potency

Who acts: something, potency, you, medicines, venom, speech · What happens: be, mean, need, lose, have, show · To what, where: small dose, potency, great potency · Speech: someone speaks here

«potency» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: potency in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

How strong or powerful something is, especially a medicine, drug, poison or chemical.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 strong	advmod
2	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 powerful	cc
4	powerful	powerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 strong	conj
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 strong	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 strong	cop
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 medicine	punct
8	especially	especially	ADV	_	10 medicine	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 medicine	det
10	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 strong	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 drug	punct
12	drug	drug	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 medicine	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 poison	punct
14	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 medicine	conj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 chemical	cc
16	chemical	chemical	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 poison	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 strong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	something					strong property	tree rules
2	be		something not said here						tree rules

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

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

Power or influence: the potency of an idea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 influence	cc
3	influence	influence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Power	conj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 potency	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 potency	det
6	potency	potency	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Power	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 idea	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 idea	det
9	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 potency	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Power	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

The potency of the medicine means you only need a small dose.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 potency	det
2	potency	potency	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 medicine	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 medicine	det
5	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 potency	nmod
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 need	nsubj
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 need	advmod
9	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 means	ccomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 dose	det
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 dose	amod
12	dose	dose	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 need	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	the potency of the medicine						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	need	present	you	a small dose					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dose=Theme

Example 2

Some medicines lose their potency after their expiry date.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 medicines	det
2	medicines	medicine	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lose	nsubj
3	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 potency	nmod:poss
5	potency	potency	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lose	obj
6	after	after	ADP	_	9 date	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 date	nmod:poss
8	expiry	expiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 date	compound
9	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lose	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present	some medicines	medicines's potency			after medicines's expiry date		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potency=Eventuality

Example 3

The snake's venom has great potency.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 snake	det
2	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 venom	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 snake	case
4	venom	venom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 potency	amod
7	potency	potency	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the snake's venom	great potency					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potency=Patient

Example 4

The speech showed the potency of words.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 speech	det
2	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showed	nsubj
3	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 potency	det
5	potency	potency	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showed	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 words	case
7	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 potency	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 showed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	the speech	the potency of words					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent potency=Recipient

Example 5

Scientists tested the potency of the new vaccine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tested	nsubj
2	tested	test	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 potency	det
4	potency	potency	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tested	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 vaccine	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 vaccine	det
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 vaccine	amod
8	vaccine	vaccine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 potency	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tested	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	past	Scientists	the potency of the new vaccine					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potency=Theme

Example 6

Strong sunlight can reduce the potency of vitamins.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sunlight	amod
2	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reduce	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 reduce	aux
4	reduce	reduce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 potency	det
6	potency	potency	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reduce	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 vitamins	case
8	vitamins	vitamin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 potency	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 reduce	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	can	Strong sunlight	the potency of vitamins					vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer potency=Patient

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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