hobble

Who acts: old dog, He, She · What happens: walk, hurt, hobble, have, hobble off, grumble · To what, where: you, bed, foot

«hobble» 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: hobble in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To walk with short, slow, unsteady steps, often because you are hurt, tired or old.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 walk	mark
2	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	9 steps	case
4	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 steps	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 short	punct
6	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 steps	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 slow	punct
8	unsteady	unsteady	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 steps	amod
9	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 walk	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 hurt	punct
11	often	often	ADV	_	15 hurt	advmod
12	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 hurt	mark
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 hurt	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 hurt	aux:pass
15	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 walk	advcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 tired	punct
17	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 hurt	parataxis
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 old	cc
19	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 tired	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	to-infinitive						with short slow unsteady steps	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hurt	present · passive		you				often property	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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 old dog hobbled to his bed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dog	amod
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hobbled	nsubj
4	hobbled	hobble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 bed	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 bed	nmod:poss
7	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hobbled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hobbled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hobble	past	the old dog			dog's bed			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to bed=Destination

Example 2

He hurt his foot and had to hobble home.

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 hurt	nsubj
2	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 foot	nmod:poss
4	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hurt	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 had	cc
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hurt	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 hobble	mark
8	hobble	hobble	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 had	xcomp
9	home	home	ADV	_	8 hobble	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hurt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hurt	past	He	his foot		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer foot=Patient
2	have	past	He not said here			tree rules
3	hobble	to-infinitive	He not said here		home property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

She hobbled off, grumbling.

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 hobbled	nsubj
2	hobbled	hobble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 hobbled	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 grumbling	punct
5	grumbling	grumble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 hobbled	advcl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hobbled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hobble off	past	She						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	grumble speech: other	gerund	She not said here						vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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