scurvy Who acts: enough vitamin C, C, gums, people, many sailors, Oranges · What happens: cause, not get, come, make, bleed, feel · To what, where: illness, enough vitamin C, fresh fruit, scurvy, sea, gums
«scurvy» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: scurvy in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 An illness caused by not getting enough vitamin C, which comes from fresh fruit and vegetables. It makes the gums bleed and people feel weak.
Sentence 1: An illness caused by not getting enough vitamin C, which comes from fresh fruit and vegetables.
The tree, 16 words det acl mark advmod advcl amod compound obj punct nsubj acl:relcl case amod obl cc conj punct root An DET illness NOUN caused VERB by SCONJ not PART getting VERB enough ADJ vitamin NOUN C NOUN , PUNCT which PRON comes VERB from ADP fresh ADJ fruit NOUN and CCONJ vegetables NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 illness det 2 illness illness NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 caused cause VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 illness acl 4 by by SCONJ _ 6 getting mark 5 not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 getting advmod 6 getting get VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 caused advcl 7 enough enough ADJ Degree=Pos 9 C amod 8 vitamin vitamin NOUN Number=Sing 9 C compound 9 C c NOUN Number=Sing 6 getting obj 10 , , PUNCT _ 12 comes punct 11 which which PRON PronType=Rel 12 comes nsubj 12 comes come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 C acl:relcl 13 from from ADP _ 15 fruit case 14 fresh fresh ADJ Degree=Pos 15 fruit amod 15 fruit fruit NOUN Number=Sing 12 comes obl 16 and and CCONJ _ 17 vegetables cc 17 vegetables vegetable NOUN Number=Plur 15 fruit conj 18 . . PUNCT _ 2 illness punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cause participle a illness not said here vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition 2 not get gerund enough vitamin C vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer c=Stimulus 3 come present enough vitamin C fresh fruit and vegetables vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from fruit=Initial_Location
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.
Sentence 2: It makes the gums bleed and people feel weak.
nsubj det nsubj ccomp cc nsubj conj xcomp punct root It PRON makes VERB the DET gums NOUN bleed VERB and CCONJ people NOUN feel VERB weak ADJ . PUNCT 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 2 makes nsubj 2 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 gums det 4 gums gum NOUN Number=Plur 5 bleed nsubj 5 bleed bleed VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 makes ccomp 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 feel cc 7 people people NOUN Number=Plur 8 feel nsubj 8 feel feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 bleed conj 9 weak weak ADJ Degree=Pos 8 feel xcomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 makes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present C tree rules 2 bleed present the gums vn substance_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source 3 feel present people weak property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Example 1 Long ago, many sailors got scurvy at sea.
advmod advmod punct amod nsubj obj case obl punct root Long ADV ago ADV , PUNCT many ADJ sailors NOUN got VERB scurvy NOUN at ADP sea NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Long long ADV Degree=Pos 2 ago advmod 2 ago ago ADV _ 6 got advmod 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 ago punct 4 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 5 sailors amod 5 sailors sailor NOUN Number=Plur 6 got nsubj 6 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 scurvy scurvy NOUN Number=Sing 6 got obj 8 at at ADP _ 9 sea case 9 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 6 got obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 got punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get past many sailors scurvy sea ago property vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent scurvy=Theme at sea=Asset
Example 2 Oranges and lemons help to prevent scurvy.
nsubj cc conj mark xcomp obj punct root Oranges NOUN and CCONJ lemons NOUN help VERB to PART prevent VERB scurvy NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Oranges orange NOUN Number=Plur 4 help nsubj 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 lemons cc 3 lemons lemon NOUN Number=Plur 1 Oranges conj 4 help help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 to to PART _ 6 prevent mark 6 prevent prevent VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 help xcomp 7 scurvy scurvy NOUN Number=Sing 6 prevent obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 help punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 help present Oranges and lemons vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 prevent to-infinitive Oranges and lemons not said here scurvy vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer scurvy=Theme
Example 3 Scurvy makes your gums sore and bleeding.
nsubj nmod:poss obj xcomp cc conj punct root Scurvy NOUN makes VERB your PRON gums NOUN sore ADJ and CCONJ bleeding VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Scurvy scurvy NOUN Number=Sing 2 makes nsubj 2 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 gums nmod:poss 4 gums gum NOUN Number=Plur 2 makes obj 5 sore sore ADJ Degree=Pos 2 makes xcomp 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 bleeding cc 7 bleeding bleed VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 sore conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 makes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present Scurvy your gums sore property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gum=Product 2 bleed gerund Scurvy not said here vn substance_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
Example 4 The captain gave his crew lime juice to stop scurvy.
det nsubj nmod:poss compound compound obj mark advcl obj punct root The DET captain NOUN gave VERB his PRON crew NOUN lime NOUN juice NOUN to PART stop VERB scurvy NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 captain det 2 captain captain NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave nsubj 3 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 juice nmod:poss 5 crew crew NOUN Number=Sing 7 juice compound 6 lime lime NOUN Number=Sing 7 juice compound 7 juice juice NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave obj 8 to to PART _ 9 stop mark 9 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 gave advcl 10 scurvy scurvy NOUN Number=Sing 9 stop obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 gave punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give past the captain captain's crew lime juice vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent juice=Theme 2 stop to-infinitive the captain not said here scurvy vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality scurvy=Eventuality
Example 5 Scurvy is very rare today.
nsubj cop advmod obl:unmarked punct root Scurvy NOUN is AUX very ADV rare ADJ today NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Scurvy scurvy NOUN Number=Sing 4 rare nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 rare cop 3 very very ADV _ 4 rare advmod 4 rare rare ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 today today NOUN Number=Sing 4 rare obl:unmarked 6 . . PUNCT _ 4 rare punct
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1 is present Scurvy today rare property tree rules
Example 6 Eating fruit and vegetables keeps us safe from scurvy.
csubj obj cc conj obj xcomp case obl punct root Eating VERB fruit NOUN and CCONJ vegetables NOUN keeps VERB us PRON safe ADJ from ADP scurvy NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Eating eat VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 keeps csubj 2 fruit fruit NOUN Number=Sing 1 Eating obj 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 vegetables cc 4 vegetables vegetable NOUN Number=Plur 2 fruit conj 5 keeps keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 keeps obj 7 safe safe ADJ Degree=Pos 5 keeps xcomp 8 from from ADP _ 9 scurvy case 9 scurvy scurvy NOUN Number=Sing 7 safe obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 keeps punct
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1 eat gerund fruit and vegetables vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient 2 keep present Eating us safe property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme
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