sedentary

Who acts: sedentary lifestyle, Sitting, you, farming, people, birds · What happens: involve, stay, not move around, migrate, be, sit · To what, where: lot, one place, desk, sedentary job, sedentary built villages, you

«sedentary» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: sedentary in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Involving a lot of sitting and little exercise.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Involving	involve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lot	det
3	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Involving	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 sitting	case
5	sitting	sitting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lot	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 exercise	cc
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 exercise	amod
8	exercise	exercise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sitting	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Involving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	involve	gerund		a lot of sitting and little exercise					vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=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

Usage: of people or animals — kept apart, not parsed.

Staying in one place, not moving around or migrating.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Staying	stay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 place	case
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 place	nummod
4	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Staying	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 moving	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 moving	advmod
7	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Staying	conj
8	around	around	ADV	_	7 moving	advmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 migrating	cc
10	migrating	migrate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 moving	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Staying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	stay	gerund	one place		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location
2	not move around	gerund		around property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	migrate	gerund			tree rules

Example 1

A sedentary lifestyle is bad for your heart.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lifestyle	det
2	sedentary	sedentary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lifestyle	amod
3	lifestyle	lifestyle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bad	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bad	cop
5	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 heart	case
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 heart	nmod:poss
8	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bad	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 bad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a sedentary lifestyle					for your heart; bad property	tree rules

Example 2

Sitting at a desk all day is a sedentary job.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 job	csubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 desk	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 desk	det
4	desk	desk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sitting	obl
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sitting	obl:unmarked
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 job	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 job	det
9	sedentary	sedentary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 job	amod
10	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 job	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	gerund				a desk	day		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at desk=Location
2	is a	present	Sitting	a sedentary job					tree rules

Example 3

Get up and stretch to break up sedentary time.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Get	compound:prt
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 stretch	cc
4	stretch	stretch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Get	conj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 break	mark
6	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 stretch	advcl
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 break	compound:prt
8	sedentary	sedentary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 time	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 break	obl:unmarked
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	get up	imperative	you not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	stretch	infinitive	you not said here		vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	break up	to-infinitive	you not said here	time	vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 4

When farming began, people became sedentary and built villages.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 began	advmod
2	farming	farming	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 began	nsubj
3	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 became	advcl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 began	punct
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 became	nsubj
6	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	sedentary	sedentary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 villages	amod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 built	cc
9	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 villages	amod
10	villages	village	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 became	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	begin	past	farming		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	become	past	people	sedentary built villages	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	build	participle			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Example 5

Some birds are sedentary and stay all winter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 birds	det
2	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sedentary	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sedentary	cop
4	sedentary	sedentary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 stay	cc
6	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sedentary	conj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 winter	det
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stay	obl:unmarked
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sedentary	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	some birds					sedentary property	tree rules
2	stay	present	some birds not said here				winter		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

Too much gaming can make you sedentary.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Too	too	ADV	_	2 much	advmod
2	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gaming	amod
3	gaming	gaming	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 make	aux
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 make	obj
7	sedentary	sedentary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 make	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	can	much gaming	you				sedentary property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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