hindering

Who acts: someone, You, my, long coat, he · What happens: hinder, mean, slow down, get, progress, work · To what, where: way, work, him, others

«hindering» 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: hindering in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Hindering means slowing down or getting in the way of someone's progress.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hindering	hinder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	slowing	slow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 slowing	compound:prt
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 getting	cc
6	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 slowing	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 way	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 way	det
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 getting	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 progress	case
11	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 progress	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 someone	case
13	progress	progress	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 way	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	hinder	gerund			vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
2	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	slow down not said to happen	gerund			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	get	gerund		the way of someone's progress	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
5	progress		someone		nom progress «act intransitive»: poss=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.

Example 1

You are hindering my work.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hindering	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hindering	aux
3	hindering	hinder	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 work	nmod:poss
5	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hindering	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hindering	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hinder	present · progressive	You	my work					vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer work=Eventuality
2	work		my						nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

His long coat was hindering him as he ran.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 coat	nmod:poss
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 coat	amod
3	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hindering	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hindering	aux
5	hindering	hinder	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hindering	obj
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 ran	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 ran	nsubj
9	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hindering	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hindering	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hinder	past · progressive	His long coat	him = he					vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer he=Eventuality
2	run	past	he						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

Stop hindering the others and help.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	hindering	hinder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 others	det
4	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hindering	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 help	cc
6	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hindering	conj
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	hinder	gerund	you not said here	the others	vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer other=Eventuality
3	help	present	you not said here		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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