bumble

Who acts: bee, He, his, Mr · What happens: bumble, be, buzz, do, fly, talk · To what, where: clumsy muddled way, speech, place · Speech: someone speaks here

«bumble» 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: bumble in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To bumble is to hum or buzz, as a bee does when it flies about.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 bumble	mark
2	bumble	bumble	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 hum	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hum	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 hum	mark
5	hum	hum	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 buzz	cc
7	buzz	buzz	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 hum	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 does	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 does	mark
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bee	det
11	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 does	nsubj
12	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hum	conj
13	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 flies	advmod
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 flies	nsubj
15	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 does	advcl
16	about	about	ADV	_	15 flies	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hum	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	bumble	to-infinitive			tree rules
2	is	present		hum property	tree rules
3	buzz	infinitive			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	do	present	a bee		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	fly	present	bee	about property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 bumble is to move or talk in a clumsy, muddled way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 bumble	mark
2	bumble	bumble	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 move	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 move	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 move	mark
5	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 talk	cc
7	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 move	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	13 way	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 way	det
10	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 way	amod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 clumsy	punct
12	muddled	muddled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 way	amod
13	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 talk	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 move	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	bumble	to-infinitive			tree rules
2	is	present		move property	tree rules
3	talk	infinitive	a clumsy muddled way		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The bee began to bumble among the roses.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bee	det
2	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 began	nsubj
3	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 bumble	mark
5	bumble	bumble	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 began	xcomp
6	among	among	ADP	_	8 roses	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 roses	det
8	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bumble	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 began	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	the bee						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	bumble	to-infinitive	the bee not said here					among the roses	tree rules

Example 2

He bumbled through his speech and lost his place.

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 bumbled	nsubj
2	bumbled	bumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 speech	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 speech	nmod:poss
5	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bumbled	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 lost	cc
7	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bumbled	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 place	nmod:poss
9	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lost	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bumbled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	bumble	past	He		his speech	tree rules
2	lose	past	He not said here	his place		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Eventuality
3	speak		his = he			nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

Mr Bumble Bee bumbled round the garden all afternoon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 bumbled	nsubj
2	Bumble	Bumble	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Bee	compound
3	Bee	Bee	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mr	conj
4	bumbled	bumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	round	round	ADP	_	7 garden	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 garden	det
7	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bumbled	obl
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 afternoon	det
9	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bumbled	obl:unmarked
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 bumbled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bumble	past	Mr and Bumble Bee				afternoon	round the garden	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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