overrun
Who acts: much, war · What happens: overrun, be, take over · To what, where: place, country, certain house, garden
«overrun» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: overrun in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To overrun a place is to fill it so that there is too much of something everywhere.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 overrun | mark |
| 2 | overrun | overrun | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 fill | advcl |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 place | det |
| 4 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 overrun | obj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fill | cop |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 fill | mark |
| 7 | fill | fill | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 fill | obj |
| 9 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 12 is | mark |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 so | fixed |
| 11 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 12 is | expl |
| 12 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fill | advcl |
| 13 | too | too | ADV | _ | 14 much | advmod |
| 14 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 is | nsubj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 something | case |
| 16 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 14 much | nmod |
| 17 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 16 something | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 fill | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overrun | to-infinitive | a place | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | present | fill property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | be | present | much of something | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 overrun a country is to invade it and take it over with an army.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 overrun | mark |
| 2 | overrun | overrun | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 invade | advcl |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 country | det |
| 4 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 overrun | obj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 invade | cop |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 invade | mark |
| 7 | invade | invade | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 invade | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 take | cc |
| 10 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 invade | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 take | obj |
| 12 | over | over | ADP | _ | 10 take | compound:prt |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 army | case |
| 14 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 army | det |
| 15 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 take | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 invade | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overrun | to-infinitive | a country | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | present | invade property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | take over | infinitive | country | with a army | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Example 1
A certain house was overrun with mice.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 house | det |
| 2 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 house | amod |
| 3 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 overrun | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 overrun | aux:pass |
| 5 | overrun | overrun | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 mice | case |
| 7 | mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 overrun | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 overrun | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overrun | past · passive | a certain house | with mice | tree rules |
Example 2
The country was overrun by war.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 country | det |
| 2 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 overrun | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 overrun | aux:pass |
| 4 | overrun | overrun | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 war | case |
| 6 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 overrun | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 overrun | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overrun | past · passive | war | the country | tree rules |
Example 3
Our garden was overrun with weeds.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 garden | nmod:poss |
| 2 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 overrun | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 overrun | aux:pass |
| 4 | overrun | overrun | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 weeds | case |
| 6 | weeds | weed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 overrun | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 overrun | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overrun | past · passive | Our garden | with weeds | tree rules |
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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