hunker

Who acts: boy · What happens: hunker, be, crouch down, sit, hunker down, hide · To what, where: heels, branch, wall, old man, birds

«hunker» 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: hunker in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To hunker is to squat or crouch down low, often on the heels, or to sit low on a branch or a seat.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 hunker	mark
2	hunker	hunker	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 squat	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 squat	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 squat	mark
5	squat	squat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 crouch	cc
7	crouch	crouch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 squat	conj
8	down	down	ADP	_	7 crouch	compound:prt
9	low	low	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 crouch	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 heels	punct
11	often	often	ADV	_	14 heels	advmod
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 heels	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 heels	det
14	heels	heel	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 crouch	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 sit	punct
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 sit	cc
17	to	to	PART	_	18 sit	mark
18	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 squat	conj
19	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 sit	xcomp
20	on	on	ADP	_	22 branch	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 branch	det
22	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sit	obl
23	or	or	CCONJ	_	25 seat	cc
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 seat	det
25	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 branch	conj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 squat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	hunker	to-infinitive			tree rules
2	is	present		squat property	tree rules
3	crouch down	infinitive	the heels	low property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on heel=Location
4	sit	to-infinitive	a branch or a seat	low property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on branch=Location

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 boy hunkered down behind the wall to hide.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hunkered	nsubj
3	hunkered	hunker	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	down	down	ADV	_	3 hunkered	advmod
5	behind	behind	ADP	_	7 wall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wall	det
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hunkered	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 hide	mark
9	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 hunkered	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hunkered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunker down	past	the boy			the wall		down property	tree rules
2	hide	to-infinitive	the boy not said here						vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The old man hunkered by the fire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	hunkered	hunker	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 man	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 fire	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fire	det
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hunkered	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunker	participle		the old man not said here				by the fire	tree rules

Example 3

The birds hunkered on the branch in the rain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 birds	det
2	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	hunkered	hunker	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 birds	acl
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 branch	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 branch	det
6	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hunkered	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 rain	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rain	det
9	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hunkered	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 birds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunker	participle		the birds not said here		the branch		in the rain	tree rules

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