starvation Who acts: I, many people, Aid agencies, Holodomor, millions, Animals · What happens: cause, have, be, die, say, work · To what, where: Serious suffering, little, starvation, war zone, hunger · Speech: someone speaks here
«starvation» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: starvation in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Serious suffering or death caused by having little or no food for a long time.
The tree, 15 words amod cc conj acl mark advcl obj cc det conj case det amod obl punct root Serious ADJ suffering NOUN or CCONJ death NOUN caused VERB by SCONJ having VERB little ADJ or CCONJ no DET food NOUN for ADP a DET long ADJ time NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Serious serious ADJ Degree=Pos 2 suffering amod 2 suffering suffering NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 or or CCONJ _ 4 death cc 4 death death NOUN Number=Sing 2 suffering conj 5 caused cause VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 suffering acl 6 by by SCONJ _ 7 having mark 7 having have VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 caused advcl 8 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 7 having obj 9 or or CCONJ _ 11 food cc 10 no no DET PronType=Neg 11 food det 11 food food NOUN Number=Sing 8 little conj 12 for for ADP _ 15 time case 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 time det 14 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 15 time amod 15 time time NOUN Number=Sing 7 having obl 16 . . PUNCT _ 2 suffering punct
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1 cause participle Serious suffering or death not said here vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition 2 have gerund little or no food time vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Patient
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: informal, exaggerated — kept apart, not parsed.
Being very hungry: «I'm dying of starvation!» said jokingly before tea.
The tree, 12 words cop advmod ccomp punct punct nsubj aux parataxis case obl punct punct advmod case obl punct root Being AUX very ADV hungry ADJ : PUNCT « PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX dying VERB of ADP starvation NOUN ! PUNCT » PUNCT said VERB jokingly ADV before ADP tea NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 hungry cop 2 very very ADV _ 3 hungry advmod 3 hungry hungry ADJ Degree=Pos 13 said ccomp 4 : : PUNCT _ 8 dying punct 5 « « PUNCT _ 8 dying punct 6 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 dying nsubj 7 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 dying aux 8 dying die VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 hungry parataxis 9 of of ADP _ 10 starvation case 10 starvation starvation NOUN Number=Sing 8 dying obl 11 ! ! PUNCT _ 3 hungry punct 12 » » PUNCT _ 3 hungry punct 13 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 14 jokingly jokingly ADV _ 13 said advmod 15 before before ADP _ 16 tea case 16 tea tea NOUN Number=Sing 13 said obl 17 . . PUNCT _ 13 said punct
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1 is gerund hungry property tree rules 2 die in a quote present · progressive I of starvation vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of starvation=Causer 3 say speech: assert past before tea jokingly property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Example 1 During the famine, many people died of starvation.
case det obl punct amod nsubj case obl punct root During ADP the DET famine NOUN , PUNCT many ADJ people NOUN died VERB of ADP starvation NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 During during ADP _ 3 famine case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 famine det 3 famine famine NOUN Number=Sing 7 died obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 famine punct 5 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 6 people amod 6 people people NOUN Number=Plur 7 died nsubj 7 died die VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 of of ADP _ 9 starvation case 9 starvation starvation NOUN Number=Sing 7 died obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 died punct
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1 die past many people during the famine of starvation vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of starvation=Causer
Example 2 Aid agencies are working to prevent starvation in the war zone.
compound nsubj aux mark advcl obj case det compound obl punct root Aid NOUN agencies NOUN are AUX working VERB to PART prevent VERB starvation NOUN in ADP the DET war NOUN zone NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Aid aid NOUN Number=Sing 2 agencies compound 2 agencies agency NOUN Number=Plur 4 working nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 working aux 4 working work VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 to to PART _ 6 prevent mark 6 prevent prevent VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 working advcl 7 starvation starvation NOUN Number=Sing 6 prevent obj 8 in in ADP _ 11 zone case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 zone det 10 war war NOUN Number=Sing 11 zone compound 11 zone zone NOUN Number=Sing 6 prevent obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 working punct
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1 work present · progressive Aid agencies vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 prevent to-infinitive Aid agencies not said here starvation the war zone vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer starvation=Theme
Example 3 The Holodomor caused the starvation of millions of Ukrainians.
