aimlessly Who acts: plan, We, boat, He, Alice, puppy · What happens: wander, drift, kick, walk, run, flick · To what, where: round town, shops, river, stone, road, wood
«aimlessly» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: aimlessly in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Without any purpose, plan or direction: they wandered aimlessly round town.
case det obl punct appos cc conj punct nsubj advmod amod obj punct root Without ADP any DET purpose NOUN , PUNCT plan NOUN or CCONJ direction NOUN : PUNCT they PRON wandered VERB aimlessly ADV round ADJ town NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Without without ADP _ 3 purpose case 2 any any DET PronType=Ind 3 purpose det 3 purpose purpose NOUN Number=Sing 10 wandered obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 plan punct 5 plan plan NOUN Number=Sing 3 purpose appos 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 direction cc 7 direction direction NOUN Number=Sing 5 plan conj 8 : : PUNCT _ 10 wandered punct 9 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 wandered nsubj 10 wandered wander VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 11 aimlessly aimlessly ADV _ 10 wandered advmod 12 round round ADJ Degree=Pos 13 town amod 13 town town NOUN Number=Sing 10 wandered obj 14 . . PUNCT _ 10 wandered punct
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1 wander past plan round town without any purpose; aimlessly property vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme town=Trajectory
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 We wandered aimlessly around the shops.
nsubj advmod case det obl punct root We PRON wandered VERB aimlessly ADV around ADP the DET shops NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 wandered nsubj 2 wandered wander VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 aimlessly aimlessly ADV _ 2 wandered advmod 4 around around ADP _ 6 shops case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 shops det 6 shops shop NOUN Number=Plur 2 wandered obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 wandered punct
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1 wander past We the shops aimlessly property vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around shop=Trajectory
Example 2 The boat drifted aimlessly on the river.
det nsubj advmod case det obl punct root The DET boat NOUN drifted VERB aimlessly ADV on ADP the DET river NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 boat det 2 boat boat NOUN Number=Sing 3 drifted nsubj 3 drifted drift VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 aimlessly aimlessly ADV _ 3 drifted advmod 5 on on ADP _ 7 river case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 river det 7 river river NOUN Number=Sing 3 drifted obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 drifted punct
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1 drift past the boat the river aimlessly property vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on river=Trajectory
Example 3 He kicked a stone aimlessly along the road.
nsubj det obj advmod case det obl punct root He PRON kicked VERB a DET stone NOUN aimlessly ADV along ADP the DET road NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 kicked nsubj 2 kicked kick VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 stone det 4 stone stone NOUN Number=Sing 2 kicked obj 5 aimlessly aimlessly ADV _ 2 kicked advmod 6 along along ADP _ 8 road case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 road det 8 road road NOUN Number=Sing 2 kicked obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 kicked punct
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1 kick past He a stone the road aimlessly property vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent stone=Patient along road=Location
Example 4 Alice walked aimlessly through the wood.
nsubj advmod case det obl punct root Alice PROPN walked VERB aimlessly ADV through ADP the DET wood NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Alice Alice PROPN Number=Sing 2 walked nsubj 2 walked walk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 aimlessly aimlessly ADV _ 2 walked advmod 4 through through ADP _ 6 wood case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 wood det 6 wood wood NOUN Number=Sing 2 walked obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 walked punct
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1 walk past Alice the wood aimlessly property vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through wood=Trajectory
Example 5 The puppy ran aimlessly round the garden.
det nsubj advmod case det obl punct root The DET puppy NOUN ran VERB aimlessly ADV round ADP the DET garden NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 puppy det 2 puppy puppy NOUN Number=Sing 3 ran nsubj 3 ran run VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 aimlessly aimlessly ADV _ 3 ran advmod 5 round round ADP _ 7 garden case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 garden det 7 garden garden NOUN Number=Sing 3 ran obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 ran punct
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1 run past the puppy the garden aimlessly property vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round garden=Trajectory
Example 6 She flicked aimlessly through the magazine.
nsubj advmod case det obl punct root She PRON flicked VERB aimlessly ADV through ADP the DET magazine NOUN . PUNCT 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 flicked nsubj 2 flicked flick VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 aimlessly aimlessly ADV _ 2 flicked advmod 4 through through ADP _ 6 magazine case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 magazine det 6 magazine magazine NOUN Number=Sing 2 flicked obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 flicked punct
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1 flick past She the magazine aimlessly property vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent through magazine=Destination
Example 7 After wandering aimlessly through several countries, I resolved to come to Bagdad and request an audience of the Commander of the Faithful.
The tree, 22 words mark advcl advmod case amod obl punct nsubj mark xcomp case obl cc conj det obj case det nmod case det nmod punct root After SCONJ wandering VERB aimlessly ADV through ADP several ADJ countries NOUN , PUNCT I PRON resolved VERB to PART come VERB to ADP Bagdad PROPN and CCONJ request VERB an DET audience NOUN of ADP the DET Commander PROPN of ADP the DET Faithful ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 After after SCONJ _ 2 wandering mark 2 wandering wonder VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 9 resolved advcl 3 aimlessly aimlessly ADV _ 2 wandering advmod 4 through through ADP _ 6 countries case 5 several several ADJ Degree=Pos 6 countries amod 6 countries country NOUN Number=Plur 2 wandering obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 2 wandering punct 8 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 9 resolved nsubj 9 resolved resolve VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 10 to to PART _ 11 come mark 11 come come VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 resolved xcomp 12 to to ADP _ 13 Bagdad case 13 Bagdad Bagdad PROPN Number=Sing 11 come obl 14 and and CCONJ _ 15 request cc 15 request request VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 come conj 16 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 17 audience det 17 audience audience NOUN Number=Sing 15 request obj 18 of of ADP _ 20 Commander case 19 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 20 Commander det 20 Commander Commander PROPN Number=Sing 17 audience nmod 21 of of ADP _ 23 Faithful case 22 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 23 Faithful det 23 Faithful faithful ADJ Degree=Pos 20 Commander nmod 24 . . PUNCT _ 9 resolved punct
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1 wonder speech: ask gerund I not said here several countries aimlessly property vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer 2 resolve past I tree rules 3 come to-infinitive I not said here Bagdad vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bagdad=Initial_Location 4 request infinitive I not said here a audience of the Commander of the Faithful vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent audience=Recipient
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