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title: corrosive — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «corrosive» in the school dictionary: Corrosive describes a substance, like a strong acid, that can slowly damage or eat away metal, skin or other materials. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# corrosive

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**Who acts:** Corrosive, that, drain cleaner, corrosive symbol, liquid, Battery acid · **What happens:** describe, damage, eat away, mean, be, not touch · **To what, where:** substance, metal, cleaner, liquid, hand, corrosive

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«corrosive» 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: [corrosive in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/corrosive.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Corrosive describes a substance, like a strong acid, that can slowly damage or eat away metal, skin or other materials.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corrosive:m1:1
# text = Corrosive describes a substance, like a strong acid, that can slowly damage or eat away metal, skin or other materials.
1	Corrosive	Corrosive	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	damage	damage	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	parataxis	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	_
17	away	away	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	materials	material	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | Corrosive | a substance |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent substance=Theme |
| 2 | **damage** | can | that |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **eat away** | infinitive | that *not said here* | metal and skin or other materials |  |  |  | away *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent metal=Patient |

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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 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Corrosive can mean harmful and slowly damaging, such as corrosive jealousy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corrosive:m2:1
# text = Corrosive can mean harmful and slowly damaging, such as corrosive jealousy.
1	Corrosive	corrosive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	harmful	harmful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	damaging	damaging	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	corrosive	corrosive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | Corrosive |  |  |  |  | harmful *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
This drain cleaner is corrosive, so don't touch it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corrosive:x1:1
# text = This drain cleaner is corrosive, so don't touch it.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	drain	drain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	corrosive	corrosive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	touch	touch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this drain cleaner |  |  |  |  | corrosive *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **touch** | infinitive · do-support |  | cleaner |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The corrosive symbol shows a liquid eating through a hand.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corrosive:x2:1
# text = The corrosive symbol shows a liquid eating through a hand.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	corrosive	corrosive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	symbol	symbol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | the corrosive symbol | a liquid |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent liquid=Recipient |
| 2 | **eat** | gerund | a liquid *not said here* |  |  | a hand |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Battery acid is corrosive.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corrosive:x3:1
# text = Battery acid is corrosive.
1	Battery	battery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	corrosive	corrosive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Battery acid | corrosive |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Salt water can be corrosive to metal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corrosive:x4:1
# text = Salt water can be corrosive to metal.
1	Salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	corrosive	corrosive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | Salt water |  |  |  |  | to metal; corrosive *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wear gloves when using corrosive cleaners.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corrosive:x5:1
# text = Wear gloves when using corrosive cleaners.
1	Wear	wear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	gloves	glove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	corrosive	corrosive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cleaners	cleaner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | imperative | you *not said here* | gloves |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent glove=Theme |
| 2 | **use** | gerund | you *not said here* | corrosive cleaners |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cleaner=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Keep corrosive products away from small children.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corrosive:x6:1
# text = Keep corrosive products away from small children.
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	corrosive	corrosive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	products	product	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | corrosive products |  |  |  | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent product=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Jealousy can be corrosive to a friendship.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corrosive:x7:1
# text = Jealousy can be corrosive to a friendship.
1	Jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	corrosive	corrosive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | Jealousy |  |  |  |  | to a friendship; corrosive *property* | tree rules |

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