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awhile

Who acts: we, he, priest, they · What happens: mean, wait, write, begin, totter, reflect

«awhile» 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: awhile in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Awhile means for a short time: wait awhile. After a word like «after» or «for», we write «a while» as two words.

Sentence 1: Awhile means for a short time: wait awhile.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Awhile	awhile	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 time	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 time	det
5	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 time	amod
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 wait	punct
8	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	conj
9	awhile	awhile	ADV	_	8 wait	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present					time	awhile property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	wait	infinitive						awhile property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: After a word like «after» or «for», we write «a while» as two words.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 word	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 word	det
3	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 write	obl
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 after	case
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 after	punct
6	after	after	ADP	_	3 word	nmod
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 after	punct
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 for	cc
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 for	punct
10	for	for	ADP	_	6 after	conj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 after	punct
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 word	punct
13	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 write	nsubj
14	write	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 while	punct
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 while	det
17	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 write	obj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 while	punct
19	as	as	ADP	_	21 words	case
20	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 words	nummod
21	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 write	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 write	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present	we				after a word; while	as two words	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as word=Attribute

Example 1

After awhile he begins to totter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	2 awhile	case
2	awhile	awhile	ADV	_	4 begins	obl
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 begins	nsubj
4	begins	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 totter	mark
6	totter	totter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 begins	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 begins	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	present	he						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	totter	to-infinitive	he not said here						vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The priest reflected awhile; then he replied.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 priest	det
2	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reflected	nsubj
3	reflected	reflect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	awhile	awhile	ADV	_	3 reflected	advmod
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 replied	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 replied	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 replied	nsubj
8	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reflected	parataxis
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reflected	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reflect	past	the priest					awhile property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	reply speech: assert	past	priest				then		vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

After talking awhile, they lay down to sleep.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	SCONJ	_	2 talking	mark
2	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 lay	advcl
3	awhile	awhile	ADV	_	2 talking	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 talking	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 lay	nsubj
6	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	down	down	ADV	_	6 lay	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 sleep	mark
9	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 lay	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 lay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	gerund	they not said here					awhile property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	lay down	present	they					down property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	sleep	to-infinitive	they not said here						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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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