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title: irreversible — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «irreversible» in the school dictionary: Not able to be changed back to how it was before. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# irreversible

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**Who acts:** it, Baking, Burning, Melting, Extinction, dodo · **What happens:** change, be, bake, burn, melt, turn down · **To what, where:** cake, irreversible change, paper, chocolate, music

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Not able to be changed back to how it was before.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:irreversible:m1:1
# text = Not able to be changed back to how it was before.
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	before	before	ADV	RB	_	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V» |
| 2 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | before *property* | tree rules |

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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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Baking a cake is an irreversible change.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:irreversible:x1:1
# text = Baking a cake is an irreversible change.
1	Baking	bake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	irreversible	irreversible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	change	change	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 | **bake** | gerund |  | a cake |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Product |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Baking | a irreversible change |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Burning paper is irreversible.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:irreversible:x2:1
# text = Burning paper is irreversible.
1	Burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	irreversible	irreversible	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 | **burn** | gerund |  | paper |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent paper=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Burning |  |  |  |  | irreversible *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Melting chocolate is reversible but burning it is irreversible.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:irreversible:x3:1
# text = Melting chocolate is reversible but burning it is irreversible.
1	Melting	melt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	reversible	reversible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	irreversible	irreversible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | gerund |  | chocolate |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient chocolate=Result |
| 2 | **is** | present | Melting |  |  |  |  | reversible *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **burn** | gerund |  | chocolate |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | present | burning |  |  |  |  | irreversible *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Extinction is irreversible: the dodo is gone forever.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:irreversible:x4:1
# text = Extinction is irreversible: the dodo is gone forever.
1	Extinction	extinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	irreversible	irreversible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dodo	dodo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
9	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Extinction |  |  |  |  | irreversible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the dodo |  |  |  |  | forever, gone *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Some hearing damage is irreversible, so turn the music down.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:irreversible:x5:1
# text = Some hearing damage is irreversible, so turn the music down.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	hearing	hearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	irreversible	irreversible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	down	down	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | some hearing damage |  |  |  |  | irreversible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **turn down** | infinitive | some hearing damage *not said here* | the music |  |  |  | down *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent music=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The decision was irreversible.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:irreversible:x6:1
# text = The decision was irreversible.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	irreversible	irreversible	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 decision |  |  |  |  | irreversible *property* | 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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