engrossed

Who acts: you, He, his · What happens: engross, be, notice, appear, work · To what, where: something, nothing, work, children, story

«engrossed» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: engrossed in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To be engrossed in something is to be so busy with it that you notice nothing else.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	3 engrossed	mark
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	3 engrossed	aux:pass
3	engrossed	engross	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 busy	advcl
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 something	case
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 engrossed	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 busy	cop
7	to	to	PART	_	10 busy	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 busy	cop
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 busy	advmod
10	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 busy	obl
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 notice	mark
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 notice	nsubj
15	notice	notice	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 busy	advcl
16	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	15 notice	obj
17	else	else	ADV	_	16 nothing	advmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 busy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	engross	to-infinitive · passive			something		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
2	is	present				with it; busy property	tree rules
3	notice	present	you	nothing			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus

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

He appeared to be altogether engrossed in his work.

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 appeared	nsubj
2	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	6 engrossed	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 engrossed	aux:pass
5	altogether	altogether	ADV	_	6 engrossed	advmod
6	engrossed	engross	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 appeared	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 work	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 work	nmod:poss
9	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 engrossed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 appeared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	appear	past	He			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	engross	to-infinitive · passive	He not said here	his work	altogether property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
3	work		his = he			nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

The children were engrossed in the story.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 engrossed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 engrossed	aux:pass
4	engrossed	engross	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 story	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 story	det
7	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 engrossed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 engrossed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	engross	past · passive		the children		the story			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

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