contemplate Who acts: She, He, I, We · What happens: look, think, do, consider, sit, contemplate · To what, where: something, it, stars, painting, trip, problem · Speech: someone speaks here
«contemplate» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: contemplate in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To look at something quietly for a long time and think about it.
mark case obl advmod case det amod obl cc conj case obl punct root To PART look VERB at ADP something PRON quietly ADV for ADP a DET long ADJ time NOUN and CCONJ think VERB about ADP it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 look mark 2 look look VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 at at ADP _ 4 something case 4 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 look obl 5 quietly quietly ADV _ 2 look advmod 6 for for ADP _ 9 time case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 time det 8 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 9 time amod 9 time time NOUN Number=Sing 2 look obl 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 think cc 11 think think VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 2 look conj 12 about about ADP _ 13 it case 13 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 think obl 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 look punct
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1 look to-infinitive time at something; quietly property vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at something=Theme 2 think speech: other infinitive about it vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic
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 think about doing something; to consider it.
mark mark ccomp obj punct mark conj obj punct root To PART think VERB about SCONJ doing VERB something PRON ; PUNCT to PART consider VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 think mark 2 think think VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 about about SCONJ _ 4 doing mark 4 doing do VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 think ccomp 5 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 4 doing obj 6 ; ; PUNCT _ 8 consider punct 7 to to PART _ 8 consider mark 8 consider consider VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 2 think conj 9 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 consider obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 think punct
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1 think speech: other to-infinitive vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 do gerund something vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality 3 consider to-infinitive it vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute
Example 1 She sat contemplating the stars.
nsubj advcl det obj punct root She PRON sat VERB contemplating VERB the DET stars NOUN . PUNCT 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 sat nsubj 2 sat sit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 contemplating contemplate VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 sat advcl 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 stars det 5 stars star NOUN Number=Plur 3 contemplating obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 sat punct
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1 sit past She vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 contemplate gerund She not said here the stars tree rules
Example 2 He contemplated the painting for an hour.
nsubj det obj case det obl punct root He PRON contemplated VERB the DET painting NOUN for ADP an DET hour 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 contemplated nsubj 2 contemplated contemplate VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 painting det 4 painting painting NOUN Number=Sing 2 contemplated obj 5 for for ADP _ 7 hour case 6 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 hour det 7 hour hour NOUN Number=Sing 2 contemplated obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 contemplated punct
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1 contemplate past He the painting hour tree rules
Example 3 I am contemplating a trip to the seaside.
nsubj aux det obj case det nmod punct root I PRON am AUX contemplating VERB a DET trip NOUN to ADP the DET seaside 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 3 contemplating nsubj 2 am be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 contemplating aux 3 contemplating contemplate VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 trip det 5 trip trip NOUN Number=Sing 3 contemplating obj 6 to to ADP _ 8 seaside case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 seaside det 8 seaside seaside NOUN Number=Sing 5 trip nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 contemplating punct
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1 contemplate present · progressive I a trip to the seaside tree rules
Example 4 We contemplated the problem before we answered.
nsubj det obj mark nsubj advcl punct root We PRON contemplated VERB the DET problem NOUN before SCONJ we PRON answered VERB . 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 contemplated nsubj 2 contemplated contemplate VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 problem det 4 problem problem NOUN Number=Sing 2 contemplated obj 5 before before SCONJ _ 7 answered mark 6 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 7 answered nsubj 7 answered answer VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 contemplated advcl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 contemplated punct
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1 contemplate past We the problem tree rules 2 answer speech: assert past we vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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