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fumble

Who acts: fumble, Tom, She, He · What happens: be, handle, mean, search, fumble, find · To what, where: dark, something, bag, door

«fumble» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: fumble in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To fumble is to handle something clumsily with the hands, often in the dark or in a hurry.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 fumble	mark
2	fumble	fumble	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 fumble	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 handle	mark
5	handle	handle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 fumble	xcomp
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 handle	obj
7	clumsily	clumsily	ADV	_	5 handle	advmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 hands	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hands	det
10	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 handle	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 dark	punct
12	often	often	ADV	_	15 dark	advmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 dark	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 dark	det
15	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fumble	obl
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 hurry	cc
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 hurry	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 hurry	det
19	hurry	hurry	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 dark	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fumble	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				the dark or a hurry		fumble property	tree rules
2	handle	to-infinitive		something				with the hands; clumsily property	vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent something=Theme with hand=Instrument

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 fumble can mean to search about clumsily for something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 fumble	mark
2	fumble	fumble	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mean	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 search	mark
6	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 mean	xcomp
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 clumsily	case
8	clumsily	clumsily	ADV	_	6 search	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 something	case
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 search	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	fumble						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	search not said to happen	to-infinitive	fumble not said here					for something	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent about clumsily=Location for something=Theme

Example 1

Tom fumbled with the button.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 fumbled	nsubj
2	fumbled	fumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 button	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 button	det
5	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fumbled	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fumbled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fumble	past	Tom					with the button	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Example 2

She fumbled in her bag for the key.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fumbled	nsubj
2	fumbled	fumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 bag	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 bag	nmod:poss
5	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fumbled	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 key	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 key	det
8	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fumbled	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fumbled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fumble	past	She			her bag		for the key	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in bag=Location for key=Theme

Example 3

He fumbled about in the dark until he found the door.

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 fumbled	nsubj
2	fumbled	fumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADV	_	2 fumbled	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 dark	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dark	det
6	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fumbled	obl
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 found	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 found	nsubj
9	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fumbled	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 door	det
11	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 found	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fumbled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fumble	past	He			the dark		about property	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in dark=Location
2	find	past	he	the door					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Topic

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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