encumber

Who acts: room, you · What happens: encumber, be, slow, carry, move, not encumber · To what, where: someone, them, place, yourself, shore

«encumber» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 2 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: encumber in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To encumber someone is to weigh them down or slow them with too much to carry.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 encumber	mark
2	encumber	encumber	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 weigh	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 encumber	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 weigh	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 weigh	mark
6	weigh	weigh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 weigh	obj
8	down	down	ADP	_	6 weigh	compound:prt
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 slow	cc
10	slow	slow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 weigh	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 slow	obj
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 much	case
13	too	too	ADV	_	14 much	advmod
14	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 slow	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 carry	mark
16	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 much	acl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 weigh	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	encumber	to-infinitive		someone		vn equip-13.4.2-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme someone=Recipient
2	is	present			weigh property	tree rules
3	slow	infinitive	them = they		with much	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with much=Instrument
4	carry	to-infinitive				vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: 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.

Meaning 2

To encumber a place is to fill it so there is not room to move.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 encumber	mark
2	encumber	encumber	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 fill	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 place	det
4	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 encumber	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fill	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 fill	mark
7	fill	fill	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fill	obj
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 is	advmod
10	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	11 is	expl
11	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fill	advcl
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 room	advmod
13	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 is	nsubj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 move	mark
15	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 room	acl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 fill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	encumber	to-infinitive		a place			vn equip-13.4.2-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme place=Recipient
2	is	present				fill property	tree rules
3	be	present	room		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	move	to-infinitive	room not said here				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

If you are wise, you will not encumber yourself with more than thirty.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	4 wise	mark
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 wise	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wise	cop
4	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 encumber	advcl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wise	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 encumber	nsubj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 encumber	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 encumber	advmod
9	encumber	encumber	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 encumber	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 thirty	case
12	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	14 thirty	advmod
13	than	than	ADP	_	12 more	fixed
14	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 encumber	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 encumber	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a condition, not said to happen	present	you					wise property	tree rules
2	not encumber	future	you	yourself				with thirty	vn equip-13.4.2-1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent yourself=Recipient with thirty=Theme

Example 2

The shore was encumbered with fish.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shore	det
2	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 encumbered	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 encumbered	aux:pass
4	encumbered	encumber	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 fish	case
6	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 encumbered	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 encumbered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	encumber	past · passive		the shore				with fish	vn equip-13.4.2-1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with fish=Theme

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