revert

Who acts: way, this, many speakers, it, I, teacher · What happens: go back, do, undo, revert, use, mean · To what, where: things, changes, you, India, bed, field · Speech: someone speaks here

«revert» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: revert in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To go back to an earlier state, habit or way of doing things.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 go	mark
2	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 go	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 state	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 state	det
6	earlier	early	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 state	amod
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 go	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 habit	punct
9	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 state	nmod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 way	cc
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 state	conj
12	of	of	SCONJ	_	13 doing	mark
13	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 way	acl
14	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 doing	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go back	to-infinitive						to a earlier state habit or way result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to state=Result
2	do	gerund	way not said here	things					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality

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: computing — kept apart, not parsed.

To undo changes and go back to an earlier version of a file or page.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 undo	mark
2	undo	undo	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	changes	change	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 undo	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 go	cc
5	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 undo	conj
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 go	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 version	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 version	det
9	earlier	early	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 version	amod
10	version	version	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 file	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 file	det
13	file	file	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 version	nmod
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 page	cc
15	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 file	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 undo	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undo	to-infinitive		changes					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent change=Patient
2	go back	infinitive						to a earlier version of a file or page result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to version=Result

Meaning 3

Usage: law — kept apart, not parsed.

For property to go back to its first owner.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	2 property	case
2	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl
3	to	to	PART	_	4 go	mark
4	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 go	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 owner	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 owner	nmod:poss
8	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 owner	amod
9	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go back	to-infinitive						for property; to property's first owner result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to owner=Result

Meaning 4

Usage: business English — kept apart, not parsed.

"Revert to you" is sometimes used to mean "reply to you" — this is common in India, but many speakers think it is wrong.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Revert	punct
2	Revert	revert	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 used	nsubj:pass
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 you	case
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 Revert	obl
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Revert	punct
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 used	aux:pass
7	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 used	advmod
8	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 mean	mark
10	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 used	advcl
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 reply	punct
12	reply	reply	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 mean	ccomp
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 you	case
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 reply	obl
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 reply	punct
16	—	-	PUNCT	_	19 common	punct
17	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	19 common	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 common	cop
19	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 used	parataxis
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 India	case
21	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 common	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 think	punct
23	but	but	CCONJ	_	26 think	cc
24	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 speakers	amod
25	speakers	speaker	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 think	nsubj
26	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 common	conj
27	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 wrong	nsubj
28	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 wrong	cop
29	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 think	ccomp
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	revert in a quote	infinitive		you			vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to you=Result
2	use	present · passive				sometimes property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	mean	to-infinitive					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	reply speech: assert in a quote	infinitive		you			vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to you=Theme
5	is	present	this		India	common property	tree rules
6	think speech: other	present	many speakers				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	is	present	it			wrong property	tree rules

Example 1

After the holiday, I reverted to going to bed late.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 holiday	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 holiday	det
3	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reverted	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 holiday	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 reverted	nsubj
6	reverted	revert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	SCONJ	_	8 going	mark
8	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 reverted	advcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 bed	case
10	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 going	obl
11	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 going	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 reverted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	revert	past	I				after the holiday		vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
2	go	gerund	I not said here			bed		late property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location

Example 2

The field reverted to wild meadow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 field	det
2	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	reverted	revert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 field	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 meadow	case
5	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 meadow	amod
6	meadow	meadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reverted	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 field	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	revert	participle		the field not said here				to wild meadow result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to meadow=Result

Example 3

The teacher reverted the document to yesterday's version.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reverted	nsubj
3	reverted	revert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 document	det
5	document	document	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reverted	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 version	case
7	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 version	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 yesterday	case
9	version	version	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reverted	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reverted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	revert	past	the teacher	the document				to yesterday's version	tree rules

Example 4

Wikipedia editors reverted the silly changes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wikipedia	Wikipedia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 editors	compound
2	editors	editor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reverted	nsubj
3	reverted	revert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 changes	det
5	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 changes	amod
6	changes	change	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reverted	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reverted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	revert	past	Wikipedia editors	the silly changes					tree rules

Example 5

When he is nervous, he reverts to biting his nails.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 nervous	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 nervous	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 nervous	cop
4	nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 reverts	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 reverts	nsubj
7	reverts	revert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 nervous	parataxis
8	to	to	SCONJ	_	9 biting	mark
9	biting	bite	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 reverts	advcl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 nails	nmod:poss
11	nails	nail	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 biting	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 nervous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	he		nervous property	tree rules
2	revert	present	he			vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
3	bite	gerund	he not said here	his nails		vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nail=Patient

Example 6

The land reverted to the original owner.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 land	det
2	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	reverted	revert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 land	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 owner	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 owner	det
6	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 owner	amod
7	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reverted	obl:agent
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 land	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	revert	participle		the land not said here					vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient

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