boredom Who acts: feeling, nothing, you, I, boredom, He · What happens: be, have, do, not be, read, beat · To what, where: nothing, book, boredom, long car trips, great ideas, rug
«boredom» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: boredom in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 The feeling of being bored, when you have nothing interesting to do or are not interested in what you are doing.
The tree, 21 words det nsubj case cop nmod punct advmod nsubj obj amod mark xcomp cc cop advmod conj case obl nsubj aux acl:relcl punct root The DET feeling NOUN of ADP being AUX bored ADJ , PUNCT when ADV you PRON have VERB nothing PRON interesting ADJ to PART do VERB or CCONJ are AUX not PART interested ADJ in ADP what PRON you PRON are AUX doing VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 feeling det 2 feeling feeling NOUN Number=Sing 9 have nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 5 bored case 4 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 bored cop 5 bored bored ADJ Degree=Pos 2 feeling nmod 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 have punct 7 when when ADV PronType=Int 9 have advmod 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 9 have nsubj 9 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 10 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 9 have obj 11 interesting interesting ADJ Degree=Pos 10 nothing amod 12 to to PART _ 13 do mark 13 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 interesting xcomp 14 or or CCONJ _ 17 interested cc 15 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 interested cop 16 not not PART Polarity=Neg 17 interested advmod 17 interested interested ADJ Degree=Pos 11 interesting conj 18 in in ADP _ 19 what case 19 what what PRON PronType=Rel 17 interested obl 20 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 22 doing nsubj 21 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 22 doing aux 22 doing do VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 19 what acl:relcl 23 . . PUNCT _ 9 have punct
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1 is gerund bored property tree rules 2 have present the feeling nothing vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient 3 do to-infinitive nothing not said here vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 not is present the feeling not said here interested property tree rules 5 do present · progressive you vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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 I read a book to beat the boredom.
nsubj det obj mark advcl det obj punct root I PRON read VERB a DET book NOUN to PART beat VERB the DET boredom NOUN . 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 read nsubj 2 read read VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 book det 4 book book NOUN Number=Sing 2 read obj 5 to to PART _ 6 beat mark 6 beat beat VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 read advcl 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 boredom det 8 boredom boredom NOUN Number=Sing 6 beat obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 read punct
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1 read past I a book vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic 2 beat to-infinitive I not said here the boredom vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location boredom=Theme
Example 2 On long car trips, boredom sets in.
case amod compound obl punct nsubj compound:prt punct root On ADP long ADJ car NOUN trips NOUN , PUNCT boredom NOUN sets VERB in ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 On on ADP _ 4 trips case 2 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 4 trips amod 3 car car NOUN Number=Sing 4 trips compound 4 trips trip NOUN Number=Plur 7 sets obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 trips punct 6 boredom boredom NOUN Number=Sing 7 sets nsubj 7 sets set VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 in in ADP _ 7 sets compound:prt 9 . . PUNCT _ 7 sets punct
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1 set in present boredom long car trips vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on trip=Destination
Example 3 He doodled out of boredom.
nsubj case case obl punct root He PRON doodled VERB out ADP of ADP boredom NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 doodled nsubj 2 doodled doodle VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 out out ADP _ 5 boredom case 4 of of ADP _ 5 boredom case 5 boredom boredom NOUN Number=Sing 2 doodled obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 doodled punct
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1 doodle past He boredom vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 4 Boredom can spark great ideas.
nsubj aux amod obj punct root Boredom NOUN can AUX spark VERB great ADJ ideas NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Boredom boredom NOUN Number=Sing 3 spark nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 spark aux 3 spark spark VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 5 ideas amod 5 ideas idea NOUN Number=Plur 3 spark obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 spark punct
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1 spark can Boredom great ideas vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition idea=Patient
Example 5 The cat chewed the rug from boredom.
det nsubj det obj case obl punct root The DET cat NOUN chewed VERB the DET rug NOUN from ADP boredom NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 cat det 2 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 3 chewed nsubj 3 chewed chew VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 rug det 5 rug rug NOUN Number=Sing 3 chewed obj 6 from from ADP _ 7 boredom case 7 boredom boredom NOUN Number=Sing 3 chewed obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 chewed punct
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1 chew past the cat the rug boredom vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rug=Patient
Example 6 We made a list of boredom busters for rainy days.
nsubj det obj case compound nmod case amod nmod punct root We PRON made VERB a DET list NOUN of ADP boredom NOUN busters NOUN for ADP rainy ADJ days NOUN . PUNCT 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 2 made nsubj 2 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 list det 4 list list NOUN Number=Sing 2 made obj 5 of of ADP _ 7 busters case 6 boredom boredom NOUN Number=Sing 7 busters compound 7 busters buster NOUN Number=Plur 4 list nmod 8 for for ADP _ 10 days case 9 rainy rainy ADJ Degree=Pos 10 days amod 10 days day NOUN Number=Plur 7 busters nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 made punct
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1 make past We a list of boredom busters for rainy days vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent list=Product 2 list boredom busters for rainy days nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient
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