Who acts: you, change, loud noise, washing machine, I, it · What happens: make, feel, shake, stir, argue, happen · To what, where: someone, liquid, change, dog, jar, paint
«agitate» 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: agitate in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To make someone feel worried, nervous or upset.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
To
to
PART
_
2 make
mark
2
make
make
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
4 feel
advcl
3
someone
someone
PRON
Number=Sing PronType=Ind
2 make
obj
4
feel
feel
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
5
worried
worried
ADJ
Degree=Pos
4 feel
xcomp
6
,
,
PUNCT
_
7 nervous
punct
7
nervous
nervous
ADJ
Degree=Pos
5 worried
conj
8
or
or
CCONJ
_
9 upset
cc
9
upset
upset
ADJ
Degree=Pos
5 worried
conj
10
.
.
PUNCT
_
4 feel
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
make
to-infinitive
you not said here
someone
vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset someone=Product
2
feel
imperative
you not said here
worried property
vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
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
To shake or stir a liquid hard.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
To
to
PART
_
2 shake
mark
2
shake
shake
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
3
or
or
CCONJ
_
4 stir
cc
4
stir
stir
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
2 shake
conj
5
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
6 liquid
det
6
liquid
liquid
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 stir
obj
7
hard
hard
ADV
Degree=Pos
4 stir
advmod
8
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 shake
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
shake
to-infinitive
vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2
stir
infinitive
a liquid
hard property
vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus liquid=Experiencer
Meaning 3
To argue or campaign publicly to make a change happen.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
To
to
PART
_
2 argue
mark
2
argue
argue
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
7 make
advcl
3
or
or
CCONJ
_
4 campaign
cc
4
campaign
campaign
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 argue
conj
5
publicly
publicly
ADV
_
7 make
advmod
6
to
to
PART
_
7 make
mark
7
make
make
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
8
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
9 change
det
9
change
change
NOUN
Number=Sing
7 make
obj
10
happen
happen
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
7 make
xcomp
11
.
.
PUNCT
_
7 make
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
arguespeech: disagree
to-infinitive
vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2
make
to-infinitive
a change
publicly property
tree rules
3
happen
infinitive
a change not said here
vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 1
The loud noise agitated the dog.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
The
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
3 noise
det
2
loud
loud
ADJ
Degree=Pos
3 noise
amod
3
noise
noise
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
4
agitated
agitate
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
3 noise
acl
5
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
6 dog
det
6
dog
dog
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 agitated
obj
7
.
.
PUNCT
_
3 noise
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
agitate
participle
the loud noise not said here
the dog
vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dog=Experiencer
Example 2
Agitate the jar to mix the paint.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Agitate
agitate
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
2
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
3 jar
det
3
jar
jar
NOUN
Number=Sing
1 Agitate
obj
4
to
to
PART
_
5 mix
mark
5
mix
mix
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
1 Agitate
advcl
6
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
7 paint
det
7
paint
paint
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 mix
obj
8
.
.
PUNCT
_
1 Agitate
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
agitate
imperative
you not said here
the jar
vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus jar=Experiencer
2
mix
to-infinitive
you not said here
the paint
vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paint=Patient
Example 3
Workers agitated for better pay.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Workers
worker
NOUN
Number=Plur
root
root
2
agitated
agitate
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
1 Workers
acl
3
for
for
ADP
_
5 pay
case
4
better
good
ADJ
Degree=Cmp
5 pay
amod
5
pay
pay
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 agitated
obl
6
.
.
PUNCT
_
1 Workers
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
agitate
participle
Workers not said here
for better pay
vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
Example 4
Don't agitate your sister before bed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Do
do
AUX
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
3 agitate
aux
2
n't
not
PART
Polarity=Neg
3 agitate
advmod
3
agitate
agitate
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
4
your
your
PRON
Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs
5 sister
nmod:poss
5
sister
sister
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 agitate
obj
6
before
before
ADP
_
7 bed
case
7
bed
bed
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 agitate
obl
8
.
.
PUNCT
_
3 agitate
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
notagitate
imperative · do-support
you not said here
your sister
before bed
vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sister=Experiencer
vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2
hatchin a quote
present · progressive
I
eggs
vn grow-26.2.1 «NP V NP.product PP.patient»: agent=Agent egg=Product
3
agitatein a quote
may
it
me
vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer
4
affectin a quote
future
eggs = egg
vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.