contemplation
Who acts: monk, face, quiet garden · What happens: look, think, sit, show, be · To what, where: quiet contemplation, deep contemplation, good place
«contemplation» 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: contemplation in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Quiet, long thinking; looking at something and thinking about it deeply.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 thinking | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 thinking | punct |
| 3 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 thinking | amod |
| 4 | thinking | thinking | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 looking | punct |
| 6 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 thinking | conj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 something | case |
| 8 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 looking | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 thinking | cc |
| 10 | thinking | think | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 looking | conj |
| 11 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 thinking | obl |
| 13 | deeply | deeply | ADV | _ | 10 thinking | advmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 thinking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | gerund | at something | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at something=Theme | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other | gerund | about thinking; deeply property | 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.
Example 1
The monk sat in quiet contemplation.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 monk | det |
| 2 | monk | monk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sat | nsubj |
| 3 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 contemplation | case |
| 5 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 contemplation | amod |
| 6 | contemplation | contemplation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sat | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | past | the monk | quiet contemplation | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in contemplation=Location |
Example 2
Her face showed deep contemplation.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 face | nmod:poss |
| 2 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 showed | nsubj |
| 3 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 contemplation | amod |
| 5 | contemplation | contemplation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 showed | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 showed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | Her face | deep contemplation | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent contemplation=Recipient |
Example 3
A quiet garden is a good place for contemplation.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 garden | det |
| 2 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 garden | amod |
| 3 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 place | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 place | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 place | det |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 place | amod |
| 7 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 contemplation | case |
| 9 | contemplation | contemplation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 place | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 place | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a quiet garden | a good place | for contemplation | 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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