meltdown

Who acts: serious accident, core, someone, little boy, ice cream, I · What happens: get, melt, lose, shout, have, fall · To what, where: control, meltdown, computer, reactor meltdown, second half, traffic meltdown

«meltdown» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: meltdown in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A serious accident in a nuclear power station when the core gets so hot that it melts.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 accident	det
2	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 accident	amod
3	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gets	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 station	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 station	det
6	nuclear	nuclear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 station	amod
7	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 station	compound
8	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 accident	nmod
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 gets	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 core	det
11	core	core	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gets	nsubj
12	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	so	so	ADV	_	14 hot	advmod
14	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 gets	xcomp
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 melts	mark
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 melts	nsubj
17	melts	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 hot	advcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 gets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	a serious accident in a nuclear power station					hot property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	melt	present	core						vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A moment when someone loses control of their feelings and cries or shouts, like a toddler's tantrum.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 moment	det
2	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	when	when	SCONJ	_	5 loses	mark
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 loses	nsubj
5	loses	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 moment	acl:relcl
6	control	control	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loses	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 feelings	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 feelings	nmod:poss
9	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 control	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 cries	cc
11	cries	cry	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 feelings	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 shouts	cc
13	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 loses	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 tantrum	punct
15	like	like	ADP	_	19 tantrum	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 toddler	det
17	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 tantrum	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 toddler	case
19	tantrum	tantrum	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shouts	ccomp
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 moment	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present	someone	control of their feelings and cries					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent control=Eventuality
2	shout speech: express	present	someone not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Meaning 3

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A sudden total failure or collapse: a market meltdown.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 failure	det
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 failure	amod
3	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 failure	amod
4	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 collapse	cc
6	collapse	collapse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 failure	conj
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 meltdown	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 meltdown	det
9	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 meltdown	compound
10	meltdown	meltdown	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 failure	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 failure	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

The little boy had a meltdown when the ice cream fell.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boy	amod
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 meltdown	det
6	meltdown	meltdown	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 fell	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cream	det
9	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cream	compound
10	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fell	nsubj
11	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 had	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the little boy	a meltdown					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meltdown=Patient
2	fall	past	the ice cream						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

I nearly had a meltdown when my homework vanished from the computer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 had	nsubj
2	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	3 had	advmod
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 meltdown	det
5	meltdown	meltdown	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 vanished	advmod
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 homework	nmod:poss
8	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 vanished	nsubj
9	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 had	advcl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 computer	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 computer	det
12	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 vanished	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	I	a meltdown				nearly property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meltdown=Patient
2	vanish	past	my homework			the computer			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from computer=Initial_Location

Example 3

Scientists work hard to stop a reactor meltdown.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 work	nsubj
2	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 work	xcomp
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stop	mark
5	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 hard	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 meltdown	det
7	reactor	reactor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 meltdown	compound
8	meltdown	meltdown	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stop	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 work	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	Scientists					hard property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stop	to-infinitive	Scientists not said here	a reactor meltdown					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality meltdown=Eventuality

Example 4

The team suffered a meltdown in the second half and lost.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 team	det
2	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 suffered	nsubj
3	suffered	suffer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 meltdown	det
5	meltdown	meltdown	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 suffered	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 half	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 half	det
8	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 half	amod
9	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	3 suffered	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 lost	cc
11	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 suffered	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 suffered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suffer	past	the team	a meltdown		the second half			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer meltdown=Stimulus
2	lose	past	the team not said here						vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

The town had a traffic meltdown in the snow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 town	det
2	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 meltdown	det
5	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meltdown	compound
6	meltdown	meltdown	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 snow	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 snow	det
9	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the town	a traffic meltdown		the snow			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meltdown=Patient

Example 6

Stay calm, there's no need for a meltdown.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Stay	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 's	punct
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 's	expl
5	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	parataxis
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 need	det
7	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 's	nsubj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 meltdown	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 meltdown	det
10	meltdown	meltdown	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 need	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Stay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here					calm property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	be	present	no need for a meltdown			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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