clamber

Who acts: cat, We, She · What happens: climb up, use, clamber up, clamber · To what, where: hands, wall, rocks, tree, stool

«clamber» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: clamber in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To climb up or over something using hands and feet, often with effort or clumsily: clamber up a wall, over rocks.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 climb	mark
2	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 climb	compound:prt
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 something	cc
5	over	over	ADP	_	6 something	case
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 climb	conj
7	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 something	acl
8	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 using	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 feet	cc
10	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hands	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 effort	punct
12	often	often	ADV	_	14 effort	advmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 effort	case
14	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climb	obl
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 clumsily	cc
16	clumsily	clumsily	ADV	_	14 effort	conj
17	:	:	PUNCT	_	18 clamber	punct
18	clamber	clamber	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 climb	conj
19	up	up	ADP	_	18 clamber	compound:prt
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 wall	det
21	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 clamber	obj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 rocks	punct
23	over	over	ADP	_	24 rocks	case
24	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 clamber	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 climb	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	climb up	to-infinitive			with effort	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	use	gerund	hands and feet			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
3	clamber up	infinitive	a wall	rocks		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location wall=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.

Example 1

The cat clambered up the tree.

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 clambered	nsubj
3	clambered	clamber	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 clambered	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tree	det
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 clambered	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 clambered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clamber up	past	the cat	the tree					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme

Example 2

We clambered over the rocks to the beach.

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 clambered	nsubj
2	clambered	clamber	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	5 rocks	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rocks	det
5	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 clambered	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 beach	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 beach	det
8	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clambered	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 clambered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clamber	past	We			the rocks		to the beach	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to beach=Destination

Example 3

She clambered slowly off the stool.

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 clambered	nsubj
2	clambered	clamber	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 clambered	advmod
4	off	off	ADP	_	6 stool	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stool	det
6	stool	stool	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clambered	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 clambered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clamber	past	She			the stool		slowly property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme off stool=Trajectory

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