respire

Who acts: living things, Plants, you, muscles, Yeast, Fish · What happens: breathe, carry out, release, use, give out, live · To what, where: respiration, energy, food, oxygen, carbon dioxide, dark

«respire» 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: respire in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To breathe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 breathe	mark
2	breathe	breathe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 breathe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	breathe	to-infinitive							vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: science — kept apart, not parsed.

To carry out respiration: to release energy from food (glucose) in the cells, usually using oxygen and giving out carbon dioxide and water.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 carry	mark
2	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 carry	compound:prt
4	respiration	respiration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carry	obj
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 release	punct
6	to	to	PART	_	7 release	mark
7	release	release	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 carry	conj
8	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 release	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 food	case
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 release	obl
11	(	(	PUNCT	_	12 glucose	punct
12	glucose	glucose	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 food	appos
13	)	)	PUNCT	_	12 glucose	punct
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 cells	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 cells	det
16	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 release	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 using	punct
18	usually	usually	ADV	_	19 using	advmod
19	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 release	parataxis
20	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 using	obj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 giving	cc
22	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 using	conj
23	out	out	ADP	_	22 giving	compound:prt
24	carbon	carbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 dioxide	compound
25	dioxide	dioxide	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 giving	obj
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 water	cc
27	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 dioxide	conj
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 carry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	carry out	to-infinitive	respiration			vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respiration=Eventuality
2	release	to-infinitive	energy	food	in the cells	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer energy=Source
3	use	gerund	oxygen		usually property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oxygen=Patient
4	give out	gerund	carbon dioxide and water			vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent dioxide=Theme

Example 1

All living things respire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 things	det
2	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 things	amod
3	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 respire	nsubj
4	respire	respire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 respire	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	gerund							vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	respire	present	all living things						tree rules

Example 2

Plants respire day and night, not just in the dark.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 respire	nsubj
2	respire	respire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respire	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 night	cc
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 day	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 dark	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 dark	advmod
8	just	just	ADV	_	11 dark	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 dark	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dark	det
11	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respire	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 respire	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	respire	present	Plants			the dark	day		tree rules

Example 3

When you run, your muscles respire faster.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	3 run	mark
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 run	nsubj
3	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 respire	advcl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 run	punct
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 muscles	nmod:poss
6	muscles	muscle	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 respire	nsubj
7	respire	respire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 respire	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 respire	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	you						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	respire	present	your muscles					fast property	tree rules

Example 4

Yeast respires and makes bubbles of gas.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeast	yeast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respires	nsubj
2	respires	respire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 makes	cc
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 respires	conj
5	bubbles	bubble	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 makes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 gas	case
7	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bubbles	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 respires	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	respire	present	Yeast						tree rules
2	make	present	Yeast not said here	bubbles of gas					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bubble=Product

Example 5

Fish respire using oxygen dissolved in water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 respire	nsubj
2	respire	respire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 respire	advcl
4	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 using	obj
5	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 oxygen	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 water	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dissolved	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 respire	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	respire	present	Fish			tree rules
2	use	gerund	Fish not said here	oxygen		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oxygen=Patient
3	dissolve	participle		oxygen not said here	water	vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 6

Seeds respire as they germinate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 respire	nsubj
2	respire	respire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 germinate	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 germinate	nsubj
5	germinate	germinate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 respire	advcl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 respire	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	respire	present	Seeds						tree rules
2	germinate	present	Seeds = seed						vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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