trophic

Who acts: step, Plants, Rabbits, Foxes, tenth, Bringing · What happens: do, eat, have, be, pass, bring back · To what, where: nature, trophic level, first trophic level, grass, second trophic level, higher trophic level

«trophic» 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: trophic in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

To do with food and feeding, especially who eats whom in nature.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 do	mark
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 food	case
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 do	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 feeding	cc
6	feeding	feeding	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 food	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 eats	punct
8	especially	especially	ADV	_	10 eats	advmod
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 eats	nsubj
10	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 do	advcl
11	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 eats	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 nature	case
13	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 eats	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	to-infinitive						with food and feeding	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	eat	present				nature		especially property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=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

In "trophic level": the step or position a living thing has in a food chain, such as plant, plant-eater or meat-eater.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 level	case
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 level	punct
3	trophic	trophic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 level	amod
4	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 has	obl
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 level	punct
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 step	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 step	det
8	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 has	nsubj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 position	cc
10	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 step	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 thing	det
12	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 thing	compound
13	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 has	nsubj
14	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 chain	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 chain	det
17	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 chain	compound
18	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 has	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 plant	punct
20	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	22 plant	case
21	as	as	ADP	_	20 such	fixed
22	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 chain	appos
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 eater	punct
24	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 eater	compound
25	-	-	PUNCT	_	24 plant	punct
26	eater	eater	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 plant	appos
27	or	or	CCONJ	_	30 eater	cc
28	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 eater	compound
29	-	-	PUNCT	_	28 meat	punct
30	eater	eater	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 eater	conj
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the step or position			trophic level		in a food chain	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Plants are at the first trophic level.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 level	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 level	cop
3	at	at	ADP	_	7 level	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 level	det
5	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 level	amod
6	trophic	trophic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 level	amod
7	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 level	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Plants			the first trophic level			tree rules

Example 2

Rabbits eat grass, so they are on the second trophic level.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	nsubj
2	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 eat	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 level	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	12 level	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 level	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 level	cop
8	on	on	ADP	_	12 level	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 level	det
10	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 level	amod
11	trophic	trophic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 level	amod
12	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 eat	parataxis
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 eat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	Rabbits	grass					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient
2	is	present	Rabbits = rabbit			the second trophic level			tree rules

Example 3

Foxes are on a higher trophic level than rabbits.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 level	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 level	cop
3	on	on	ADP	_	7 level	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 level	det
5	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 level	amod
6	trophic	trophic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 level	amod
7	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	than	than	ADP	_	9 rabbits	case
9	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 level	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 level	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Foxes			a higher trophic level		than rabbits	tree rules

Example 4

Only about a tenth of the energy passes to the next trophic level.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 tenth	advmod
2	about	about	ADV	_	4 tenth	advmod
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tenth	det
4	tenth	tenth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 passes	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 energy	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 energy	det
7	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tenth	nmod
8	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	13 level	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 level	det
11	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 level	amod
12	trophic	trophic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 level	amod
13	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 passes	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 passes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	present	a tenth of the energy			the next trophic level			vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to level=Initial_Location

Example 5

Bringing wolves back to Yellowstone caused a trophic cascade.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bringing	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 caused	csubj
2	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bringing	obj
3	back	back	ADV	_	1 Bringing	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 Yellowstone	case
5	Yellowstone	Yellowstone	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Bringing	obl
6	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cascade	det
8	trophic	trophic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cascade	amod
9	cascade	cascade	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 caused	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 caused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring back	gerund		wolves	Yellowstone				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme to yellowstone=Destination
2	cause	past	Bringing	a trophic cascade					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition cascade=Patient

Example 6

Draw a pyramid to show the trophic levels.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Draw	draw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pyramid	det
3	pyramid	pyramid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Draw	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 show	mark
5	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Draw	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 levels	det
7	trophic	trophic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 levels	amod
8	levels	level	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 show	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Draw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	imperative	you not said here	a pyramid					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pyramid=Theme
2	show	to-infinitive	you not said here	the trophic levels					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent level=Recipient

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