fallen

«fallen» in Mova's school dictionary: the form of fall used after has, have, had or be: The cup… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (past participle of fall: fall, falls, fell, fallen, falling); adjective (fallen leaves, a fallen tree)

meaning for a pupil

1) Fallen is the form of fall used after has, have, had or be: The cup has fallen. tree →

2) As an adjective, it describes something that has dropped to the ground, like fallen leaves or a fallen tree. tree →

3) It can describe soldiers who died in a war: the fallen. tree →

4) Fallen in love means having come to love someone deeply. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories it tells the reader something already dropped or happened before now. In science, «the temperature has fallen» means it went down; in maths and graphs «prices have fallen» means the number got smaller. In safety: a fallen power line or fallen tree is dangerous. Phrases: has fallen, had fallen, fallen asleep, fallen over, fallen in love.

examples

• The apple has fallen from the tree. tree →
• We jumped in the pile of fallen leaves. tree →
• The baby had fallen asleep in the car. tree →
• A fallen tree blocked the road after the storm. tree →
• The temperature has fallen below zero. tree →
• Never touch a fallen power line. tree →
• My tooth has fallen out! tree →
• He has fallen over twice on the ice. tree →
• 'I have fallen in love with a beautiful deer!' tree →

note

Do not mix fell and fallen: «It fell» (past simple) but «It has fallen» (needs has/have/had). «Fallen» is never used alone as the past: not «It fallen». Do not confuse with «felled», which means cut down (a tree). In maths, «fallen by 5» means decreased by 5.

In the corpora

• If someone stops coming to something, ask how they are instead of deciding they have fallen out with you.
• Hopelessly lost, they sit on a fallen log.
• One night Jaguar finds the two under a fallen tree.
• For soldiers, words like "the fallen" and "made the ultimate sacrifice" show respect for those who died in war.
• "Fallen on hard times" means someone has become poor after being better off.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fallen» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.