barring

Who acts: Barring, Everyone, Sam, We, bees · What happens: mean, leave out, say, come, bar, be · To what, where: one thing, Sam, game, football, one · Speech: someone speaks here

«barring» 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: barring in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Barring means except for, leaving out one thing or person from what is said.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Barring	barring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	except	except	ADP	_	2 means	ccomp
4	for	for	ADP	_	3 except	fixed
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 leaving	punct
6	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	advcl
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 leaving	compound:prt
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 thing	nummod
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leaving	obj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 person	cc
11	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thing	conj
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 what	case
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 leaving	obl
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 said	aux:pass
15	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 what	acl:relcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present	Barring		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	leave out	gerund	Barring not said here	one thing or person	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
3	say speech: assert	present · passive			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»

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

Everyone came, barring Sam, who was ill.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 barring	punct
4	barring	bar	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 came	advcl
5	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 barring	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ill	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 ill	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 ill	cop
9	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Sam	acl:relcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	come	past	Everyone			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	bar	gerund	Everyone not said here	Sam		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer sam=Theme
3	is	past	Sam		ill property	tree rules

Example 2

We can play any game, barring football.

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	3 play	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 play	aux
3	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 game	det
5	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 play	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 barring	punct
7	barring	bar	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 play	advcl
8	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 barring	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 play	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	can	We	any game					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme
2	bar	gerund	We not said here	football					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer football=Theme

Example 3

All the bees were friendly, barring one.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 bees	det:predet
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bees	det
3	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 friendly	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 friendly	cop
5	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 barring	punct
7	barring	bar	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 friendly	advcl
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 barring	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 friendly	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	all bees					friendly property	tree rules
2	bar	gerund	all bees not said here	one					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer one=Theme

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