cower

Who acts: He, mice · What happens: crouch down, shrink back, make, cower · To what, where: fear, yourself, puppy, table, corner

«cower» 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: cower in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To crouch down or shrink back in fear, making yourself small.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 crouch	mark
2	crouch	crouch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 crouch	compound:prt
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 shrink	cc
5	shrink	shrink	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 crouch	conj
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 shrink	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 fear	case
8	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shrink	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 making	punct
10	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 shrink	advcl
11	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 making	obj
12	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 making	xcomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 crouch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	crouch down	to-infinitive				vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	shrink back	infinitive		fear		vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	make	gerund	yourself		small property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset yourself=Product

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 puppy cowered under the table during the storm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 puppy	det
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	cowered	cower	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 puppy	acl
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 table	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 table	det
6	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cowered	obl
7	during	during	ADP	_	9 storm	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 storm	det
9	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cowered	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 puppy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cower	participle		the puppy not said here		the table	during the storm		vn body_internal_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Example 2

He cowered before the angry giant.

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 cowered	nsubj
2	cowered	cower	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	before	before	ADP	_	6 giant	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 giant	det
5	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 giant	amod
6	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cowered	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cowered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cower	past	He				before the angry giant		vn body_internal_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Example 3

The mice cowered in the corner.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mice	det
2	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cowered	nsubj
3	cowered	cower	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 corner	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 corner	det
6	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cowered	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cowered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cower	past	the mice			the corner			vn body_internal_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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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