scarce Who acts: Scarce, Water, I, Food, camels, Good seats · What happens: mean, not be, be, find, make, go away · To what, where: desert, yourself, way, fat, ourselves, old sailing ships · Speech: someone speaks here
«scarce» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: scarce in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Scarce means there is not enough of something, or very little is available: «Water is scarce in the desert.».
The tree, 19 words nsubj expl cop advmod ccomp case obl punct cc advmod amod cop acl:relcl punct punct nsubj cop parataxis case det obl punct punct punct root Scarce ADJ means VERB there PRON is AUX not PART enough ADJ of ADP something PRON , PUNCT or CCONJ very ADV little ADJ is AUX available ADJ : PUNCT « PUNCT Water NOUN is AUX scarce ADJ in ADP the DET desert NOUN . PUNCT » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Scarce scarce ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 there there PRON PronType=Dem 6 enough expl 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 enough cop 5 not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 enough advmod 6 enough enough ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means ccomp 7 of of ADP _ 8 something case 8 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 6 enough obl 9 , , PUNCT _ 14 available punct 10 or or CCONJ _ 14 available cc 11 very very ADV _ 12 little advmod 12 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 14 available amod 13 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 available cop 14 available available ADJ Degree=Pos 8 something acl:relcl 15 : : PUNCT _ 19 scarce punct 16 « « PUNCT _ 19 scarce punct 17 Water water NOUN Number=Sing 19 scarce nsubj 18 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 19 scarce cop 19 scarce scarce ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means parataxis 20 in in ADP _ 22 desert case 21 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 22 desert det 22 desert desert NOUN Number=Sing 19 scarce obl 23 . . PUNCT _ 19 scarce punct 24 » » PUNCT _ 19 scarce punct 25 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Scarce vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 not is present there of something; enough property tree rules 3 is present available property tree rules 4 is in a quote present Water the desert scarce property 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.
Meaning 2 Scarce means rare and hard to find.
nsubj xcomp cc conj mark xcomp punct root Scarce NOUN means VERB rare ADJ and CCONJ hard ADJ to PART find VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Scarce scarce NOUN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 rare rare ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 hard cc 5 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 3 rare conj 6 to to PART _ 7 find mark 7 find find VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 hard xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Scarce rare property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 find to-infinitive Scarce not said here vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
Meaning 3 «Make yourself scarce» means go away quickly or keep out of the way.
The tree, 13 words punct csubj obj xcomp punct ccomp advmod advmod cc conj case case det obl punct root « PUNCT Make VERB yourself PRON scarce ADJ » PUNCT means VERB go VERB away ADV quickly ADV or CCONJ keep VERB out ADP of ADP the DET way NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 Make punct 2 Make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 means csubj 3 yourself yourself PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 2 Make obj 4 scarce scarce ADJ Degree=Pos 2 Make xcomp 5 » » PUNCT _ 2 Make punct 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 go go VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 6 means ccomp 8 away away ADV _ 7 go advmod 9 quickly quickly ADV _ 7 go advmod 10 or or CCONJ _ 11 keep cc 11 keep keep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 7 go conj 12 out out ADP _ 15 way case 13 of of ADP _ 15 way case 14 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 15 way det 15 way way NOUN Number=Sing 11 keep obl 16 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct
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1 make in a quote infinitive yourself scarce property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset yourself=Product 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 go away infinitive away, quickly property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 4 keep out infinitive the way vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme
Meaning 4 Scarce can also mean hardly or only just, as in 'I could scarce see'.
The tree, 14 words nsubj aux advmod advmod cc advmod conj punct mark fixed punct nsubj aux advmod parataxis punct punct root Scarce NOUN can AUX also ADV mean VERB hardly ADV or CCONJ only ADV just ADV , PUNCT as SCONJ in ADP ' PUNCT I PRON could AUX scarce ADV see VERB ' PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Scarce scarce NOUN Number=Sing 4 mean nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 mean aux 3 also also ADV _ 4 mean advmod 4 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 hardly hardly ADV _ 4 mean advmod 6 or or CCONJ _ 8 just cc 7 only only ADV _ 8 just advmod 8 just just ADV _ 5 hardly conj 9 , , PUNCT _ 16 see punct 10 as as SCONJ _ 16 see mark 11 in in ADP _ 10 as fixed 12 ' ' PUNCT _ 16 see punct 13 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 16 see nsubj 14 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 16 see aux 15 scarce scarce ADV _ 16 see advmod 16 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 mean parataxis 17 ' ' PUNCT _ 16 see punct 18 . . PUNCT _ 4 mean punct
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1 mean can Scarce hardly property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 see could I scarce property vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
Example 1 Food was scarce during the long winter.