det nsubj det obj case nmod case nmod punct root The DET Holodomor PROPN caused VERB the DET starvation NOUN of ADP millions NOUN of ADP Ukrainians PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Holodomor det 2 Holodomor Holodomor PROPN Number=Sing 3 caused nsubj 3 caused cause VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 starvation det 5 starvation starvation NOUN Number=Sing 3 caused obj 6 of of ADP _ 7 millions case 7 millions million NOUN Number=Plur 5 starvation nmod 8 of of ADP _ 9 Ukrainians case 9 Ukrainians Ukrainian PROPN Number=Plur 7 millions nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 caused punct
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1 cause past the Holodomor the starvation of millions of Ukrainians vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition starvation=Patient 2 starve millions of Ukrainians nom starvation «state intransitive»: of=agent
Example 4 Animals in the snow can face starvation in a hard winter.
nsubj case det nmod aux obj case det amod obl punct root Animals NOUN in ADP the DET snow NOUN can AUX face VERB starvation NOUN in ADP a DET hard ADJ winter NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Animals animal NOUN Number=Plur 6 face nsubj 2 in in ADP _ 4 snow case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 snow det 4 snow snow NOUN Number=Sing 1 Animals nmod 5 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 face aux 6 face face VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 starvation starvation NOUN Number=Sing 6 face obj 8 in in ADP _ 11 winter case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 winter det 10 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 11 winter amod 11 winter winter NOUN Number=Sing 6 face obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 6 face punct
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1 face can Animals in the snow starvation winter vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent starvation=Destination
Example 5 "Is tea ready? I'm dying of starvation!"
Sentence 1: "Is tea ready?
punct cop compound punct root " PUNCT Is AUX tea NOUN ready ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 4 ready punct 2 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 ready cop 3 tea tea NOUN Number=Sing 4 ready compound 4 ready ready ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 ready punct
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1 is in a quote present ready property tree rules
Sentence 2: I'm dying of starvation!"
nsubj aux case obl punct punct root I PRON 'm AUX dying VERB of ADP starvation NOUN ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 dying nsubj 2 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 dying aux 3 dying die VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 of of ADP _ 5 starvation case 5 starvation starvation NOUN Number=Sing 3 dying obl 6 ! ! PUNCT _ 3 dying punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 3 dying punct
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1 die present · progressive I of starvation vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of starvation=Causer
Example 6 Using hunger and starvation as a weapon of war is against international law.
csubj obj cc conj case det obl case nmod cop case amod punct root Using VERB hunger NOUN and CCONJ starvation NOUN as ADP a DET weapon NOUN of ADP war NOUN is AUX against ADP international ADJ law NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Using use VERB VerbForm=Ger 13 law csubj 2 hunger hunger NOUN Number=Sing 1 Using obj 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 starvation cc 4 starvation starvation NOUN Number=Sing 2 hunger conj 5 as as ADP _ 7 weapon case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 weapon det 7 weapon weapon NOUN Number=Sing 1 Using obl 8 of of ADP _ 9 war case 9 war war NOUN Number=Sing 7 weapon nmod 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 law cop 11 against against ADP _ 13 law case 12 international international ADJ Degree=Pos 13 law amod 13 law law NOUN Number=Sing root root 14 . . PUNCT _ 13 law punct
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1 use gerund hunger and starvation as a weapon of war vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent hunger=Duration as weapon=Attribute 2 is present Using against international law tree rules
Example 7 To get down was utterly impossible, it seemed as if he must die of starvation.
The tree, 15 words mark advcl advmod cop advmod punct nsubj acl:relcl mark mark nsubj aux xcomp case obl punct root To PART get VERB down ADV was AUX utterly ADV impossible ADJ , PUNCT it PRON seemed VERB as SCONJ if SCONJ he PRON must AUX die VERB of ADP starvation NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 get mark 2 get get VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 impossible advcl 3 down down ADV _ 2 get advmod 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 impossible cop 5 utterly utterly ADV _ 6 impossible advmod 6 impossible impossible ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 seemed punct 8 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 seemed nsubj 9 seemed seem VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 impossible acl:relcl 10 as as SCONJ _ 14 die mark 11 if if SCONJ _ 14 die mark 12 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 die nsubj 13 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 14 die aux 14 die die VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 seemed xcomp 15 of of ADP _ 16 starvation case 16 starvation starvation NOUN Number=Sing 14 die obl 17 . . PUNCT _ 6 impossible punct
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1 get down to-infinitive down property vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient 2 is past impossible, utterly property tree rules 3 seem past it vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute 4 die a condition, not said to happen must he of starvation vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of starvation=Causer
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