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title: vaporise — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «vaporise» in the school dictionary: To turn a liquid or a solid into a gas or vapour, usually by heating it. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# vaporise

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**Who acts:** water, ray, alien, drop, you, teacher · **What happens:** turn, heat, destroy, leave, disappear, boil · **To what, where:** liquid, gas, vapour, something, nothing, steam

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«vaporise» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: [vaporise in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vaporise.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To turn a liquid or a solid into a gas or vapour, usually by heating it.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vaporise:m1:1
# text = To turn a liquid or a solid into a gas or vapour, usually by heating it.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	solid	solid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	vapour	vapour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	heating	heat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	advcl	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | to-infinitive |  | a liquid or a solid |  | a gas or vapour |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent liquid=Theme into gas=Trajectory |
| 2 | **heat** | gerund |  | vapour |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To destroy something completely so that almost nothing is left, as with a ray or a huge blast in stories.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vaporise:m2:1
# text = To destroy something completely so that almost nothing is left, as with a ray or a huge blast in stories.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	destroy	destroy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	10	mark	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	ray	ray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	blast	blast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **destroy** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  | completely *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | present · passive |  | nothing |  |  |  | as a ray or a huge blast in stories | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

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Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To disappear suddenly, as if into thin air.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vaporise:m3:1
# text = To disappear suddenly, as if into thin air.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	disappear	disappear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disappear** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | as thin air; suddenly *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
When water boils, it vaporises and turns into steam.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vaporise:x1:1
# text = When water boils, it vaporises and turns into steam.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	boils	boil	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	vaporises	vaporise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil** | present | water |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **vaporise** | present | water |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **turn** | present | water *not said here* |  |  | steam |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into steam=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The puddle vaporised in the hot sun by lunchtime.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vaporise:x2:1
# text = The puddle vaporised in the hot sun by lunchtime.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	puddle	puddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	vaporised	vaporise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	lunchtime	lunchtime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vaporise** | participle |  | the puddle *not said here* |  | the hot sun |  | by lunchtime | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the film, the alien's ray vaporised the rock in a flash.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vaporise:x3:1
# text = In the film, the alien's ray vaporised the rock in a flash.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	alien	alien	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	ray	ray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	vaporised	vaporise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	flash	flash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vaporise** | past | the alien's ray | the rock |  | the film |  | in a flash | tree rules |
| 2 | **ray** |  | the alien |  |  |  |  |  | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A drop of perfume vaporises quickly, so you can smell it across the room.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vaporise:x4:1
# text = A drop of perfume vaporises quickly, so you can smell it across the room.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	perfume	perfume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	vaporises	vaporise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	smell	smell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	across	across	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vaporise** | present | a drop of perfume |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **smell** | can | you | drop |  | the room |  |  | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our teacher heated the ice until it melted and then vaporised.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vaporise:x5:1
# text = Our teacher heated the ice until it melted and then vaporised.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	heated	heat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	melted	melt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	vaporised	vaporise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heat** | past | Our teacher | the ice |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ice=Patient |
| 2 | **melt** | past | teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **vaporise** | past | teacher *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My pocket money seems to vaporise the moment I get to the shop.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vaporise:x6:1
# text = My pocket money seems to vaporise the moment I get to the shop.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	vaporise	vaporise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | present | My pocket money |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **vaporise** | to-infinitive | My pocket money *not said here* |  |  |  | moment |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** | present | I | the moment *not said here* |  |  |  | to the shop | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer moment=Stimulus |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Liquids vaporise faster when it is hot and windy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vaporise:x7:1
# text = Liquids vaporise faster when it is hot and windy.
1	Liquids	liquid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	vaporise	vaporise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	windy	windy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vaporise** | present | Liquids |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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