astir
Who acts: All, bird, village, you · What happens: move, be, not be · To what, where: bed
«astir» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: astir in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Up and moving, out of bed and busy, with people or animals awake and active.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Up | up | ADV | _ | 3 moving | advmod |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 moving | cc |
| 3 | moving | move | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 bed | punct |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 bed | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 bed | case |
| 7 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moving | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 busy | cc |
| 9 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 bed | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 people | punct |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 people | case |
| 12 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 moving | obl |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 animals | cc |
| 14 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 people | conj |
| 15 | awake | awake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 moving | advcl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 active | cc |
| 17 | active | active | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 awake | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 moving | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | gerund | bed | with people or animals | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme out bed=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
All were astir early that morning.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 astir | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 astir | cop |
| 3 | astir | astir | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 astir | advmod |
| 5 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 morning | det |
| 6 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 astir | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 astir | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | All | morning | astir, early property | tree rules |
Example 2
Not even a bird was astir.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 astir | advmod |
| 2 | even | even | ADV | _ | 6 astir | advmod |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bird | det |
| 4 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 astir | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 astir | cop |
| 6 | astir | astir | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 astir | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | past | a bird | astir property | tree rules |
Example 3
The village was astir before dawn.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 village | det |
| 2 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 astir | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 astir | cop |
| 4 | astir | astir | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | before | before | ADP | _ | 6 dawn | case |
| 6 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 astir | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 astir | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the village | dawn | astir property | tree rules |
Example 4
Are you up and astir yet?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 astir | cop |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 astir | nsubj |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 astir | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 astir | cc |
| 5 | astir | astir | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 5 astir | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 astir | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | you | yet | astir property | tree rules |
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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