metabolise Who acts: food, medicine, body, people, liver, Plants · What happens: metabolise, be, break down, use, change, metabolis · To what, where: food, process, energy, sugar, many medicines, sunlight
«metabolise» 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: metabolise in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To metabolise food is for the body to break it down and use it for energy and growth.
The tree, 18 words mark nsubj cop case det ccomp mark advcl obj compound:prt cc conj obj case obl cc conj punct root To PART metabolise VERB food NOUN is AUX for ADP the DET body NOUN to PART break VERB it PRON down ADP and CCONJ use VERB it PRON for ADP energy NOUN and CCONJ growth NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 metabolise mark 2 metabolise metabolise VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 food food NOUN Number=Sing 7 body nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 body cop 5 for for ADP _ 7 body case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 body det 7 body body NOUN Number=Sing 2 metabolise ccomp 8 to to PART _ 9 break mark 9 break break VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 metabolise advcl 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 break obj 11 down down ADP _ 9 break compound:prt 12 and and CCONJ _ 13 use cc 13 use use VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 break conj 14 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 use obj 15 for for ADP _ 16 energy case 16 energy energy NOUN Number=Sing 13 use obl 17 and and CCONJ _ 18 growth cc 18 growth growth NOUN Number=Sing 16 energy conj 19 . . PUNCT _ 2 metabolise punct
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1 metabolise to-infinitive tree rules 2 is present food for the body tree rules 3 break down to-infinitive food vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient 4 use infinitive food for energy and growth vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent it=Theme for energy=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 metabolise a medicine or substance is for the body to process and change it.
The tree, 15 words mark det nsubj cc conj cop case det ccomp mark acl cc conj obj punct root To PART metabolise VERB a DET medicine NOUN or CCONJ substance NOUN is AUX for ADP the DET body NOUN to PART process NOUN and CCONJ change VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 metabolise mark 2 metabolise metabolise VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 medicine det 4 medicine medicine NOUN Number=Sing 10 body nsubj 5 or or CCONJ _ 6 substance cc 6 substance substance NOUN Number=Sing 4 medicine conj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 body cop 8 for for ADP _ 10 body case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 body det 10 body body NOUN Number=Sing 2 metabolise ccomp 11 to to PART _ 12 process mark 12 process process NOUN Number=Sing 10 body acl 13 and and CCONJ _ 14 change cc 14 change change VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 metabolise conj 15 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 change obj 16 . . PUNCT _ 2 metabolise punct
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1 metabolise to-infinitive tree rules 2 is present a medicine or substance for the body tree rules 3 change infinitive process vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
Example 1 Your body metabolises food to make energy.
nmod:poss nsubj obj mark advcl obj punct root Your PRON body NOUN metabolises VERB food NOUN to PART make VERB energy NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 body nmod:poss 2 body body NOUN Number=Sing 3 metabolises nsubj 3 metabolises metabolis VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 food food NOUN Number=Sing 3 metabolises obj 5 to to PART _ 6 make mark 6 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 metabolises advcl 7 energy energy NOUN Number=Sing 6 make obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 metabolises punct
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1 metabolis present Your body food tree rules 2 make to-infinitive Your body not said here energy vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset energy=Product
Example 2 Some people metabolise sugar faster than others.
det nsubj obj advmod case obl punct root Some DET people NOUN metabolise VERB sugar NOUN faster ADV than ADP others NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 2 people det 2 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 metabolise nsubj 3 metabolise metabolise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 sugar sugar NOUN Number=Sing 3 metabolise obj 5 faster fast ADV Degree=Cmp 3 metabolise advmod 6 than than ADP _ 7 others case 7 others other NOUN Number=Plur 5 faster obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 metabolise punct
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1 metabolise present some people sugar fast property tree rules
Example 3 The liver metabolises many medicines.
det nsubj amod obj punct root The DET liver NOUN metabolises VERB many ADJ medicines NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 liver det 2 liver liver NOUN Number=Sing 3 metabolises nsubj 3 metabolises metabolis VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 5 medicines amod 5 medicines medicine NOUN Number=Plur 3 metabolises obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 metabolises punct
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1 metabolis present the liver many medicines tree rules
Example 4 Plants metabolise sunlight into food.
nsubj obj case obl punct root Plants NOUN metabolise VERB sunlight NOUN into ADP food NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Plants plant NOUN Number=Plur 2 metabolise nsubj 2 metabolise metabolise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 sunlight sunlight NOUN Number=Sing 2 metabolise obj 4 into into ADP _ 5 food case 5 food food NOUN Number=Sing 2 metabolise obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 metabolise punct
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1 metabolise present Plants sunlight food tree rules
Example 5 Babies metabolise caffeine very slowly.
nsubj obj advmod advmod punct root Babies NOUN metabolise VERB caffeine NOUN very ADV slowly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Babies baby NOUN Number=Plur 2 metabolise nsubj 2 metabolise metabolise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 caffeine caffeine NOUN Number=Sing 2 metabolise obj 4 very very ADV _ 5 slowly advmod 5 slowly slowly ADV _ 2 metabolise advmod 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 metabolise punct
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1 metabolise present Babies caffeine slowly property tree rules
Example 6 Exercise helps you metabolise fat.
nsubj obj xcomp obj punct root Exercise NOUN helps VERB you PRON metabolise VERB fat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Exercise exercise NOUN Number=Sing 2 helps nsubj 2 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 helps obj 4 metabolise metabolise VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 helps xcomp 5 fat fat NOUN Number=Sing 4 metabolise obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 helps punct
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1 help present Exercise you vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme 2 metabolise infinitive you not said here fat tree rules
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