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title: gastric — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «gastric» in the school dictionary: About the stomach. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# gastric

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**Who acts:** Gastric juice, class, doctor, Gastric acid, you · **What happens:** help, break down, be, ask, pain, kill · **To what, where:** food, stomach, many germs, hands, gastric illnesses

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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About the stomach.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gastric:m1:1
# text = About the stomach.
1	About	about	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Gastric juice helps break down food in the stomach.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gastric:x1:1
# text = Gastric juice helps break down food in the stomach.
1	Gastric	gastric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | Gastric juice |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **break down** | infinitive | Gastric juice *not said here* | food |  | the stomach |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Half the class was off with a gastric bug.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gastric:x2:1
# text = Half the class was off with a gastric bug.
1	Half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	gastric	gastric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bug	bug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | half class |  |  |  |  | with a gastric bug | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The doctor asked about his gastric pain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gastric:x3:1
# text = The doctor asked about his gastric pain.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	gastric	gastric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pain	pain	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 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the doctor |  |  |  |  | about doctor's gastric pain | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about pain=Topic |
| 2 | **pain** |  | doctor |  |  |  |  |  | nom pain «state transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Gastric acid is strong enough to kill many germs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gastric:x4:1
# text = Gastric acid is strong enough to kill many germs.
1	Gastric	gastric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Gastric acid |  |  |  |  | enough, strong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **kill** | to-infinitive | Gastric acid *not said here* | many germs |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wash your hands to stop gastric illnesses spreading.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gastric:x5:1
# text = Wash your hands to stop gastric illnesses spreading.
1	Wash	wash	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	gastric	gastric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	illnesses	illness	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	spreading	spread	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | imperative | you *not said here* | your hands |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | gastric illnesses |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **spread** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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A gastric ulcer is a sore in the stomach lining.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gastric:x6:1
# text = A gastric ulcer is a sore in the stomach lining.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	gastric	gastric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ulcer	ulcer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sore	sore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	lining	lining	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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