grope

Who acts: you, I, He, She · What happens: feel, not see, search, grope · To what, where: dark, way

«grope» 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: grope in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To feel about with the hands because you cannot see, searching for something.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 feel	mark
2	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADV	_	2 feel	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 hands	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hands	det
6	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 feel	obl
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 see	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 see	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 see	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 see	advmod
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feel	advcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 searching	punct
13	searching	search	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 see	advcl
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 something	case
15	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 searching	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	feel	to-infinitive		with the hands; about property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	not see	can	you		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	search	gerund	you not said here	for something	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for something=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 groped for the light switch.

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 groped	nsubj
2	groped	grope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 switch	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 switch	det
5	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 switch	compound
6	switch	switch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 groped	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 groped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grope	past	I					for the light switch	vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for switch=Theme

Example 2

He groped about in the dark for his shoes.

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 groped	nsubj
2	groped	grope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADV	_	2 groped	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 groped	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 shoes	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 shoes	nmod:poss
9	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 groped	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 groped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grope	past	He			the dark		for his shoes; about property	vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in dark=Location for shoe=Theme

Example 3

She groped her way down the stairs.

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 groped	nsubj
2	groped	grope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 way	nmod:poss
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 groped	obj
5	down	down	ADP	_	7 stairs	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stairs	det
7	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 groped	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 groped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grope	past	She	her way				down the stairs	vn touch-20 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Experiencer

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