hankering

Who acts: hankering, She, John, bigger prize · What happens: be, long, have, hanker, grow · To what, where: strong wish, hankering

«hankering» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: hankering in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A hankering is a strong wish or longing for something, often for a long time.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 hankering	det
2	hankering	hankering	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wish	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 wish	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wish	det
5	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wish	amod
6	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 longing	cc
8	longing	long	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 wish	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 something	case
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 longing	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 time	punct
12	often	often	ADV	_	16 time	advmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	16 time	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 time	det
15	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 time	amod
16	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wish	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 wish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a hankering	a strong wish and a long time					tree rules
2	long	gerund	a hankering not said here					for something	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot 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

She had a hankering for sweets.

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 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 hankering	det
4	hankering	hankering	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 sweets	case
6	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	a hankering				for sweets	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hankering=Patient

Example 2

John's hankering for a bigger prize grew each day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 hankering	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hankering	aux
3	hankering	hanker	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 grew	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 prize	det
6	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 prize	amod
7	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grew	nsubj
8	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hankering	advcl
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grew	obl:unmarked
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hankering	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hanker	present · progressive	John						vn long-32.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot
2	grow	past	a bigger prize				day		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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