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title: dilapidated — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «dilapidated» in the school dictionary: Dilapidated means old, falling to pieces and in need of repair. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# dilapidated

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**Who acts:** dilapidated barn, We, Ivy · **What happens:** dilapidate, mean, fall, need, have, break · **To what, where:** repair, broken roof, dilapidated dovecot, old garden, dilapidated walls

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Dilapidated means old, falling to pieces and in need of repair.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dilapidated:m1:1
# text = Dilapidated means old, falling to pieces and in need of repair.
1	Dilapidated	dilapidate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	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	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	repair	repair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dilapidate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | old *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fall** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to pieces and need of repair | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to piece=Theme |
| 4 | **need** |  |  | repair |  |  |  |  | nom need «state transitive»: of=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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The dilapidated barn had a broken roof.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dilapidated:x1:1
# text = The dilapidated barn had a broken roof.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dilapidated	dilapidate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dilapidate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past | the dilapidated barn | a broken roof |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roof=Patient |
| 3 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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We found a dilapidated dovecot in the old garden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dilapidated:x2:1
# text = We found a dilapidated dovecot in the old garden.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	dilapidated	dilapidate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	dovecot	dovecot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | We | a dilapidated dovecot |  | the old garden |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dovecot=Topic |
| 2 | **dilapidate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Ivy grew over the dilapidated walls.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dilapidated:x3:1
# text = Ivy grew over the dilapidated walls.
1	Ivy	Ivy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dilapidated	dilapidate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | Ivy |  |  | the dilapidated walls |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over wall=Location |
| 2 | **dilapidate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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