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dwindle

Who acts: little left, dwindling, crowd, hours, Their, Our · What happens: become, be, dwindle, get, pass, hope · To what, where: adjective, biscuits, number, crowd, hope, savings

«dwindle» 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: dwindle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To become smaller, fewer or weaker little by little until there is very little left.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 become	mark
2	become	become	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 become	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 fewer	punct
5	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 smaller	conj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 weaker	cc
7	weaker	weak	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 fewer	conj
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 weaker	advmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 little	case
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 smaller	obl
11	until	until	SCONJ	_	13 is	mark
12	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	13 is	expl
13	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 become	advcl
14	very	very	ADV	_	15 little	advmod
15	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 left	amod
16	left	left	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 is	nsubj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 become	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	to-infinitive						small property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	be	present	little left			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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

dwindling (adjective): getting smaller.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	dwindling	dwindle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 getting	csubj
2	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 adjective	punct
3	adjective	adjective	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 dwindling	obj
4	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 adjective	punct
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 getting	punct
6	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 getting	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 getting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dwindle	gerund		adjective					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient adjective=Extent
2	get	gerund	dwindling					small property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Example 1

Our supply of biscuits dwindled during the camping trip.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 supply	nmod:poss
2	supply	supply	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 biscuits	case
4	biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 supply	nmod
5	dwindled	dwindle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 biscuits	acl
6	during	during	ADP	_	9 trip	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 trip	det
8	camping	camping	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 trip	compound
9	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dwindled	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 supply	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dwindle	participle		biscuits not said here			during the camping trip		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Example 2

The number of tigers in the wild has dwindled.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 number	det
2	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dwindled	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 tigers	case
4	tigers	tiger	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 number	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 wild	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wild	det
7	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tigers	nmod
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 dwindled	aux
9	dwindled	dwindle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 dwindled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dwindle	present · perfect · passive		the number of tigers in the wild					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: subject=Extent

Example 3

The crowd dwindled as it got dark.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crowd	det
2	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	dwindled	dwindle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 crowd	acl
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 got	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 got	nsubj
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dwindled	advcl
7	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 got	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 crowd	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dwindle	participle		the crowd not said here					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	get	past	crowd					dark property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Example 4

Their hope dwindled as the hours passed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hope	nmod:poss
2	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	dwindled	dwindle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 hope	acl
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 passed	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hours	det
6	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 passed	nsubj
7	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dwindled	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hope	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dwindle	participle		Their hope not said here					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	pass	past	the hours						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hope		Their = they						nom hope «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 5

Our savings dwindled after the holiday.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 savings	nmod:poss
2	savings	savings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	root	root
3	dwindled	dwindle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 savings	acl
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 holiday	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 holiday	det
6	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dwindled	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 savings	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dwindle	participle		Our savings not said here			after the holiday		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	save		Our						nom savings «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

The river dwindled to a tiny stream in summer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 river	det
2	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dwindled	nsubj
3	dwindled	dwindle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 stream	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stream	det
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stream	amod
7	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dwindled	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 summer	case
9	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stream	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dwindled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dwindle	past	the river					to a tiny stream in summer	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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