amble
Who acts: amble, He, We · What happens: amble, be, amble off, go · To what, where: slow easy walk, wolf, small round hut
«amble» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: amble in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To amble is to walk slowly and calmly, without hurry.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 amble | mark |
| 2 | amble | amble | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 walk | csubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 walk | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 walk | mark |
| 5 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 5 walk | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 calmly | cc |
| 8 | calmly | calmly | ADV | _ | 6 slowly | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hurry | punct |
| 10 | without | without | ADP | _ | 11 hurry | case |
| 11 | hurry | hurry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 walk | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 walk | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | amble | to-infinitive | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | without hurry; slowly, walk property | 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.
Meaning 2
An amble is a slow, easy walk.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 amble | det |
| 2 | amble | amble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 walk | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 walk | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 walk | det |
| 5 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 walk | amod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 slow | punct |
| 7 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 walk | amod |
| 8 | walk | walk | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 walk | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a amble | a slow easy walk | tree rules |
Example 1
The wolf ambled off home.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wolf | det |
| 2 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ambled | amble | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 wolf | acl |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 ambled | compound:prt |
| 5 | home | home | ADV | _ | 3 ambled | advmod |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wolf | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | amble off | participle | the wolf not said here | home property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 2
He was ambling towards the small round hut.
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 | 3 ambling | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ambling | aux |
| 3 | ambling | amble | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 8 hut | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hut | det |
| 6 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 hut | amod |
| 7 | round | round | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 hut | amod |
| 8 | hut | hut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ambling | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ambling | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | amble | past · progressive | He | the small round hut | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards hut=Destination |
Example 3
We went for a slow amble in the park.
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 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 amble | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 amble | det |
| 5 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 amble | amod |
| 6 | amble | amble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 park | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 park | det |
| 9 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 amble | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | We | for a slow amble in the park | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for amble=Beneficiary |
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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