bickering

Who acts: you, brother, car trip, They, Mum, friends · What happens: argue, squabble, stop, bicker, get, make · To what, where: petty way, two, front seat, constant, car trip, laughter

«bickering» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: bickering in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Arguing about small, unimportant things, again and again.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Arguing	argue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	about	about	ADP	_	6 things	case
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 things	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 small	punct
5	unimportant	unimportant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 things	amod
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Arguing	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 again	punct
8	again	again	ADV	_	1 Arguing	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 again	cc
10	again	again	ADV	_	8 again	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Arguing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	gerund					again	about small unimportant things	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about thing=Topic

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

Usage: verb form — kept apart, not parsed.

Squabbling in a petty way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Squabbling	squabble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 way	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	petty	petty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 way	compound
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Squabbling	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Squabbling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squabble	gerund				a petty way			vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Stop bickering, you two!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	bickering	bicker	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 two	punct
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 two	nsubj
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Stop	obl
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here	two					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	bicker	gerund	you not said here						vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

My brother and I were bickering about who got the front seat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bickering	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 I	cc
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 brother	conj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bickering	aux
6	bickering	bicker	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	about	about	SCONJ	_	9 got	mark
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 got	nsubj
9	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bickering	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 seat	det
11	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 seat	amod
12	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 got	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bickering	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bicker	past · progressive	My brother						tree rules
2	get	past		the front seat					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer seat=Stimulus

Example 3

The constant bickering made the car trip feel long.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 constant	det
2	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bickering	obl:unmarked
3	bickering	bicker	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 trip	det
6	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trip	compound
7	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obj
8	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 made	xcomp
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 feel	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bicker	gerund		the constant		vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	past		the car trip		tree rules
3	feel	infinitive	the car trip not said here		long property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 4

They were bickering over the last biscuit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bickering	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bickering	aux
3	bickering	bicker	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	7 biscuit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 biscuit	det
6	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 biscuit	amod
7	biscuit	biscuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bickering	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bickering	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bicker	past · progressive	They					over the last biscuit	vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent over biscuit=Theme

Example 5

After a while the bickering turned into laughter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 while	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 while	det
3	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 turned	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 turned	det
5	bickering	bicker	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 turned	aux:pass
6	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 laughter	case
8	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 turned	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 turned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	gerund · passive				laughter	while		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: into laughter=Trajectory

Example 6

Mum is tired of all the bickering at bedtime.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tired	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tired	cop
3	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 bickering	mark
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 bickering	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bickering	det
7	bickering	bicker	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 tired	advcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 bedtime	case
9	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bickering	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tired	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Mum					tired property	tree rules
2	bicker	gerund	Mum not said here			bedtime			vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 7

The friends bickered but soon made up.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 friends	det
2	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bickered	nsubj
3	bickered	bicker	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 made	cc
5	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 made	advmod
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bickered	conj
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 made	compound:prt
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bickered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bicker	past	the friends						vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make up	participle	the friends not said here					soon property	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

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