crooning

Who acts: croon, mother, child, He · What happens: be, hum, work, croon · To what, where: baby, morning sunlight, wood

«crooning» 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: crooning in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To croon is to sing or hum softly and gently, often to a baby or while working.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 croon	mark
2	croon	croon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sing	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sing	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 sing	mark
5	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 hum	cc
7	hum	hum	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sing	conj
8	softly	softly	ADV	_	7 hum	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 gently	cc
10	gently	gently	ADV	_	8 softly	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 baby	punct
12	often	often	ADV	_	15 baby	advmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 baby	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 baby	det
15	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sing	obl
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 working	cc
17	while	while	SCONJ	_	18 working	mark
18	working	work	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 baby	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	croon	to a baby; sing property	tree rules
2	hum	infinitive	croon not said here	softly property	vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V»: agent=Location
3	work	gerund	croon not said here		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 mother was crooning to her baby.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mother	det
2	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crooning	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 crooning	aux
4	crooning	croon	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 baby	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 baby	nmod:poss
7	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crooning	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 crooning	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	croon speech: other	past · progressive	the mother		mother's baby				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to baby=Recipient

Example 2

The child was crooning happily in the morning sunlight.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crooning	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 crooning	aux
4	crooning	croon	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	happily	happily	ADV	_	4 crooning	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 sunlight	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sunlight	det
8	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sunlight	compound
9	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crooning	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 crooning	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	croon speech: other	past · progressive	the child			the morning sunlight		happily property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

He hummed and crooned as he worked the wood.

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 hummed	nsubj
2	hummed	hum	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 crooned	cc
4	crooned	croon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 hummed	conj
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 worked	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 worked	nsubj
7	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 crooned	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wood	det
9	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 worked	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hummed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hum	past	He		vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V»: agent=Location
2	croon speech: other	participle	He not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	work	past	he	the wood	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent wood=Material

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