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title: detrimental — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «detrimental» in the school dictionary: Causing harm or damage (detrimental to health). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# detrimental

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**Who acts:** much sugar, Pollution, Lack, storm, changes · **What happens:** cause, be, have, learn, lack, sleep · **To what, where:** harm, detrimental effect, wildlife, sleep

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

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Causing harm or damage (detrimental to health).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:detrimental:m1:1
# text = Causing harm or damage (detrimental to health).
1	Causing	cause	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	detrimental	detrimental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	appos	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | gerund |  | harm or damage |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition harm=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Too much sugar is detrimental to your teeth.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:detrimental:x1:1
# text = Too much sugar is detrimental to your teeth.
1	Too	too	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	detrimental	detrimental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | much sugar |  |  |  |  | to your teeth; detrimental *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Pollution has a detrimental effect on wildlife.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:detrimental:x2:1
# text = Pollution has a detrimental effect on wildlife.
1	Pollution	pollution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	detrimental	detrimental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	wildlife	wildlife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Pollution | a detrimental effect |  | wildlife |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Lack of sleep can be detrimental to learning.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:detrimental:x3:1
# text = Lack of sleep can be detrimental to learning.
1	Lack	lack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	detrimental	detrimental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	learning	learn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | Lack of sleep |  |  |  |  | detrimental *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **learn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **lack** |  |  | sleep |  |  |  |  | nom lack «state transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The storm was detrimental to the crops.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:detrimental:x4:1
# text = The storm was detrimental to the crops.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	detrimental	detrimental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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** | past | the storm |  |  |  |  | to the crops; detrimental *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Screen time late at night is detrimental to sleep.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:detrimental:x5:1
# text = Screen time late at night is detrimental to sleep.
1	Screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	detrimental	detrimental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  | time | detrimental *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sleep** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The changes were detrimental to the team.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:detrimental:x6:1
# text = The changes were detrimental to the team.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	changes	change	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	detrimental	detrimental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	team	team	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** | past | the changes |  |  |  |  | to the team; detrimental *property* | tree rules |

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