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title: fatal — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «fatal» in the school dictionary: Causing death: «a fatal accident». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# fatal

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**Who acts:** crash, mushrooms, Leaving, hamster, disease, fatal flaw · **What happens:** cause, be, eat, leave, escape, flaw · **To what, where:** death, failure, door, fatal mistake, pride, fatal error

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Causing death: «a fatal accident».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fatal:m1:1
# text = Causing death: «a fatal accident».
1	Causing	cause	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	fatal	fatal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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Causing failure or very bad results: «a fatal mistake».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fatal:m2:1
# text = Causing failure or very bad results: «a fatal mistake».
1	Causing	cause	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	results	result	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	fatal	fatal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | gerund |  | failure or bad results |  |  |  | a fatal mistake *obl* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition failure=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The crash was fatal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fatal:x1:1
# text = The crash was fatal.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crash	crash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	fatal	fatal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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** | past | the crash |  |  |  |  | fatal *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some mushrooms are fatal if eaten.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fatal:x2:1
# text = Some mushrooms are fatal if eaten.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	fatal	fatal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | some mushrooms |  |  |  |  | fatal *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | some mushrooms *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Leaving the door open was a fatal mistake — the hamster escaped.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fatal:x3:1
# text = Leaving the door open was a fatal mistake — the hamster escaped.
1	Leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	fatal	fatal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hamster	hamster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	escaped	escape	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | gerund |  | the door |  |  |  | open *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Leaving | a fatal mistake |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **escape** | past | the hamster | a fatal mistake *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mistake=Initial\_Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The disease can be fatal without treatment.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fatal:x4:1
# text = The disease can be fatal without treatment.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	disease	disease	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	fatal	fatal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	treatment	treatment	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 | the disease |  |  |  |  | without treatment; fatal *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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The hero's fatal flaw was pride.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fatal:x5:1
# text = The hero's fatal flaw was pride.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	fatal	fatal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	flaw	flaw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the hero's fatal flaw | pride |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **flaw** |  | the hero |  |  |  |  |  | nom flaw «state transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The computer showed a fatal error and shut down.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fatal:x6:1
# text = The computer showed a fatal error and shut down.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	fatal	fatal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	shut	shut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | the computer | a fatal error |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent error=Recipient |
| 2 | **shut down** | participle | the computer *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

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His hand closed on the fatal draught.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fatal:x7:1
# text = His hand closed on the fatal draught.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	fatal	fatal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	draught	draught	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | participle · passive |  | His hand |  | the fatal draught |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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