pollutant Who acts: substance, Car exhaust, pollutants, Plastic, factory, Trees · What happens: make, contain, be, let, trap, run off · To what, where: air, pollutants, pollutant, oceans, river, air pollutants
«pollutant» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: pollutant in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A substance that makes air, water or soil dirty and harmful to living things.
The tree, 14 words det nsubj acl:relcl obj punct conj cc conj xcomp cc conj case amod obl punct root A DET substance NOUN that PRON makes VERB air NOUN , PUNCT water NOUN or CCONJ soil NOUN dirty ADJ and CCONJ harmful ADJ to ADP living ADJ things NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 substance det 2 substance substance NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 that that PRON PronType=Rel 4 makes nsubj 4 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 substance acl:relcl 5 air air NOUN Number=Sing 4 makes obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 water punct 7 water water NOUN Number=Sing 5 air conj 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 soil cc 9 soil soil NOUN Number=Sing 5 air conj 10 dirty dirty ADJ Degree=Pos 4 makes xcomp 11 and and CCONJ _ 12 harmful cc 12 harmful harmful ADJ Degree=Pos 10 dirty conj 13 to to ADP _ 15 things case 14 living living ADJ Degree=Pos 15 things amod 15 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 12 harmful obl 16 . . PUNCT _ 2 substance punct
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1 make present a substance air and water or soil dirty property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset air=Product
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 Car exhaust contains pollutants that are bad for our lungs.
compound nsubj obj nsubj cop acl:relcl case nmod:poss obl punct root Car NOUN exhaust NOUN contains VERB pollutants NOUN that PRON are AUX bad ADJ for ADP our PRON lungs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Car car NOUN Number=Sing 2 exhaust compound 2 exhaust exhaust NOUN Number=Sing 3 contains nsubj 3 contains contain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 pollutants pollutant NOUN Number=Plur 3 contains obj 5 that that PRON PronType=Rel 7 bad nsubj 6 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 bad cop 7 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 4 pollutants acl:relcl 8 for for ADP _ 10 lungs case 9 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 lungs nmod:poss 10 lungs lung NOUN Number=Plur 7 bad obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 contains punct
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1 contain present Car exhaust pollutants vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pollutant=Theme 2 is present pollutants for our lungs; bad property tree rules
Example 2 Plastic is a pollutant in the oceans.
nsubj cop det case det nmod punct root Plastic NOUN is AUX a DET pollutant NOUN in ADP the DET oceans NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Plastic plastic NOUN Number=Sing 4 pollutant nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 pollutant cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 pollutant det 4 pollutant pollutant NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 in in ADP _ 7 oceans case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 oceans det 7 oceans ocean NOUN Number=Plur 4 pollutant nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 pollutant punct
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1 is a present Plastic a pollutant the oceans tree rules
Example 3 The factory let pollutants into the river.
det nsubj obj case det obl punct root The DET factory NOUN let VERB pollutants NOUN into ADP the DET river NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 factory det 2 factory factory NOUN Number=Sing 3 let nsubj 3 let let VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 pollutants pollutant NOUN Number=Plur 3 let obj 5 into into ADP _ 7 river case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 river det 7 river river NOUN Number=Sing 3 let obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 let punct
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1 let past the factory pollutants the river vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pollutant=Theme
Example 4 Trees can trap some air pollutants.
nsubj aux det compound obj punct root Trees NOUN can AUX trap VERB some DET air NOUN pollutants NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Trees tree NOUN Number=Plur 3 trap nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 trap aux 3 trap trap VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 some some DET PronType=Ind 6 pollutants det 5 air air NOUN Number=Sing 6 pollutants compound 6 pollutants pollutant NOUN Number=Plur 3 trap obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 trap punct
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1 trap can Trees some air pollutants vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pollutant=Patient
Example 5 Fertiliser running off fields can be a pollutant.
nsubj acl compound:prt obj aux cop det punct root Fertiliser NOUN running VERB off ADP fields NOUN can AUX be AUX a DET pollutant NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fertiliser fertiliser NOUN Number=Sing 8 pollutant nsubj 2 running run VERB VerbForm=Ger 1 Fertiliser acl 3 off off ADP _ 2 running compound:prt 4 fields field NOUN Number=Plur 2 running obj 5 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 pollutant aux 6 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 pollutant cop 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 pollutant det 8 pollutant pollutant NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 . . PUNCT _ 8 pollutant punct
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1 run off gerund Fertiliser not said here fields vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme field=Trajectory 2 is a can Fertiliser a pollutant tree rules
Example 6 Scientists measured the pollutants near the school gate.
nsubj det obj case det compound obl punct root Scientists NOUN measured VERB the DET pollutants NOUN near ADP the DET school NOUN gate NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Scientists scientist NOUN Number=Plur 2 measured nsubj 2 measured measure VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 pollutants det 4 pollutants pollutant NOUN Number=Plur 2 measured obj 5 near near ADP _ 8 gate case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 gate det 7 school school NOUN Number=Sing 8 gate compound 8 gate gate NOUN Number=Sing 2 measured obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 measured punct
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1 measure past Scientists the pollutants the school gate vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme pollutant=Value
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