akimbo

Who acts: Akimbo, farmer, She, He · What happens: mean, stand, put, frown, set, fly off · To what, where: hands, hips, arms akimbo

«akimbo» 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: akimbo in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Akimbo means with the hands on the hips and the elbows bent outwards, like a jug handle.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Akimbo	Akimbo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 hands	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hands	det
5	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 means	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 hips	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hips	det
8	hips	hip	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hands	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 elbows	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 elbows	det
11	elbows	elbow	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hips	conj
12	bent	bent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hips	amod
13	outwards	outwards	ADV	_	12 bent	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 handle	punct
15	like	like	ADP	_	18 handle	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 handle	det
17	jug	jug	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 handle	compound
18	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Akimbo					with the hands on the hips and the elbows	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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.

Example 1

The farmer stood with his arms akimbo.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	nsubj
3	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 akimbo	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 akimbo	nmod:poss
6	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 akimbo	compound
7	akimbo	akimbo	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the farmer					with farmer's arms akimbo	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

She put her hands on her hips, arms akimbo, and frowned.

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 put	nsubj
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hands	nmod:poss
4	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 put	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 hips	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hips	nmod:poss
7	hips	hip	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 put	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 akimbo	punct
9	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 akimbo	compound
10	akimbo	akimbo	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hips	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 frowned	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 frowned	cc
13	frowned	frown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 put	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past	She	her hands		her hips and arms akimbo			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on hip=Destination
2	frown	participle	She not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

He set his arms akimbo and flew off like a falcon.

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 set	nsubj
2	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 akimbo	nmod:poss
4	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 akimbo	compound
5	akimbo	akimbo	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 set	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 flew	cc
7	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 set	conj
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 flew	compound:prt
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 falcon	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 falcon	det
11	falcon	falcon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flew	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 set	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past	He	his arms akimbo					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient akimbo=Result
2	fly off	past	He not said here					like a falcon	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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