ailing

Who acts: Ailing, ailing bird, cat, birds, She, brother · What happens: mean, not get, sit, hear, ail, stay · To what, where: perch, bed, help · Speech: someone speaks here

«ailing» in the school 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: ailing in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Ailing means ill or unwell, often for a long time and not getting better quickly.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ailing	ailing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 unwell	cc
5	unwell	unwell	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ill	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 time	punct
7	often	often	ADV	_	11 time	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 time	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 time	det
10	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 time	amod
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 getting	cc
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 getting	advmod
14	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 time	conj
15	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 getting	xcomp
16	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	14 getting	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Ailing					ill property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	not get	gerund	Ailing not said here					good, quickly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

The ailing bird sat still on its perch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bird	det
2	ailing	ailing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bird	compound
3	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sat	nsubj
4	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	still	still	ADV	_	4 sat	advmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 perch	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 perch	nmod:poss
8	perch	perch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sat	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	the ailing bird			bird's perch	still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on perch=Location

Example 2

A cat heard that the birds in the aviary were ailing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heard	nsubj
3	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 ailing	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 birds	det
6	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 ailing	nsubj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 aviary	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 aviary	det
9	aviary	aviary	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 birds	nmod
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 ailing	aux
11	ailing	ail	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 heard	ccomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	a cat						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	ail	past · progressive	the birds in the aviary						vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Example 3

She stayed in bed, ailing, and needed her brother's help.

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 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 bed	case
4	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stayed	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 ailing	punct
6	ailing	ailing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bed	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 needed	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 needed	cc
9	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stayed	conj
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 brother	nmod:poss
11	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 help	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 brother	case
13	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 needed	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	stay	past	She		bed and ailing	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bed=Location
2	need	past	She not said here	her brother's help		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme
3	help		her brother			nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent

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.

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