Who acts: Starlings, Elephants, you · What happens: come together, form, gather, congregate, see, not congregate · To what, where: group, Pupils, noticeboard, results, huge flocks, People
«congregate» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: congregate in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To come together and form a group or crowd in one place.
vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location group=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
Usage: church — kept apart, not parsed.
To gather for worship.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
To
to
PART
_
2 gather
mark
2
gather
gather
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
3
for
for
ADP
_
4 worship
case
4
worship
worship
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 gather
obl
5
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 gather
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
gather
to-infinitive
for worship
vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for worship=Beneficiary
Example 1
Pupils congregated around the noticeboard to see the results.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Pupils
pupil
NOUN
Number=Plur
root
root
2
congregated
congregate
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
1 Pupils
acl
3
around
around
ADP
_
5 noticeboard
case
4
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
5 noticeboard
det
5
noticeboard
noticeboard
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 congregated
obl
6
to
to
PART
_
7 see
mark
7
see
see
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
2 congregated
advcl
8
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
9 results
det
9
results
result
NOUN
Number=Plur
7 see
obj
10
.
.
PUNCT
_
1 Pupils
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
congregate
participle
Pupils not said here
the noticeboard
vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2
see
to-infinitive
the results
vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer result=Stimulus
Example 2
Starlings congregate in huge flocks in the evening.
The faithful congregated in the church for Easter.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
The
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
3 congregated
det
2
faithful
faithful
ADJ
Degree=Pos
3 congregated
amod
3
congregated
congregate
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
root
root
4
in
in
ADP
_
6 church
case
5
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
6 church
det
6
church
church
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 congregated
obl
7
for
for
ADP
_
8 Easter
case
8
Easter
Easter
PROPN
Number=Sing
6 church
nmod
9
.
.
PUNCT
_
3 congregated
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
congregate
participle
the church for Easter
vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 6
Please don't congregate in the corridors.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Please
please
INTJ
_
4 congregate
discourse
2
do
do
AUX
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
4 congregate
aux
3
n't
not
PART
Polarity=Neg
4 congregate
advmod
4
congregate
congregate
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
5
in
in
ADP
_
7 corridors
case
6
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
7 corridors
det
7
corridors
corridor
NOUN
Number=Plur
4 congregate
obl
8
.
.
PUNCT
_
4 congregate
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
notcongregate
imperative · do-support
you not said here
the corridors
vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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.