groping

Who acts: he, groping hand · What happens: feel, see, search, grope, find, bump · To what, where: way, groping child, chair, door handle

«groping» 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: groping in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Feeling about with the hands in the dark or when unable to see.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feeling	feel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	about	about	ADV	_	1 Feeling	advmod
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 hands	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hands	det
5	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Feeling	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 dark	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dark	det
8	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Feeling	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 unable	cc
10	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 unable	mark
11	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dark	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 see	mark
13	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 unable	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Feeling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	gerund						with the hands; in the dark; about property	vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Theme in dark=Attribute
2	see	to-infinitive							vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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

Searching slowly and uncertainly for a way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Searching	search	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Searching	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 uncertainly	cc
4	uncertainly	uncertainly	ADV	_	2 slowly	conj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 way	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 way	det
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Searching	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Searching	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	search	gerund						for a way; slowly property	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for way=Theme

Example 1

Groping round, he found his way back to his room.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Groping	grope	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 found	advcl
2	round	round	ADV	_	1 Groping	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Groping	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 found	nsubj
5	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 way	nmod:poss
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 found	obj
8	back	back	ADV	_	5 found	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 room	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 room	nmod:poss
11	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 back	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grope	gerund	he not said here					round property	vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2	find	past	he	his way					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic

Example 2

The groping child bumped into a chair.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 child	det
2	groping	grope	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 child	amod
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	bumped	bump	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 child	acl
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 chair	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 chair	det
7	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bumped	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 child	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grope	gerund							vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2	bump	participle		the groping child not said here		a chair			vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into chair=Location

Example 3

Her groping hand found the door handle.

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 hand	nmod:poss
2	groping	grope	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 hand	amod
3	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	nsubj
4	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 handle	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 handle	compound
7	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grope	gerund							vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2	find	past	Her groping hand	the door handle					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handle=Topic

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