| as a natural degenerative process | 6 | manner |
| cartilage → can → tear | 6 |
| cartilage → cause → tear | 4 |
| cartilage → show → tear | 4 |
| cartilage → develop → tear | 3 |
| cartilage → suffer → tear | 3 |
| cartilage → be called → tear | 3 |
| negative | neutral | positive |
| 0.722 | 0.267 | 0.011 |
| Raw frequency | 23 |
| Normalized frequency | 0.432 |
| Modifier score | 0.600 |
| Perplexity | 240.126 |