blunder

Who acts: blunder, you, I · What happens: be, blunder, move about, not make, spill · To what, where: clumsy mistake, clumsy careless way, blunder, milk, clumsy camel, tent

«blunder» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: blunder in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A blunder is a clumsy mistake.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 blunder	det
2	blunder	blunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mistake	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mistake	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mistake	det
5	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mistake	amod
6	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 mistake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a blunder	a clumsy mistake					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

To blunder is to make a clumsy mistake, or to move about in a clumsy, careless way.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 blunder	mark
2	blunder	blunder	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 make	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 make	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 mistake	det
7	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 mistake	amod
8	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 move	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 move	cc
11	to	to	PART	_	12 move	mark
12	move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 make	parataxis
13	about	about	ADV	_	12 move	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	19 way	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 way	det
16	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 way	amod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 clumsy	punct
18	careless	careless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 way	amod
19	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 move	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	blunder	to-infinitive			tree rules
2	is	present		make property	tree rules
3	move about	to-infinitive	a clumsy careless way	about property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in way=Trajectory

Example 1

Don't make a blunder with the money.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 make	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 make	advmod
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 blunder	det
5	blunder	blunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 money	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 money	det
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not make	imperative · do-support	you not said here	a blunder				with the money	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset blunder=Product

Example 2

I blundered and spilled the milk.

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 blundered	nsubj
2	blundered	blunder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 spilled	cc
4	spilled	spill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 blundered	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 milk	det
6	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spilled	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 blundered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blunder	past	I						tree rules
2	spill	past	I not said here	the milk					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location milk=Theme

Example 3

The clumsy camel blundered into the tent.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 camel	det
2	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 camel	amod
3	camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	blundered	blunder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 camel	acl
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 tent	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tent	det
7	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blundered	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 camel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blunder	participle		the clumsy camel not said here		the tent			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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