retention

Who acts: Retention, Water retention, body, Revision, Clay soil, wool coat · What happens: keep, lose, mean, keep back, be, hold · To what, where: something, Retention, pupil, much water, facts, good water retention

«retention» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: retention in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Retention is keeping something, or keeping it from being lost.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Retention	retention	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeping	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 keeping	aux
3	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 keeping	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 keeping	punct
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 keeping	cc
7	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 keeping	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keeping	obj
9	from	from	SCONJ	_	11 lost	mark
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 lost	aux:pass
11	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 keeping	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 keeping	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	present · progressive	Retention	something	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme
2	keep	gerund	Retention not said here	Retention	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	lose	gerund · passive	Retention not said here		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»

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: UK school — kept apart, not parsed.

Retention can mean keeping a pupil back a year.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Retention	retention	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mean	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	keeping	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 mean	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keeping	obj
7	back	back	ADV	_	4 keeping	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 year	det
9	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keeping	obl:unmarked
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	Retention						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	keep back not said to happen	gerund	Retention not said here	a pupil			year		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupil=Theme

Meaning 3

Usage: science/health — kept apart, not parsed.

Water retention is when the body holds too much water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 retention	compound
2	retention	retention	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 when	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 when	cop
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 body	det
6	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 holds	nsubj
7	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 when	advcl
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 much	advmod
9	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 water	amod
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 holds	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 when	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Water retention					when property	tree rules
2	hold	present	the body	much water					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

Example 1

Revision helps the retention of facts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Revision	revision	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 retention	det
4	retention	retention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 helps	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 facts	case
6	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 retention	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Revision	the retention of facts					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent retention=Beneficiary
2	retain			facts					nom retention «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 2

Clay soil has good water retention.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 soil	compound
2	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 retention	amod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 retention	compound
6	retention	retention	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Clay soil	good water retention					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent retention=Patient

Example 3

The wool coat has good heat retention.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 coat	det
2	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 coat	compound
3	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 retention	amod
6	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 retention	compound
7	retention	retention	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the wool coat	good heat retention					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent retention=Patient

Example 4

Staff retention is a problem for the company.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 retention	compound
2	retention	retention	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 problem	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 problem	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 problem	det
5	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 company	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 company	det
8	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 problem	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 problem	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Staff retention	a problem				for the company	tree rules

Example 5

Swelling in the ankles can be caused by water retention.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swelling	swell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 caused	csubj:pass
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 ankles	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ankles	det
4	ankles	ankle	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Swelling	obl
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 caused	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 caused	aux:pass
7	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 retention	case
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 retention	compound
10	retention	retention	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 caused	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 caused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swell	gerund						in the ankles	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in ankle=Attribute
2	cause	can · passive	Swelling					by water retention	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»

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