hinder

Who acts: hinder, someone, fallen tree, our, Heavy rain, you · What happens: be, do, get, slow down, fall, hinder · To what, where: something, them, way, walk, workers, noise

«hinder» 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: hinder in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To hinder is to make it hard for someone to do something or to get somewhere; to slow them down or get in their way.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 hinder	mark
2	hinder	hinder	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 make	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 make	obj
7	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 make	xcomp
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 do	mark
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 do	nsubj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 do	mark
11	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 hard	ccomp
12	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 do	obj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 get	cc
14	to	to	PART	_	15 get	mark
15	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 do	conj
16	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	15 get	advmod
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 slow	punct
18	to	to	PART	_	19 slow	mark
19	slow	slow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 make	conj
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 slow	obj
21	down	down	ADP	_	19 slow	compound:prt
22	or	or	CCONJ	_	23 get	cc
23	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 slow	conj
24	in	in	ADP	_	26 way	case
25	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 way	nmod:poss
26	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 get	obl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	hinder			hard, make property	tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive	someone	something			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
3	get	to-infinitive	someone not said here			somewhere property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	slow down	to-infinitive	hinder not said here	them = they			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient
5	get	infinitive	hinder not said here		their way		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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.

Example 1

The fallen tree hindered our walk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tree	det
2	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 tree	amod
3	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hindered	nsubj
4	hindered	hinder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 walk	nmod:poss
6	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hindered	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hindered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	fall	participle			vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hinder	past	the fallen tree	our walk	vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer walk=Eventuality
3	walk		our		nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

Heavy rain hindered the workers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rain	amod
2	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hindered	nsubj
3	hindered	hinder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 workers	det
5	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hindered	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hindered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hinder	past	Heavy rain	the workers					vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer worker=Eventuality

Example 3

Don't let noise hinder your reading.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 let	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 let	advmod
3	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 let	obj
5	hinder	hinder	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 let	xcomp
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 reading	nmod:poss
7	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hinder	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not let	imperative · do-support	you not said here	noise	tree rules
2	hinder	infinitive	noise not said here	your reading	vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer reading=Eventuality
3	read		your		nom reading «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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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