#dangling_modifier__misplaced_modifier__misplacedmodifier  a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us'
  subtype:  #dangling_participle  a participle (usually at the beginning of a sentence) apparently modifying a word other than the word intended: e.g., `flying across the country' in `flying across the country the Rockies came into view'
  supertype:  #modifier.content_word__qualifier  a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
     supertype:  #content_word__contentword__open-class_word  a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned
        supertype:  #word  a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
           supertype:  #language_unit__linguistic_unit  one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
              supertype:  pm#description_medium__descriptionmedium  e.g., a syntax, a language, a script, a structure
                 supertype:  pm#description  description (content/medium) of an entity or a situation
                    supertype:  pm#description_content/medium/container__descriptioncontent/medium/container
                       supertype:  pm#non_spatial_object_that_is_not_an_attribute_or_quality_or_measure
                          supertype:  pm#non_spatial_object__nonspatialobject  abstraction or description content/medium/container (a description medium that has some spatial feature is both instance of sumo#object and pm#non_spatial_object
                             supertype:  pm#entity  something that can be "involved" in a situation
                                supertype:  pm#thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
                             supertype:  cyc#intangible  The collection of things that are not physical -- are not made of, or encoded in, matter. Every cyc#Collection is a cyc#intangible (even if its instances are tangible), and so are some cyc#individuals.  Caution: do not confuse `tangibility' with `perceivability' -- humans can perceive light even though it's intangible--at least in a sense.
                                supertype:  cyc#partially_intangible__partiallyintangible  The collection of things that either are wholly intangible (see cyc#Intangible) or have at least one intangible (i.e. immaterial) part (see cyc#intangibleParts). This includes intangible individuals, such as instances of cyc#Number-General  or cyc#Agreement, as well as non-individuals (all of which are intangible), i.e. instances of cyc#SetOrCollection.  It also includes things that have both tangible and intangible components (see cyc#CompositeTangibleAndIntangibleObject),  such as a printed copy of a newspaper (as its information content is intangible) or a person (as her mental states are intangible).
                                   supertype:  pm#thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
              supertype:  #component_part__componentpart__part__portion  something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"
                 supertype:  #relation  an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
                    supertype:  pm#thing_that_can_be_seen_as_a_relation  usable as relation type
                       supertype:  pm#thing_playing_some_role  category to classify things according to roles/viewpoints; classification under this category is application-dependant
                          supertype:  pm#thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type

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