saliva Who acts: Saliva, you, mouth, Smelling cookies, Dogs, Spitting · What happens: be, make, keep, help, chew, swallow · To what, where: clear watery liquid, mouth, you, food, saliva, teeth · Speech: someone speaks here
«saliva» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: saliva in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Saliva is the clear watery liquid that is made in your mouth; it keeps your mouth wet and helps you chew, swallow and start digesting food.
The tree, 26 words nsubj cop det amod amod nsubj aux:pass acl:relcl case nmod:poss obl punct nsubj parataxis nmod:poss obj xcomp cc conj obj xcomp punct conj cc conj xcomp obj punct root Saliva NOUN is AUX the DET clear ADJ watery ADJ liquid NOUN that PRON is AUX made VERB in ADP your PRON mouth NOUN ; PUNCT it PRON keeps VERB your PRON mouth NOUN wet ADJ and CCONJ helps VERB you PRON chew VERB , PUNCT swallow VERB and CCONJ start VERB digesting VERB food NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Saliva saliva NOUN Number=Sing 6 liquid nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 liquid cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 liquid det 4 clear clear ADJ Degree=Pos 6 liquid amod 5 watery watery ADJ Degree=Pos 6 liquid amod 6 liquid liquid NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 that that PRON PronType=Rel 9 made nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 made aux:pass 9 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 liquid acl:relcl 10 in in ADP _ 12 mouth case 11 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 mouth nmod:poss 12 mouth mouth NOUN Number=Sing 9 made obl 13 ; ; PUNCT _ 15 keeps punct 14 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 15 keeps nsubj 15 keeps keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 liquid parataxis 16 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 17 mouth nmod:poss 17 mouth mouth NOUN Number=Sing 15 keeps obj 18 wet wet ADJ Degree=Pos 15 keeps xcomp 19 and and CCONJ _ 20 helps cc 20 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 keeps conj 21 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 20 helps obj 22 chew chew VERB VerbForm=Inf 20 helps xcomp 23 , , PUNCT _ 24 swallow punct 24 swallow swallow VERB VerbForm=Inf 22 chew conj 25 and and CCONJ _ 26 start cc 26 start start VERB VerbForm=Inf 24 swallow conj 27 digesting digest VERB VerbForm=Ger 26 start xcomp 28 food food NOUN Number=Sing 27 digesting obj 29 . . PUNCT _ 6 liquid punct
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1 is a present Saliva the clear watery liquid tree rules 2 make present · passive the clear watery liquid your mouth vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product 3 keep present Saliva your mouth wet property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouth=Theme 4 help present Saliva not said here you vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme 5 chew infinitive you not said here vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 6 swallow infinitive you not said here vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 7 start infinitive you not said here vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 8 digest gerund you not said here food tree rules
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.
Example 1 Saliva helps you swallow food.
nsubj obj xcomp obj punct root Saliva NOUN helps VERB you PRON swallow VERB food NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Saliva saliva NOUN Number=Sing 2 helps nsubj 2 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 helps obj 4 swallow swallow VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 helps xcomp 5 food food NOUN Number=Sing 4 swallow obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 helps punct
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1 help present Saliva you vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme 2 swallow infinitive you not said here food vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient
Example 2 Your mouth makes saliva all day.
nmod:poss nsubj obj det obl:unmarked punct root Your PRON mouth NOUN makes VERB saliva NOUN all DET day NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 mouth nmod:poss 2 mouth mouth NOUN Number=Sing 3 makes nsubj 3 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 saliva saliva NOUN Number=Sing 3 makes obj 5 all all DET PronType=Tot 6 day det 6 day day NOUN Number=Sing 3 makes obl:unmarked 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 makes punct
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1 make present Your mouth saliva day vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset saliva=Product
Example 3 Smelling cookies made my mouth fill with saliva.
amod nsubj nmod:poss nsubj ccomp case obl punct root Smelling VERB cookies NOUN made VERB my PRON mouth NOUN fill VERB with ADP saliva NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Smelling smell VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 cookies amod 2 cookies cookie NOUN Number=Plur 3 made nsubj 3 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 mouth nmod:poss 5 mouth mouth NOUN Number=Sing 6 fill nsubj 6 fill fill VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 made ccomp 7 with with ADP _ 8 saliva case 8 saliva saliva NOUN Number=Sing 6 fill obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 made punct
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1 smell gerund vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 make past Smelling cookies tree rules 3 fill present my mouth with saliva vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with saliva=Instrument
Example 4 Saliva starts to digest food in your mouth.
