigating	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 investigating	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	investigate	present · progressive	the police	the burglary					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burglary=Theme

Example 3

We investigated how plants grow in the dark.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 investigated	nsubj
2	investigated	investigate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 grow	advmod
4	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 grow	nsubj
5	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 investigated	ccomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 dark	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dark	det
8	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grow	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 investigated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	investigate	past	We						tree rules
2	grow	present	plants			the dark			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Location

Example 4

Investigate the pattern in the times tables.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Investigate	investigate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pattern	det
3	pattern	pattern	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Investigate	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 tables	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tables	det
6	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tables	compound
7	tables	table	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pattern	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Investigate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	investigate	imperative	you not said here	the pattern		the times tables			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pattern=Theme

Example 5

Mum went to investigate the strange noise.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 investigate	mark
4	investigate	investigate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 went	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 noise	det
6	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 noise	amod
7	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 investigate	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	Mum						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	investigate	to-infinitive	Mum not said here	the strange noise					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noise=Theme

Example 6

The detective investigated every clue.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 detective	det
2	detective	detective	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	investigated	investigate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 detective	acl
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 clue	det
5	clue	clue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 investigated	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 detective	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	investigate	participle	the detective not said here	every clue					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clue=Theme

Example 7

Let the facts of the case be thoroughly investigated.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 facts	det
3	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 investigated	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 case	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 case	det
6	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 facts	nmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 investigated	aux:pass
8	thoroughly	thoroughly	ADV	_	9 investigated	advmod
9	investigated	investigate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Let	ccomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	investigate	infinitive · passive		the facts of the case				thoroughly property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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