foreboding
Who acts: something, I, storm, gloomy forebodings, Her, silent wood · What happens: be, happen, have, come, keep, forebode · To what, where: strong feeling, foreboding, him
«foreboding» 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: foreboding in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A strong feeling that something bad is about to happen.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 feeling | det |
| 2 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 feeling | amod |
| 3 | feeling | feeling | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 about | mark |
| 5 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 about | nsubj |
| 6 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 something | amod |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 about | cop |
| 8 | about | about | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 feeling | acl:relcl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 happen | mark |
| 10 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 about | xcomp |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 feeling | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | something | a strong feeling not said here | about property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | happen | to-infinitive | something not said here | vn occur-48.3-1 «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.
Example 1
I had a foreboding that the storm would come.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 foreboding | det |
| 4 | foreboding | foreboding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obj |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 come | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 storm | det |
| 7 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 come | nsubj |
| 8 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 come | aux |
| 9 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 foreboding | acl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | I | a foreboding | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foreboding=Patient | ||||
| 2 | come | would | the storm | a foreboding not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location foreboding=Theme |
Example 2
Her gloomy forebodings kept her awake.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 forebodings | nmod:poss |
| 2 | gloomy | gloomy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 forebodings | amod |
| 3 | forebodings | foreboding | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 kept | nsubj |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 awake | nmod:poss |
| 6 | awake | awake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 kept | xcomp |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 kept | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | Her gloomy forebodings | awake property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | forebode | Her = she | nom foreboding «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
Example 3
The silent wood filled him with foreboding.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 wood | det |
| 2 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 wood | amod |
| 3 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 filled | nsubj |
| 4 | filled | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 filled | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 foreboding | case |
| 7 | foreboding | foreboding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 filled | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 filled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill | past | the silent wood | him = he | with foreboding | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with foreboding=Instrument |
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