nsubj mark xcomp obj case nmod:poss obl punct root Saliva NOUN starts VERB to PART digest VERB food NOUN in ADP your PRON mouth NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Saliva saliva NOUN Number=Sing 2 starts nsubj 2 starts start VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 digest mark 4 digest digest VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 starts xcomp 5 food food NOUN Number=Sing 4 digest obj 6 in in ADP _ 8 mouth case 7 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 mouth nmod:poss 8 mouth mouth NOUN Number=Sing 4 digest obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 starts punct
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1 start present Saliva vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 2 digest to-infinitive Saliva not said here food your mouth tree rules
Example 5 Saliva helps protect your teeth from acid.
nsubj xcomp nmod:poss obj case obl punct root Saliva NOUN helps VERB protect VERB your PRON teeth NOUN from ADP acid NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Saliva saliva NOUN Number=Sing 2 helps nsubj 2 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 protect protect VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 helps xcomp 4 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 teeth nmod:poss 5 teeth tooth NOUN Number=Plur 3 protect obj 6 from from ADP _ 7 acid case 7 acid acid NOUN Number=Sing 3 protect obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 helps punct
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1 help present Saliva vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 protect infinitive Saliva not said here your teeth from acid vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent tooth=Beneficiary from acid=Theme
Example 6 Dogs drool a lot of saliva when they're hot.
nsubj det obj case nmod advmod nsubj cop advcl punct root Dogs NOUN drool VERB a DET lot NOUN of ADP saliva NOUN when ADV they PRON 're AUX hot ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dogs dog NOUN Number=Plur 2 drool nsubj 2 drool drool VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 lot det 4 lot lot NOUN Number=Sing 2 drool obj 5 of of ADP _ 6 saliva case 6 saliva saliva NOUN Number=Sing 4 lot nmod 7 when when ADV PronType=Int 10 hot advmod 8 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 hot nsubj 9 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 hot cop 10 hot hot ADJ Degree=Pos 2 drool advcl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 drool punct
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1 drool present Dogs a lot of saliva vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent lot=Theme 2 is present Dogs = dog hot property tree rules
Example 7 Spitting saliva at people spreads germs and is rude.
csubj obj case obl obj cc cop conj punct root Spitting VERB saliva NOUN at ADP people NOUN spreads VERB germs NOUN and CCONJ is AUX rude ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Spitting spit VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 spreads csubj 2 saliva saliva NOUN Number=Sing 1 Spitting obj 3 at at ADP _ 4 people case 4 people people NOUN Number=Plur 1 Spitting obl 5 spreads spread VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 germs germ NOUN Number=Plur 5 spreads obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 9 rude cc 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 rude cop 9 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos 5 spreads conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 spreads punct
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1 spit gerund saliva at people vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent saliva=Theme 2 spread present Spitting germs vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location germ=Theme 3 is present Spitting not said here rude property tree rules
Example 8 Doctors can test saliva to look for some illnesses.
nsubj aux obj mark advcl case det obl punct root Doctors NOUN can AUX test VERB saliva NOUN to PART look VERB for ADP some DET illnesses NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Doctors doctor NOUN Number=Plur 3 test nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 test aux 3 test test VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 saliva saliva NOUN Number=Sing 3 test obj 5 to to PART _ 6 look mark 6 look look VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 test advcl 7 for for ADP _ 9 illnesses case 8 some some DET PronType=Ind 9 illnesses det 9 illnesses illness NOUN Number=Plur 6 look obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 test punct
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1 test can Doctors saliva vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saliva=Theme 2 look to-infinitive Doctors not said here for some illnesses vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for illness=Theme
Example 9 Then suddenly the warrior remembered that he had heard that human saliva was deadly to centipedes.
The tree, 16 words advmod advmod det nsubj mark nsubj aux ccomp mark amod nsubj cop advcl case obl punct root Then ADV suddenly ADV the DET warrior NOUN remembered VERB that SCONJ he PRON had AUX heard VERB that SCONJ human ADJ saliva NOUN was AUX deadly ADJ to ADP centipedes NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Then then ADV PronType=Dem 5 remembered advmod 2 suddenly suddenly ADV _ 5 remembered advmod 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 warrior det 4 warrior warrior NOUN Number=Sing 5 remembered nsubj 5 remembered remember VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 that that SCONJ _ 9 heard mark 7 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 heard nsubj 8 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 heard aux 9 heard hear VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 5 remembered ccomp 10 that that SCONJ _ 14 deadly mark 11 human human ADJ Degree=Pos 12 saliva amod 12 saliva saliva NOUN Number=Sing 14 deadly nsubj 13 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 14 deadly cop 14 deadly deadly ADJ Degree=Pos 9 heard advcl 15 to to ADP _ 16 centipedes case 16 centipedes centipede NOUN Number=Plur 14 deadly obl 17 . . PUNCT _ 5 remembered punct
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1 remember past the warrior then suddenly property vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 hear past · perfect warrior vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer 3 is past human saliva to centipedes; deadly property tree rules
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