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title: excrete — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «excrete» in the school dictionary: To get rid of waste from the body, such as poo, urine (wee), sweat or carbon dioxide. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# excrete

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**Who acts:** living things, kidneys, We, Plants, Sweat, body · **What happens:** get, live, excrete, breathe out, help, be · **To what, where:** body, waste, urine, carbon dioxide, oxygen, salt

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To get rid of waste from the body, such as poo, urine (wee), sweat or carbon dioxide.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:excrete:m1:1
# text = To get rid of waste from the body, such as poo, urine (wee), sweat or carbon dioxide.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rid	rid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	waste	waste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	poo	poo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	urine	urine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
15	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	wee	wee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	sweat	sweat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	carbon	carbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	dioxide	dioxide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the body and poo and urine and sweat or carbon dioxide |  | of waste; rid *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme of waste=Initial\_Location from body=Destination |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
All living things excrete waste.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:excrete:x1:1
# text = All living things excrete waste.
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	excrete	excrete	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	waste	waste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **excrete** | infinitive | all living things | waste |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The kidneys excrete waste in urine.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:excrete:x2:1
# text = The kidneys excrete waste in urine.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kidneys	kidney	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	excrete	excrete	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	waste	waste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	urine	urine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **excrete** | present | the kidneys | waste |  | urine |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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We excrete carbon dioxide when we breathe out.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:excrete:x3:1
# text = We excrete carbon dioxide when we breathe out.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	excrete	excrete	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	carbon	carbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	dioxide	dioxide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
6	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	breathe	breathe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **excrete** | present | We | carbon dioxide |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **breathe out** | present | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Plants excrete oxygen as a waste product of photosynthesis.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:excrete:x4:1
# text = Plants excrete oxygen as a waste product of photosynthesis.
1	Plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	excrete	excrete	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	waste	waste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	product	product	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	photosynthesis	photosynthesis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **excrete** | present | Plants | oxygen |  |  |  | as a waste product of photosynthesis | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Sweat helps the body excrete some salt.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:excrete:x5:1
# text = Sweat helps the body excrete some salt.
1	Sweat	sweat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	excrete	excrete	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | Sweat | the body |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent body=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **excrete** | infinitive | the body *not said here* | some salt |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Excretion is one of the seven life processes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:excrete:x6:1
# text = Excretion is one of the seven life processes.
1	Excretion	excretion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	processes	process	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Excretion | one |  |  |  | of the seven life processes | tree rules |

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