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title: decrepit — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «decrepit» in the school dictionary: Decrepit means old, weak and worn out, often from age or hard use. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# decrepit

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**Who acts:** Decrepit, building, decrepit cottage, toy car, wheels · **What happens:** mean, wear out, describe, fall apart, walk, have · **To what, where:** age, building, neglect, holes, roof, decrepit

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«decrepit» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: [decrepit in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/decrepit.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Decrepit means old, weak and worn out, often from age or hard use.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:decrepit:m1:1
# text = Decrepit means old, weak and worn out, often from age or hard use.
1	Decrepit	decrepit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	often	often	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Decrepit |  |  |  |  | old *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wear out** | participle | Decrepit *not said here* |  |  |  | from age or hard use |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from age=Source |

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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}

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Decrepit can describe a building that is falling apart from neglect.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:decrepit:m2:1
# text = Decrepit can describe a building that is falling apart from neglect.
1	Decrepit	decrepit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	describe	describe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	neglect	neglect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | can | Decrepit | a building |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent building=Theme |
| 2 | **fall apart** | present · progressive | a building |  |  | neglect |  | apart *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The decrepit old fisherman could hardly walk to the shore.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:decrepit:x1:1
# text = The decrepit old fisherman could hardly walk to the shore.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	decrepit	decrepit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | could | the decrepit and old fisherman |  |  |  |  | to the shore *result*; hardly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to shore=Result |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The decrepit cottage had holes in its roof.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:decrepit:x2:1
# text = The decrepit cottage had holes in its roof.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	decrepit	decrepit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the decrepit cottage | holes |  | cottage's roof |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The toy car was so decrepit that its wheels fell off.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:decrepit:x3:1
# text = The toy car was so decrepit that its wheels fell off.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	decrepit	decrepit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the toy car | decrepit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall off** | past | car's wheels |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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