grumble

Who acts: tummy, Thunder, you, He, I, Dad · What happens: complain, make, grumble, stop, tidy, be · To what, where: low unhappy voice, low rumbling sound, room, Thunder, grumble, old man · Speech: someone speaks here

«grumble» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: grumble in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To complain in a low, unhappy voice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 complain	mark
2	complain	complain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	8 voice	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 voice	det
5	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 voice	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 low	punct
7	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 voice	amod
8	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 complain	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 complain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complain speech: other	to-infinitive				a low unhappy voice			vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

A complaint.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 complaint	det
2	complaint	complaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 complaint	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 3

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To make a low rumbling sound: «My tummy grumbled», «Thunder grumbled».

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sound	det
4	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sound	amod
5	rumbling	rumbling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sound	compound
6	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 grumbled	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 grumbled	punct
9	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 tummy	nmod:poss
10	tummy	tummy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 grumbled	nsubj
11	grumbled	grumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 make	parataxis
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 grumbled	punct
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 grumbled	punct
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 grumbled	punct
15	Thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 grumbled	nsubj
16	grumbled	grumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 grumbled	conj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 grumbled	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		a low rumbling sound	tree rules
2	grumble speech: other in a quote	past	My tummy		vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	grumble speech: other in a quote	past	Thunder		vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Stop grumbling and tidy your room!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	grumbling	grumble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tidy	cc
4	tidy	tidy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	conj
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 room	nmod:poss
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tidy	obj
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	grumble speech: other	gerund	you not said here		vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	tidy	infinitive	you not said here	your room	tree rules

Example 2

He grumbled about the rain all day.

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 grumbled	nsubj
2	grumbled	grumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 rain	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rain	det
5	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grumbled	obl
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grumbled	obl:unmarked
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grumbled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grumble speech: other	past	He				day	about the rain	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about rain=Topic

Example 3

My tummy is grumbling — I'm hungry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 tummy	nmod:poss
2	tummy	tummy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grumbling	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 grumbling	aux
4	grumbling	grumble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	—	-	PUNCT	_	8 hungry	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 hungry	nsubj
7	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hungry	cop
8	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 grumbling	ccomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 grumbling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grumble speech: other	present · progressive	My tummy						vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	I					hungry property	tree rules

Example 4

Thunder grumbled in the distance.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	grumbled	grumble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Thunder	acl
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 distance	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 distance	det
5	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grumbled	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Thunder	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grumble speech: other	participle		Thunder not said here				in the distance	vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

Dad had a grumble about the price of petrol.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 grumble	det
4	grumble	grumble	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 price	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 price	det
7	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grumble	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 petrol	case
9	petrol	petrol	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 price	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Dad	a grumble				about the price of petrol	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grumble=Patient

Example 6

The old man grumbled at the noisy children.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	grumbled	grumble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 man	acl
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 children	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 children	det
7	noisy	noisy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 children	amod
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grumbled	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grumble speech: other	participle		the old man not said here				at the noisy children	vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 7

The Scarecrow began to grumble a bit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Scarecrow	det
2	Scarecrow	scarecrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 began	nsubj
3	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 grumble	mark
5	grumble	grumble	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 began	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bit	det
7	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grumble	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 began	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	the Scarecrow						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	grumble speech: other	to-infinitive	the Scarecrow not said here	a bit					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Topic

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