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precondition

Who acts: something, Finishing, precondition, Oxygen, talks, Trust · What happens: be, happen, finish, go out, play, begin · To what, where: homework, precondition, team, training

«precondition» 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: precondition in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Something that must be true or must happen before something else can happen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 true	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 true	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 true	cop
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Something	acl:relcl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 happen	cc
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 happen	aux
8	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 true	conj
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 happen	mark
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 happen	nsubj
11	else	else	ADV	_	10 something	advmod
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 happen	aux
13	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 happen	advcl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Something	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must						true property	tree rules
2	happen	must							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	happen	can	something						vn occur-48.3-1 «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.

Example 1

Finishing your homework is a precondition for going out to play.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Finishing	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 precondition	csubj
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 homework	nmod:poss
3	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Finishing	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 precondition	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 precondition	det
6	precondition	precondition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 going	mark
8	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 precondition	acl
9	out	out	ADV	_	8 going	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 play	mark
11	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 going	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 precondition	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	finish	gerund		your homework					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality homework=Eventuality
2	is a	present	Finishing	a precondition					tree rules
3	go out	gerund	a precondition not said here					out property	tree rules
4	play	to-infinitive	a precondition not said here						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

Oxygen is a precondition for fire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 precondition	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 precondition	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 precondition	det
4	precondition	precondition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 fire	case
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 precondition	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 precondition	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Oxygen	a precondition				for fire	tree rules

Example 3

The talks began without any preconditions.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 talks	det
2	talks	talk	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 began	nsubj
3	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	without	without	ADP	_	6 preconditions	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 preconditions	det
6	preconditions	precondition	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 began	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 began	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	the talks					without any preconditions	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Example 4

A precondition for joining the team is coming to training.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 precondition	det
2	precondition	precondition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 coming	nsubj
3	for	for	SCONJ	_	4 joining	mark
4	joining	join	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 precondition	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 team	det
6	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 joining	obj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 coming	aux
8	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 training	case
10	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 coming	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 coming	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	gerund	a precondition not said here	the team					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Patient
2	come	present · progressive	a precondition			training			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to training=Initial_Location

Example 5

Trust is a precondition for friendship.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 precondition	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 precondition	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 precondition	det
4	precondition	precondition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 friendship	case
6	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 precondition	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 precondition	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Trust	a precondition				for friendship	tree rules

Example 6

Light is a precondition for photosynthesis.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 precondition	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 precondition	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 precondition	det
4	precondition	precondition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 photosynthesis	case
6	photosynthesis	photosynthesis	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 precondition	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 precondition	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Light	a precondition				for photosynthesis	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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