normalise

Who acts: you, people, We, Laughing, two countries, Scientists · What happens: make, seem, accept, normalise, talk, return · To what, where: something, it, normal state, relations, numbers, bullying · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

To make something seem normal or ordinary, so people accept it, as in "normalise talking about feelings".

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 seem	advcl
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 make	obj
4	seem	seem	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 seem	xcomp
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 ordinary	cc
7	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 normal	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 accept	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 accept	advmod
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 accept	nsubj
11	accept	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 seem	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 accept	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 normalise	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 normalise	mark
15	in	in	ADP	_	14 as	fixed
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 normalise	punct
17	normalise	normalise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 accept	ccomp
18	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 normalise	xcomp
19	about	about	ADP	_	20 feelings	case
20	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 talking	obl
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 normalise	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 seem	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	something		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product
2	seem	imperative	you not said here		normal property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
3	accept	present	people	it		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme clause=Attribute
4	normalise in a quote	infinitive	people not said here			tree rules
5	talk in a quote	gerund	people not said here		about feelings	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about feeling=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

To return something to a normal state, as in "relations normalised".

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 return	mark
2	return	return	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 return	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 state	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 state	det
6	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 state	amod
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 return	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 relations	punct
9	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	12 relations	case
10	in	in	ADP	_	9 as	fixed
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 relations	punct
12	relations	relation	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 return	obl
13	normalised	normalis	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 relations	acl
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 normalised	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 return	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	to-infinitive		something		a normal state		as relations	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent something=Theme to state=Destination
2	normalis in a quote	participle		relations not said here					tree rules

Meaning 3

Usage: maths, science — kept apart, not parsed.

To change numbers to a standard scale so they can be compared.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 change	mark
2	change	change	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 change	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 scale	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 scale	det
6	standard	standard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 scale	amod
7	scale	scale	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 change	obl
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 compared	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 compared	nsubj:pass
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 compared	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 compared	aux:pass
12	compared	compare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 change	advcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 change	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	to-infinitive		numbers				to a standard scale	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient
2	compare	can · passive		numbers = number					vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 1

We should normalise talking about mental health.

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	3 normalise	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 normalise	aux
3	normalise	normalise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 normalise	xcomp
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 health	case
6	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 health	amod
7	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 talking	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 normalise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	normalise	should	We						tree rules
2	talk	gerund	We not said here					about mental health	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about health=Topic

Example 2

Laughing at bullying normalises it, which is wrong.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 normalises	csubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 bullying	case
3	bullying	bullying	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Laughing	obl
4	normalises	normalis	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 normalises	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 wrong	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 wrong	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 wrong	cop
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 normalises	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 normalises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	laugh	gerund			bullying		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	normalis	present	Laughing	bullying			tree rules
3	is	present				wrong property	tree rules

Example 3

After the storm, life slowly normalised.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 storm	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 storm	det
3	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 normalised	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 life	punct
5	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 storm	conj
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	7 normalised	advmod
7	normalised	normalis	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 normalised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	normalis	past					after the storm and life	slowly property	tree rules

Example 4

The two countries agreed to normalise relations.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 countries	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 countries	nummod
3	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 agreed	nsubj
4	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 normalise	mark
6	normalise	normalise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 agreed	xcomp
7	relations	relation	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 normalise	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 agreed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	the two countries						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	normalise not said to happen	to-infinitive	the two countries not said here	relations					tree rules

Example 5

Scientists normalise the results so they can compare them.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 normalise	nsubj
2	normalise	normalise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 results	det
4	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 normalise	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 compare	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 compare	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 compare	aux
8	compare	compare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 normalise	advcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 compare	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 normalise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	normalise	present	Scientists	the results					tree rules
2	compare	can	Scientists = scientist	results = result					vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Example 6

Her temperature normalised after the medicine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 temperature	nmod:poss
2	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 normalised	nsubj
3	normalised	normalis	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 medicine	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 medicine	det
6	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 normalised	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 normalised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	normalis	past	Her temperature				after the medicine		tree rules

Example 7

Some games normalise violence, critics say.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 games	det
2	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 normalise	nsubj
3	normalise	normalise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	violence	violence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 normalise	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct
6	critics	critic	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 normalise	parataxis
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 normalise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	normalise	present	some games	violence					tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	critics						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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