hugging

Who acts: road, friends, She, you, twins, Hugging · What happens: hug, mean, hold, show, stay, ask · To what, where: someone, arms, love, coast, airport, teddy bear

«hugging» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: hugging in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Hugging means holding someone close in your arms to show love, comfort or friendship.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hugging	hug	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 holding	obj
5	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 holding	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 arms	case
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 arms	nmod:poss
8	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 holding	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 show	mark
10	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 holding	advcl
11	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 show	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 comfort	punct
13	comfort	comfort	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 love	conj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 friendship	cc
15	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 love	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hug	gerund				vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	hold not said to happen	gerund	someone	your arms	close property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent someone=Theme in arm=Location
4	show	to-infinitive	love and comfort or friendship			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent love=Recipient

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

Hugging can mean staying very close to something, like a road hugging the coast.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hugging	hug	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 mean	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	staying	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 mean	xcomp
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 close	advmod
6	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 staying	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 something	case
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 close	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 road	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 road	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 road	det
12	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 staying	obl
13	hugging	hug	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 road	acl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 coast	det
15	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hugging	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hug	gerund				vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mean	can				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	stay not said to happen	gerund			like a road; close property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	hug	gerund	a road not said here	the coast		vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coast=Co-Agent

Example 1

The friends were hugging at the airport.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 friends	det
2	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hugging	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hugging	aux
4	hugging	hug	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 airport	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 airport	det
7	airport	airport	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hugging	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hugging	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hug	past · progressive	the friends			the airport			vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

She was hugging her teddy bear.

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	3 hugging	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hugging	aux
3	hugging	hug	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 bear	nmod:poss
5	teddy	teddy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bear	compound
6	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hugging	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hugging	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hug	past · progressive	She	her teddy bear					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Co-Agent

Example 3

Ask before hugging someone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	before	before	SCONJ	_	3 hugging	mark
3	hugging	hug	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Ask	advcl
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 hugging	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hug	gerund	you not said here	someone					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Co-Agent

Example 4

The road keeps hugging the coastline.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 road	det
2	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeps	nsubj
3	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	hugging	hug	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 keeps	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 coastline	det
6	coastline	coastline	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hugging	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	the road						tree rules
2	hug	gerund	the road not said here	the coastline					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coastline=Co-Agent

Example 5

The twins stood hugging each other.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 twins	det
2	twins	twin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stood	nsubj
3	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	hugging	hug	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stood	xcomp
5	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	4 hugging	obj
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 each	fixed
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the twins						vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	hug	gerund	the twins not said here	each					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Co-Agent

Example 6

Hugging a pet can make you feel calm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hugging	hug	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 make	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pet	det
3	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hugging	obj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 make	aux
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 make	obj
7	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 make	xcomp
8	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 feel	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hug	gerund		a pet		vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Co-Agent
2	make	can	Hugging	you		tree rules
3	feel	infinitive	you not said here		calm property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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