moulder

Who acts: old wood, Mouldering, old dovecot, Nobody, castle · What happens: be, crumble, do over, moulder, describe, fall · To what, where: something, field, castle, moulder · Speech: someone speaks here

«moulder» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: moulder in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

To moulder is to decay slowly and crumble, as old wood or stone does over many years.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 moulder	mark
2	moulder	moulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 decay	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 decay	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 decay	mark
5	decay	decay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	5 decay	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 crumble	cc
8	crumble	crumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 decay	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wood	punct
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 wood	case
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wood	amod
12	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 does	nsubj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 stone	cc
14	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wood	conj
15	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 decay	parataxis
16	over	over	ADV	_	17 many	advmod
17	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 years	amod
18	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 does	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 decay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present			decay, slowly property	tree rules
2	crumble	present				vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	do over	present	old wood or stone	year		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

«Mouldering» describes something old, falling to pieces and rotting.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Mouldering	punct
2	Mouldering	moulder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 describes	csubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Mouldering	punct
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 describes	obj
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 something	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 falling	punct
8	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 describes	advcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 pieces	case
10	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 falling	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 rotting	cc
12	rotting	rot	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 falling	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	moulder in a quote	gerund				tree rules
2	describe	present	Mouldering	something		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent something=Theme
3	fall	gerund	Mouldering not said here		to pieces	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to piece=Theme
4	rot	gerund	Mouldering not said here			vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 1

The old dovecot was mouldering in the field.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dovecot	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dovecot	amod
3	dovecot	dovecot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mouldering	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mouldering	aux
5	mouldering	moulder	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 field	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 field	det
8	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mouldering	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 mouldering	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	moulder	past · progressive	the old dovecot			the field			tree rules

Example 2

Old bones moulder in the ground.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bones	amod
2	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 moulder	compound
3	moulder	moulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 ground	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ground	det
6	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moulder	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 moulder	punct

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

Example 3

Nobody had lived in the castle for years, and it began to moulder.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 lived	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lived	aux
3	lived	live	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 castle	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 castle	det
6	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 years	case
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lived	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 began	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 began	cc
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 began	nsubj
12	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lived	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 moulder	mark
14	moulder	moulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 began	xcomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past · perfect	Nobody			the castle	year		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in castle=Location
2	begin	past	castle	moulder					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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