rotten

Who acts: I, banana, you, branch, room, We · What happens: feel, spoil, give, allow, be, throw · To what, where: much, everything, banana, compost, branch, rotten weather · Speech: someone speaks here

«rotten» in the school dictionary: its 5 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: rotten in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Gone bad, soft and smelly because of decay (a rotten egg, rotten wood).

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Gone	conj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 soft	punct
4	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Gone	conj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 smelly	cc
6	smelly	smelly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Gone	conj
7	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	9 decay	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	7 because	fixed
9	decay	decay	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 smelly	obl
10	(	(	PUNCT	_	13 egg	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 egg	det
12	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 egg	amod
13	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 decay	appos
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 wood	punct
15	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 wood	amod
16	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 egg	conj
17	)	)	PUNCT	_	13 egg	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Gone	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Very bad, unpleasant or unfair (rotten weather, a rotten trick).

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 bad	advmod
2	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 unpleasant	punct
4	unpleasant	unpleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bad	conj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 unfair	cc
6	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bad	conj
7	(	(	PUNCT	_	9 weather	punct
8	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 weather	amod
9	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bad	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 trick	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 trick	det
12	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 trick	amod
13	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 weather	conj
14	)	)	PUNCT	_	9 weather	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bad	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 3

Feeling ill or unhappy (I feel rotten).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feeling	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 feel	csubj
2	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Feeling	xcomp
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 unhappy	cc
4	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ill	conj
5	(	(	PUNCT	_	7 feel	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 feel	nsubj
7	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 feel	xcomp
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	8 rotten	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	gerund						ill property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	feel	present	I					rotten property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Meaning 4

Morally bad, dishonest (rotten to the core).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Morally	morally	ADV	_	2 bad	advmod
2	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dishonest	punct
4	dishonest	dishonest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bad	conj
5	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 rotten	punct
6	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bad	parataxis
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 core	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 core	det
9	core	core	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rotten	obl
10	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 rotten	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bad	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 5

Spoiled rotten: given too much and allowed everything.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spoiled	spoil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Spoiled	xcomp
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 given	punct
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Spoiled	conj
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 much	advmod
6	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 given	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 allowed	cc
8	allowed	allow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 given	conj
9	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 allowed	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Spoiled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	spoil	participle		rotten property	vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	give	participle	much		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Theme
3	allow	past	everything		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Beneficiary

Example 1

This banana is rotten — throw it in the compost.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 banana	det
2	banana	banana	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rotten	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rotten	cop
4	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	—	-	PUNCT	_	6 throw	punct
6	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 rotten	parataxis
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 throw	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 compost	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 compost	det
10	compost	compost	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 throw	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 rotten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	this banana					rotten property	tree rules
2	throw	infinitive		banana		the compost			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in compost=Destination

Example 2

Don't climb on that branch, it's rotten.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 climb	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 climb	advmod
3	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 branch	case
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 branch	det
6	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 climb	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 rotten	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 rotten	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 rotten	cop
10	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 climb	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 climb	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not climb	imperative · do-support	you not said here			that branch			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on branch=Trajectory
2	is	present	branch					rotten property	tree rules

Example 3

The room smelled of rotten eggs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 room	det
2	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smelled	nsubj
3	smelled	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 eggs	case
5	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 eggs	amod
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 smelled	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 smelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	past	the room					of rotten eggs	vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of egg=Theme

Example 4

We had rotten weather on our camping trip.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 weather	amod
4	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 trip	case
6	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 trip	nmod:poss
7	camping	camping	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 trip	compound
8	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	We	rotten weather		our camping trip			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weather=Patient
2	trip		our						nom trip «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 5

I feel rotten — I think I have a cold.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 feel	nsubj
2	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 feel	xcomp
4	—	-	PUNCT	_	6 think	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 think	nsubj
6	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 feel	parataxis
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 have	nsubj
8	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 think	ccomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cold	det
10	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	feel	present	I		rotten property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	think speech: other	present	I			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	have	present	I	a cold		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Patient

Example 6

That was a rotten thing to say to your friend.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 thing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 thing	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 say	mark
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thing	acl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 friend	case
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 friend	nmod:poss
10	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	That	a rotten thing					tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive			your friend				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to friend=Recipient

Example 7

The grandparents spoil the baby rotten.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 grandparents	det
2	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 spoil	nsubj
3	spoil	spoil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 baby	det
5	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoil	obj
6	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 spoil	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spoil	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spoil	present	the grandparents	the baby				rotten property	tree rules

Example 8

Last one in the pool is a rotten egg!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 one	amod
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 egg	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 pool	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pool	det
5	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 one	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 egg	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 egg	det
8	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 egg	amod
9	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 egg	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Last one in the pool	a rotten egg					tree rules

Example 9

"Rotten apples," answered the ostler; "a whole sackful of them.

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 apples	punct
2	Rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 apples	amod
3	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 answered	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 apples	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 apples	punct
6	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ostler	det
8	ostler	ostler	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 answered	obj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 sackful	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 sackful	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 sackful	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sackful	amod
13	sackful	sackful	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 answered	parataxis
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 them	case
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sackful	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 answered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	Rotten apples	the ostler					tree rules

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