metamorphosis Who acts: Metamorphosis, that, animals, caterpillar, tadpole, someone · What happens: be, go through, grow, become, look, turn · To what, where: big change, body shape, butterfly, frog, complete change, metamorphosis
«metamorphosis» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: metamorphosis in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Metamorphosis is a big change in body shape that some animals go through as they grow, like a caterpillar becoming a butterfly or a tadpole becoming a frog.
The tree, 28 words nsubj cop det amod case compound nmod nsubj det nsubj parataxis advmod mark nsubj advcl punct case det obl acl det xcomp cc det conj acl det xcomp punct root Metamorphosis NOUN is AUX a DET big ADJ change NOUN in ADP body NOUN shape NOUN that PRON some DET animals NOUN go VERB through ADV as SCONJ they PRON grow VERB , PUNCT like ADP a DET caterpillar NOUN becoming VERB a DET butterfly NOUN or CCONJ a DET tadpole NOUN becoming VERB a DET frog NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Metamorphosis metamorphosis NOUN Number=Sing 5 change nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 change cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 change det 4 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 5 change amod 5 change change NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 in in ADP _ 8 shape case 7 body body NOUN Number=Sing 8 shape compound 8 shape shape NOUN Number=Sing 5 change nmod 9 that that PRON PronType=Rel 12 go nsubj 10 some some DET PronType=Ind 11 animals det 11 animals animal NOUN Number=Plur 12 go nsubj 12 go go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 change parataxis 13 through through ADV _ 12 go advmod 14 as as SCONJ _ 16 grow mark 15 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 grow nsubj 16 grow grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 go advcl 17 , , PUNCT _ 20 caterpillar punct 18 like like ADP _ 20 caterpillar case 19 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 20 caterpillar det 20 caterpillar caterpillar NOUN Number=Sing 16 grow obl 21 becoming become VERB VerbForm=Ger 20 caterpillar acl 22 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 23 butterfly det 23 butterfly butterfly NOUN Number=Sing 21 becoming xcomp 24 or or CCONJ _ 26 tadpole cc 25 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 26 tadpole det 26 tadpole tadpole NOUN Number=Sing 23 butterfly conj 27 becoming become VERB VerbForm=Ger 26 tadpole acl 28 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 29 frog det 29 frog frog NOUN Number=Sing 27 becoming xcomp 30 . . PUNCT _ 5 change punct
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1 is a present Metamorphosis a big change body shape tree rules 2 go through present that through property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 grow present animals = animal like a caterpillar vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 4 become gerund a caterpillar not said here a butterfly or a tadpole vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient 5 become gerund a tadpole not said here a frog vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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 A metamorphosis is any complete change in how someone or something looks or is.
The tree, 14 words det nsubj cop det amod mark advmod nsubj cc conj advcl cc conj punct root A DET metamorphosis NOUN is AUX any DET complete ADJ change NOUN in SCONJ how ADV someone PRON or CCONJ something PRON looks VERB or CCONJ is VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 metamorphosis det 2 metamorphosis metamorphosis NOUN Number=Sing 6 change nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 change cop 4 any any DET PronType=Ind 6 change det 5 complete complete ADJ Degree=Pos 6 change amod 6 change change NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 in in SCONJ _ 12 looks mark 8 how how ADV PronType=Int 12 looks advmod 9 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 12 looks nsubj 10 or or CCONJ _ 11 something cc 11 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 9 someone conj 12 looks look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 change advcl 13 or or CCONJ _ 14 is cc 14 is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 looks conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 6 change punct
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1 is a present a metamorphosis any complete change tree rules 2 look present someone vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus 3 be present someone not said here vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 1 A caterpillar turns into a butterfly by metamorphosis.
det nsubj case det obl case obl punct root A DET caterpillar NOUN turns VERB into ADP a DET butterfly NOUN by ADP metamorphosis NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 caterpillar det 2 caterpillar caterpillar NOUN Number=Sing 3 turns nsubj 3 turns turn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 into into ADP _ 6 butterfly case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 butterfly det 6 butterfly butterfly NOUN Number=Sing 3 turns obl 7 by by ADP _ 8 metamorphosis case 8 metamorphosis metamorphosis NOUN Number=Sing 3 turns obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 turns punct
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1 turn present a caterpillar into a butterfly; by metamorphosis vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into butterfly=Source by metamorphosis=Trajectory
Example 2 Tadpoles go through metamorphosis to become frogs.
nsubj case obl mark advcl xcomp punct root Tadpoles NOUN go VERB through ADP metamorphosis NOUN to PART become VERB frogs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tadpoles tadpole NOUN Number=Plur 2 go nsubj 2 go go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 through through ADP _ 4 metamorphosis case 4 metamorphosis metamorphosis NOUN Number=Sing 2 go obl 5 to to PART _ 6 become mark 6 become become VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 go advcl 7 frogs frog NOUN Number=Plur 6 become xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 go punct
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1 go present Tadpoles metamorphosis vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through metamorphosis=Initial_Location 2 become to-infinitive Tadpoles not said here frogs vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
Example 3 Inside the chrysalis, metamorphosis takes place.
case det obl punct nsubj obj punct root Inside ADP the DET chrysalis NOUN , PUNCT metamorphosis NOUN takes VERB place NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Inside inside ADP _ 3 chrysalis case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 chrysalis det 3 chrysalis chrysalis NOUN Number=Sing 6 takes obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 chrysalis punct 5 metamorphosis metamorphosis NOUN Number=Sing 6 takes nsubj 6 takes take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 place place NOUN Number=Sing 6 takes obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 6 takes punct
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1 take present metamorphosis place the chrysalis vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme
Example 4 Beetles also go through complete metamorphosis.
