senile

Who acts: Great gran, doctor, It, old dog, people, many · What happens: connect, get, say, be, not be, call · To what, where: dementia, old people, bit senile, story · Speech: someone speaks here

«senile» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: senile in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Weak in mind because of old age, especially forgetful or confused.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 mind	case
3	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Weak	obl
4	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	7 age	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	4 because	fixed
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 age	amod
7	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Weak	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 forgetful	punct
9	especially	especially	ADV	_	10 forgetful	advmod
10	forgetful	forgetful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Weak	conj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 confused	cc
12	confused	confused	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 forgetful	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Weak	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

Usage: medicine, old-fashioned — kept apart, not parsed.

Connected with old age: «senile dementia».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Connected	connect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 age	case
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 age	amod
4	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Connected	obl
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 dementia	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 dementia	punct
7	senile	senile	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dementia	compound
8	dementia	dementia	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 age	appos
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 dementia	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Connected	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	connect	participle					with old age		vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient with age=Co-Patient

Example 1

Great-gran gets confused, but the doctor says it is dementia, not just being senile.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gran	amod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Great	punct
3	gran	gran	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gets	nsubj
4	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	confused	confused	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gets	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 says	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 doctor	det
9	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	nsubj
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gets	parataxis
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 dementia	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 dementia	cop
13	dementia	dementia	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 senile	punct
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 senile	advmod
16	just	just	ADV	_	18 senile	advmod
17	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 senile	cop
18	senile	senile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 dementia	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get	present	Great gran		confused property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	say speech: assert	present	the doctor			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	doctor	dementia		tree rules
4	not is	gerund	doctor not said here		senile property	tree rules

Example 2

It is rude to call old people senile.

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	3 rude	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rude	cop
3	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 call	mark
5	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 rude	advcl
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 people	amod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 call	obj
8	senile	senile	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 call	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					rude property	tree rules
2	call	to-infinitive			old people				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient

Example 3

The old dog seemed a bit senile, barking at nothing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dog	amod
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seemed	nsubj
4	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 senile	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 senile	compound
7	senile	senile	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seemed	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 barking	punct
9	barking	bark	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 seemed	advcl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 nothing	case
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 barking	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 seemed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	past	the old dog	a bit senile					vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme senile=Attribute
2	bark	gerund	the old dog not said here					at nothing	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at nothing=Stimulus

Example 4

Some people become forgetful as they age, but many stay sharp.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 people	det
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 become	nsubj
3	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	forgetful	forgetful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 become	xcomp
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 age	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 age	nsubj
7	age	age	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 forgetful	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 stay	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 stay	cc
10	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 stay	nsubj
11	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 become	parataxis
12	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 stay	xcomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 become	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	become	present	some people	forgetful property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	age	present	people		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	stay	present	many	sharp property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

In the story, the old king was senile and easily fooled.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 story	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 story	det
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 senile	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 story	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 king	amod
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 senile	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 senile	cop
9	senile	senile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 fooled	cc
11	easily	easily	ADV	_	12 fooled	advmod
12	fooled	fool	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 senile	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 senile	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the old king			the story		senile property	tree rules
2	fool	participle	the old king not said here					easily property	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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