beating Who acts: beating, heart, bully, team, I, She · What happens: hit, be, take, mean, throb, give · To what, where: heavy defeat, beating, team, regular throb, him, match · Speech: someone speaks here
«beating» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings 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: beating in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A beating is a hitting with a stick or hands as a punishment.
det nsubj cop det nsubj case det cc conj case det nmod punct root A DET beating NOUN is AUX a DET hitting VERB with ADP a DET stick NOUN or CCONJ hands NOUN as ADP a DET punishment NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 beating det 2 beating beating NOUN Number=Sing 8 stick nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 stick cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 stick det 5 hitting hit VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 stick nsubj 6 with with ADP _ 8 stick case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 stick det 8 stick stick NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 or or CCONJ _ 10 hands cc 10 hands hand NOUN Number=Plur 8 stick conj 11 as as ADP _ 13 punishment case 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 punishment det 13 punishment punishment NOUN Number=Sing 8 stick nmod 14 . . PUNCT _ 8 stick punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hit gerund vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 is present a beating with a stick or hands; as a punishment 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 A beating is also a heavy defeat, as in «our team took a beating».
The tree, 14 words det nsubj cop advmod det amod punct mark case punct nmod:poss obl parataxis det obj punct punct root A DET beating NOUN is AUX also ADV a DET heavy ADJ defeat NOUN , PUNCT as SCONJ in ADP « PUNCT our PRON team NOUN took VERB a DET beating NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 beating det 2 beating beating NOUN Number=Sing 7 defeat nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 defeat cop 4 also also ADV _ 7 defeat advmod 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 defeat det 6 heavy heavy ADJ Degree=Pos 7 defeat amod 7 defeat defeat NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 , , PUNCT _ 14 took punct 9 as as SCONJ _ 14 took mark 10 in in ADP _ 13 team case 11 « « PUNCT _ 13 team punct 12 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 team nmod:poss 13 team team NOUN Number=Sing 14 took obl 14 took take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 defeat parataxis 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 beating det 16 beating beating NOUN Number=Sing 14 took obj 17 » » PUNCT _ 14 took punct 18 . . PUNCT _ 7 defeat punct
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1 is a present a beating a heavy defeat tree rules 2 take in a quote past a beating our team vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent beating=Value in team=Location
Meaning 3 Beating can mean the regular throb of a heart.
nsubj aux det amod obj case det nmod punct root Beating NOUN can AUX mean VERB the DET regular ADJ throb NOUN of ADP a DET heart NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Beating beating NOUN Number=Sing 3 mean nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 mean aux 3 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 throb det 5 regular regular ADJ Degree=Pos 6 throb amod 6 throb throb NOUN Number=Sing 3 mean obj 7 of of ADP _ 9 heart case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 heart det 9 heart heart NOUN Number=Sing 6 throb nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 mean punct
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1 mean can Beating the regular throb of a heart vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throb=Topic 2 throb a heart nom throb «state intransitive»: of=agent
Example 1 The bully gave him a beating.
det nsubj iobj det obj punct root The DET bully NOUN gave VERB him PRON a DET beating NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 bully det 2 bully bully NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave nsubj 3 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 gave iobj 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 beating det 6 beating beating NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 gave punct
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1 give past the bully a beating him = he vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient beating=Theme
Example 2 Our team took a beating in the match.
nmod:poss nsubj det obj case det obl punct root Our PRON team NOUN took VERB a DET beating NOUN in ADP the DET match NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 team nmod:poss 2 team team NOUN Number=Sing 3 took nsubj 3 took take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 beating det 5 beating beating NOUN Number=Sing 3 took obj 6 in in ADP _ 8 match case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 match det 8 match match NOUN Number=Sing 3 took obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 took punct
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1 take past Our team a beating the match vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent beating=Value in match=Location
Example 3 I felt my heart's beating fast.
nsubj nmod:poss nsubj aux ccomp advmod punct root I PRON felt VERB my PRON heart NOUN 's AUX beating VERB fast ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 felt nsubj 2 felt feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 heart nmod:poss 4 heart heart NOUN Number=Sing 6 beating nsubj 5 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 beating aux 6 beating beat VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 felt ccomp 7 fast fast ADV Degree=Pos 6 beating advmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 felt punct
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1 feel past I vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 2 beat present · progressive my heart fast property vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 4 She had a beating from her husband.
nsubj det obj case nmod:poss obl punct root She PRON had VERB a DET beating NOUN from ADP her PRON husband NOUN . PUNCT 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 had nsubj 2 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 beating det 4 beating beating NOUN Number=Sing 2 had obj 5 from from ADP _ 7 husband case 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 husband nmod:poss 7 husband husband NOUN Number=Sing 2 had obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 had punct
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1 have past She a beating from her husband vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beating=Patient
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