prevention Who acts: Prevention, it, Washing, prevention week, helmet, council · What happens: mean, stop, happen, wash, be, teach · To what, where: something, hands, us, money, flood prevention, teeth
«prevention» 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: prevention in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Prevention means stopping something bad from happening before it happens.
nsubj xcomp obj amod mark advcl mark nsubj advcl punct root Prevention NOUN means VERB stopping VERB something PRON bad ADJ from SCONJ happening VERB before SCONJ it PRON happens VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Prevention prevention NOUN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 stopping stop VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 means xcomp 4 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 3 stopping obj 5 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 4 something amod 6 from from SCONJ _ 7 happening mark 7 happening happen VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 stopping advcl 8 before before SCONJ _ 10 happens mark 9 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 happens nsubj 10 happens happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 happening advcl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Prevention vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 stop not said to happen gerund Prevention not said here something vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality something=Eventuality 3 happen gerund Prevention not said here vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 4 happen present it 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 Washing your hands is good for illness prevention.
csubj nmod:poss obj cop case compound obl punct root Washing VERB your PRON hands NOUN is AUX good ADJ for ADP illness NOUN prevention NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Washing wash VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 good csubj 2 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 hands nmod:poss 3 hands hand NOUN Number=Plur 1 Washing obj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 good cop 5 good good ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 for for ADP _ 8 prevention case 7 illness illness NOUN Number=Sing 8 prevention compound 8 prevention prevention NOUN Number=Sing 5 good obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 good punct
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1 wash gerund your hands vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient 2 is present Washing for illness prevention; good property tree rules
Example 2 Fire prevention week teaches us about smoke alarms.
compound compound nsubj iobj case compound obl punct root Fire NOUN prevention NOUN week NOUN teaches VERB us PRON about ADP smoke NOUN alarms NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fire fire NOUN Number=Sing 2 prevention compound 2 prevention prevention NOUN Number=Sing 3 week compound 3 week week NOUN Number=Sing 4 teaches nsubj 4 teaches teach VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 teaches iobj 6 about about ADP _ 8 alarms case 7 smoke smoke NOUN Number=Sing 8 alarms compound 8 alarms alarm NOUN Number=Plur 4 teaches obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 teaches punct
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1 teach speech: other present prevention week us about smoke alarms vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent we=Recipient about alarm=Topic
Example 3 Prevention is better than cure.
nsubj cop case obl punct root Prevention NOUN is AUX better ADJ than ADP cure NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Prevention prevention NOUN Number=Sing 3 better nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 better cop 3 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 4 than than ADP _ 5 cure case 5 cure cure NOUN Number=Sing 3 better obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 better punct
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1 is present Prevention than cure; good property tree rules
Example 4 The helmet is for injury prevention.
det nsubj cop case compound punct root The DET helmet NOUN is AUX for ADP injury NOUN prevention NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 helmet det 2 helmet helmet NOUN Number=Sing 6 prevention nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 prevention cop 4 for for ADP _ 6 prevention case 5 injury injury NOUN Number=Sing 6 prevention compound 6 prevention prevention NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 prevention punct
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1 is present the helmet for injury prevention tree rules
Example 5 The council spends money on flood prevention.
det nsubj obj case compound obl punct root The DET council NOUN spends VERB money NOUN on ADP flood NOUN prevention NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 council det 2 council council NOUN Number=Sing 3 spends nsubj 3 spends spend VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 money money NOUN Number=Sing 3 spends obj 5 on on ADP _ 7 prevention case 6 flood flood NOUN Number=Sing 7 prevention compound 7 prevention prevention NOUN Number=Sing 3 spends obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 spends punct
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1 spend present the council money on flood prevention goal vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent money=Asset on prevention=Goal
Example 6 Brushing your teeth is tooth decay prevention.
csubj nmod:poss obj cop compound compound punct root Brushing VERB your PRON teeth NOUN is AUX tooth NOUN decay NOUN prevention NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Brushing brush VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 prevention csubj 2 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 teeth nmod:poss 3 teeth tooth NOUN Number=Plur 1 Brushing obj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 prevention cop 5 tooth tooth NOUN Number=Sing 7 prevention compound 6 decay decay NOUN Number=Sing 7 prevention compound 7 prevention prevention NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 prevention punct
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1 brush gerund your teeth vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme 2 is a present Brushing tooth decay prevention tree rules
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