pondering

Who acts: it, Kai, She, Ben · What happens: ponder, think, be, sit, stand, find · To what, where: ing form, silence, question, sums, mistake, last

«pondering» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning 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: pondering in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

Pondering is thinking deeply and slowly about something; it is the -ing form of ponder.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pondering	ponder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 thinking	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 thinking	aux
3	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	deeply	deeply	ADV	_	3 thinking	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 slowly	cc
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	4 deeply	conj
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 something	case
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 thinking	obl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 form	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 form	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 form	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 form	det
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 the	punct
14	ing	ing	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 form	compound
15	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thinking	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 ponder	case
17	ponder	ponder	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 form	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 thinking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ponder	gerund				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	think speech: other	present · progressive			about something; deeply property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about something=Topic
3	is a	present	it	the ing form	of ponder	tree rules

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

Kai sat by the fire, pondering.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 fire	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fire	det
5	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sat	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 pondering	punct
7	pondering	ponder	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sat	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	Kai					by the fire	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location
2	ponder	gerund	Kai not said here						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

She stood in silence, pondering the question.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stood	nsubj
2	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 silence	case
4	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stood	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 pondering	punct
6	pondering	ponder	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 stood	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 question	det
8	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pondering	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	She			silence			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in silence=Location
2	ponder	gerund	She not said here	the question					tree rules

Example 3

Pondering over the sums, Ben at last found his mistake.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pondering	ponder	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 found	advcl
2	over	over	ADP	_	4 sums	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sums	det
4	sums	sum	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pondering	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Ben	punct
6	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sums	appos
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 last	case
8	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 found	obl
9	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mistake	nmod:poss
11	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 found	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	ponder	gerund			the sums	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	find	past		Ben's mistake	last	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent mistake=Theme at last=Asset
3	mistake		Ben			nom mistake «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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