nsubj cop case det amod obl punct root Food NOUN was AUX scarce ADJ during ADP the DET long ADJ winter NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Food food NOUN Number=Sing 3 scarce nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 scarce cop 3 scarce scarce ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 during during ADP _ 7 winter case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 winter det 6 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 7 winter amod 7 winter winter NOUN Number=Sing 3 scarce obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 scarce punct
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1 is past Food winter scarce property tree rules
Example 2 Water is scarce in the desert, so camels store fat.
nsubj cop case det obl punct advmod nsubj parataxis obj punct root Water NOUN is AUX scarce ADJ in ADP the DET desert NOUN , PUNCT so ADV camels NOUN store VERB fat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Water water NOUN Number=Sing 3 scarce nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 scarce cop 3 scarce scarce ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 in in ADP _ 6 desert case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 desert det 6 desert desert NOUN Number=Sing 3 scarce obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 store punct 8 so so ADV _ 10 store advmod 9 camels camel NOUN Number=Plur 10 store nsubj 10 store store VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 scarce parataxis 11 fat fat NOUN Number=Sing 10 store obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 scarce punct
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1 is present Water the desert scarce property tree rules 2 store present camels fat vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Theme
Example 3 Good seats are scarce, so come early.
amod nsubj cop punct advmod conj advmod punct root Good ADJ seats NOUN are AUX scarce ADJ , PUNCT so ADV come VERB early ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Good good ADJ Degree=Pos 2 seats amod 2 seats seat NOUN Number=Plur 4 scarce nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 scarce cop 4 scarce scarce ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 come punct 6 so so ADV _ 7 come advmod 7 come come VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 scarce conj 8 early early ADV Degree=Pos 7 come advmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 scarce punct
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1 is present Good seats scarce property tree rules 2 come infinitive Good seats not said here early property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 4 When the teacher got angry, we made ourselves scarce.
advmod det nsubj advcl xcomp punct nsubj obj xcomp punct root When ADV the DET teacher NOUN got VERB angry ADJ , PUNCT we PRON made VERB ourselves PRON scarce ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 When when ADV PronType=Int 4 got advmod 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 teacher det 3 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 4 got nsubj 4 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 made advcl 5 angry angry ADJ Degree=Pos 4 got xcomp 6 , , PUNCT _ 4 got punct 7 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 made nsubj 8 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 ourselves ourselves PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 8 made obj 10 scarce scarce ADJ Degree=Pos 8 made xcomp 11 . . PUNCT _ 8 made punct
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1 get past the teacher angry property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer 2 make past we ourselves scarce property vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ourselves=Product
Example 5 This rare stamp is very scarce.
det amod nsubj cop advmod punct root This DET rare ADJ stamp NOUN is AUX very ADV scarce ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 This this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 stamp det 2 rare rare ADJ Degree=Pos 3 stamp amod 3 stamp stamp NOUN Number=Sing 6 scarce nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 scarce cop 5 very very ADV _ 6 scarce advmod 6 scarce scarce ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 scarce punct
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1 is present this rare stamp scarce property tree rules
Example 6 Fresh fruit was scarce on the old sailing ships.
amod nsubj cop case det amod compound obl punct root Fresh ADJ fruit NOUN was AUX scarce ADJ on ADP the DET old ADJ sailing NOUN ships NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fresh fresh ADJ Degree=Pos 2 fruit amod 2 fruit fruit NOUN Number=Sing 4 scarce nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 scarce cop 4 scarce scarce ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 on on ADP _ 9 ships case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 ships det 7 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 9 ships amod 8 sailing sailing NOUN Number=Sing 9 ships compound 9 ships ship NOUN Number=Plur 4 scarce obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 scarce punct
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1 is past Fresh fruit the old sailing ships scarce property tree rules
Example 7 They scarce dared to speak or turn their heads.
nsubj:pass aux:pass mark xcomp cc conj nmod:poss obj punct root They PRON scarce AUX dared VERB to PART speak VERB or CCONJ turn VERB their PRON heads NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 dared nsubj:pass 2 scarce scarce AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 dared aux:pass 3 dared dare VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 to to PART _ 5 speak mark 5 speak speak VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 dared xcomp 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 turn cc 7 turn turn VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 speak conj 8 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 heads nmod:poss 9 heads head NOUN Number=Plur 7 turn obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 dared punct
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1 dare present · passive They vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic 2 speak speech: other to-infinitive vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 turn infinitive their heads vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme
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