pernicious
Who acts: Romans · What happens: cause, worshipp, ward off · To what, where: damage, Nemesis, pernicious consequences
«pernicious» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 1 example, 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: pernicious in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Very harmful; slowly causing damage, ruin or trouble.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 2 harmful | advmod |
| 2 | harmful | harmful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 causing | punct |
| 4 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 5 causing | advmod |
| 5 | causing | cause | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 harmful | advcl |
| 6 | damage | damage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 causing | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 ruin | punct |
| 8 | ruin | ruin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 damage | conj |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 trouble | cc |
| 10 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 damage | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 harmful | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | gerund | damage and ruin or trouble | slowly property | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition damage=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.
Example 1
The Romans worshipped Nemesis to ward off the pernicious consequences of envy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Romans | det |
| 2 | Romans | Roman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 worshipped | nsubj |
| 3 | worshipped | worshipp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Nemesis | Nemesis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 worshipped | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 ward | mark |
| 6 | ward | ward | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 worshipped | advcl |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 ward | compound:prt |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 consequences | det |
| 9 | pernicious | pernicious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 consequences | amod |
| 10 | consequences | consequence | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 ward | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 envy | case |
| 12 | envy | envy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 consequences | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 worshipped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | worshipp | past | the Romans | Nemesis | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | ward off | to-infinitive | the Romans not said here | the pernicious consequences of envy | tree rules |
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