nsubj advmod case amod obl punct root Beetles NOUN also ADV go VERB through ADP complete ADJ metamorphosis NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Beetles beetle NOUN Number=Plur 3 go nsubj 2 also also ADV _ 3 go advmod 3 go go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 through through ADP _ 6 metamorphosis case 5 complete complete ADJ Degree=Pos 6 metamorphosis amod 6 metamorphosis metamorphosis NOUN Number=Sing 3 go obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 go punct
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1 go present Beetles complete metamorphosis vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through metamorphosis=Initial_Location
Example 5 We watched the metamorphosis of our class caterpillars.
nsubj det obj case nmod:poss compound nmod punct root We PRON watched VERB the DET metamorphosis NOUN of ADP our PRON class NOUN caterpillars NOUN . PUNCT 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 watched nsubj 2 watched watch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 metamorphosis det 4 metamorphosis metamorphosis NOUN Number=Sing 2 watched obj 5 of of ADP _ 8 caterpillars case 6 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 caterpillars nmod:poss 7 class class NOUN Number=Sing 8 caterpillars compound 8 caterpillars caterpillar NOUN Number=Plur 4 metamorphosis nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 watched punct
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1 watch past We the metamorphosis of our class caterpillars vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent metamorphosis=Theme
Example 6 Grasshoppers have incomplete metamorphosis.
nsubj advmod obj punct root Grasshoppers NOUN have VERB incomplete ADV metamorphosis NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grasshoppers grasshopper NOUN Number=Plur 2 have nsubj 2 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 incomplete incomplete ADV _ 4 metamorphosis advmod 4 metamorphosis metamorphosis NOUN Number=Sing 2 have obj 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 have punct
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1 have present Grasshoppers metamorphosis vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent metamorphosis=Patient
Example 7 The old shed went through a metamorphosis into a playroom.
det amod nsubj case det obl case det obl punct root The DET old ADJ shed NOUN went VERB through ADP a DET metamorphosis NOUN into ADP a DET playroom NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 shed det 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 3 shed amod 3 shed shed NOUN Number=Sing 4 went nsubj 4 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 through through ADP _ 7 metamorphosis case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 metamorphosis det 7 metamorphosis metamorphosis NOUN Number=Sing 4 went obl 8 into into ADP _ 10 playroom case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 playroom det 10 playroom playroom NOUN Number=Sing 4 went obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 went punct
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1 go past the old shed a metamorphosis into a playroom vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme through metamorphosis=Initial_Location into playroom=Destination
Example 8 Metamorphosis comes from Greek words meaning «change of shape».
nsubj case amod obl acl punct obj case nmod punct punct root Metamorphosis NOUN comes VERB from ADP Greek ADJ words NOUN meaning VERB « PUNCT change NOUN of ADP shape NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Metamorphosis metamorphosis NOUN Number=Sing 2 comes nsubj 2 comes come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 from from ADP _ 5 words case 4 Greek Greek ADJ Degree=Pos 5 words amod 5 words word NOUN Number=Plur 2 comes obl 6 meaning mean VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 words acl 7 « « PUNCT _ 8 change punct 8 change change NOUN Number=Sing 6 meaning obj 9 of of ADP _ 10 shape case 10 shape shape NOUN Number=Sing 8 change nmod 11 » » PUNCT _ 8 change punct 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 comes punct
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1 come present Metamorphosis Greek words vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from word=Initial_Location 2 mean gerund Greek words not said here change of shape vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent change=Topic 3 change in a quote shape nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent
Example 9 In two years the building itself will put on a proper appearance, there will be a complete metamorphosis in beauty and improvement.
The tree, 22 words case nummod obl det nsubj nmod:unmarked aux case det amod obl punct expl aux advcl det amod nsubj case nmod cc conj punct root In ADP two NUM years NOUN the DET building NOUN itself PRON will AUX put VERB on ADP a DET proper ADJ appearance NOUN , PUNCT there PRON will AUX be AUX a DET complete ADJ metamorphosis NOUN in ADP beauty NOUN and CCONJ improvement NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 years case 2 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 3 years nummod 3 years year NOUN Number=Plur 8 put obl 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 building det 5 building building NOUN Number=Sing 8 put nsubj 6 itself itself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes 5 building nmod:unmarked 7 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 put aux 8 put put VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 9 on on ADP _ 12 appearance case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 appearance det 11 proper proper ADJ Degree=Pos 12 appearance amod 12 appearance appearance NOUN Number=Sing 8 put obl 13 , , PUNCT _ 16 be punct 14 there there PRON PronType=Dem 16 be expl 15 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 16 be aux 16 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 put advcl 17 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 19 metamorphosis det 18 complete complete ADJ Degree=Pos 19 metamorphosis amod 19 metamorphosis metamorphosis NOUN Number=Sing 16 be nsubj 20 in in ADP _ 21 beauty case 21 beauty beauty NOUN Number=Sing 19 metamorphosis nmod 22 and and CCONJ _ 23 improvement cc 23 improvement improvement NOUN Number=Sing 21 beauty conj 24 . . PUNCT _ 8 put punct
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1 put future the building building a proper appearance year vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on appearance=Destination
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