predatory

Who acts: Owls, predatory birds, Sharks, predatory adult, you, anyone · What happens: live, hunt, eat, try, use, harm · To what, where: other animals, weaker people, others, predatory birds, predatory fish, child · Speech: someone speaks here

«predatory» 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: predatory in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: animals — kept apart, not parsed.

Living by hunting and eating other animals.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Living	live	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	by	by	SCONJ	_	3 hunting	mark
3	hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Living	advcl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 eating	cc
5	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Living	conj
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 animals	amod
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 eating	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Living	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	live	gerund		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hunt	gerund		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	eat	gerund	other animals	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: people — kept apart, not parsed.

Trying to use or harm others for gain, especially weaker people: predatory lenders, predatory adults online.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 use	mark
3	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Trying	xcomp
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 harm	cc
5	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 use	conj
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 harm	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 gain	case
8	gain	gain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 harm	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 people	punct
10	especially	especially	ADV	_	11 weaker	advmod
11	weaker	weak	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 people	amod
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Trying	obl
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 lenders	punct
14	predatory	predatory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 lenders	amod
15	lenders	lender	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Trying	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 adults	punct
17	predatory	predatory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 adults	amod
18	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 lenders	conj
19	online	online	ADV	_	18 adults	advmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 lenders	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	try	gerund	weaker people	predatory lenders and predatory adults obl	vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	use not said to happen	to-infinitive			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	harm	infinitive	others	for gain	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus other=Experiencer

Example 1

Owls are predatory birds that hunt at night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Owls	owl	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 birds	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 birds	cop
3	predatory	predatory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 birds	amod
4	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 hunt	nsubj
6	hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 birds	acl:relcl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 night	case
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hunt	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 birds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Owls	predatory birds					tree rules
2	hunt	present	predatory birds				night		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

Sharks are predatory fish.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sharks	shark	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fish	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fish	cop
3	predatory	predatory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fish	amod
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 fish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Sharks	predatory fish					tree rules

Example 3

A predatory adult may pretend to be a child online.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
2	predatory	predatory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 adult	amod
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pretend	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 pretend	aux
5	pretend	pretend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	9 child	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 child	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pretend	xcomp
10	online	online	ADV	_	9 child	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 pretend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	may	a predatory adult						tree rules
2	is a	to-infinitive	a predatory adult not said here	a child				online property	tree rules

Example 4

Tell a grown-up if anyone online asks you to keep secrets.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 grown	det
3	grown	grown	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 up	punct
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 grown	compound
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 asks	mark
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 asks	nsubj
8	online	online	ADV	_	7 anyone	advmod
9	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	advcl
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 asks	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 keep	mark
12	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 asks	xcomp
13	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 keep	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	a grown		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grown=Recipient
2	ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happen	present	anyone		you	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
3	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	anyone not said here	secrets		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme

Example 5

The predatory spider waits for flies in its web.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 spider	det
2	predatory	predatory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 spider	amod
3	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waits	nsubj
4	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 flies	case
6	flies	fly	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 waits	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 web	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 web	nmod:poss
9	web	web	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flies	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 waits	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	present	the predatory spider					for flies in spider's web	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

Some loan companies are predatory and charge huge interest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 companies	det
2	loan	loan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 companies	compound
3	companies	company	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 predatory	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 predatory	cop
5	predatory	predatory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 charge	cc
7	charge	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 predatory	conj
8	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 interest	amod
9	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 charge	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 predatory	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	some loan companies					predatory property	tree rules
2	charge	present	some loan companies not said here	huge interest					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location interest=Theme

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