ruinous

Who acts: Ruinous, It, balcony, repairs · What happens: mean, fall, cause, be, haunt · To what, where: great loss, ruinous old castle, ruinous state · Speech: someone speaks here

«ruinous» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: ruinous in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Ruinous means fallen to pieces, in ruins: a ruinous castle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruinous	Ruinous	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	ccomp
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 pieces	case
5	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fallen	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ruins	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 ruins	case
8	ruins	ruin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pieces	conj
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 castle	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 castle	det
11	ruinous	ruinous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 castle	amod
12	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Ruinous						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fall	participle						to pieces and ruins	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to piece=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.

Meaning 2

Ruinous also means causing great loss or damage, very costly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruinous	Ruinous	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 means	nsubj
2	also	also	ADV	_	3 means	advmod
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	causing	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 means	xcomp
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 loss	amod
6	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 causing	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 damage	cc
8	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 loss	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 costly	punct
10	very	very	ADV	_	11 costly	advmod
11	costly	costly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 loss	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Ruinous						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cause not said to happen	gerund	Ruinous not said here	great loss or damage					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition loss=Patient

Example 1

It was a ruinous old castle, haunted by spirits.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 castle	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 castle	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 castle	det
4	ruinous	ruinous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 castle	amod
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 castle	amod
6	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 haunted	punct
8	haunted	haunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 castle	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 spirits	case
10	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 haunted	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 castle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a ruinous old castle					tree rules
2	haunt	participle		a ruinous old castle not said here				by spirits	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Example 2

The balcony was in a very ruinous state.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 balcony	det
2	balcony	balcony	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 state	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 state	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 state	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 state	det
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 ruinous	advmod
7	ruinous	ruinous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 state	amod
8	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 state	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the balcony			a ruinous state			tree rules

Example 3

The repairs would be ruinous.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 repairs	det
2	repairs	repair	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ruinous	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 ruinous	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 ruinous	cop
5	ruinous	ruinous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 ruinous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	the repairs					ruinous property	tree rules

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