loiter

Who acts: you · What happens: loiter, be, wait, hurry, not loiter · To what, where: prince, way, Two boys

«loiter» 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: loiter in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To loiter is to stand or wait about without hurrying and without a clear reason.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 loiter	mark
2	loiter	loiter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 stand	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stand	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stand	mark
5	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 wait	cc
7	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 stand	conj
8	about	about	ADV	_	7 wait	advmod
9	without	without	SCONJ	_	10 hurrying	mark
10	hurrying	hurry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 wait	advcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 reason	cc
12	without	without	ADP	_	15 reason	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 reason	det
14	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 reason	amod
15	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hurrying	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 stand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	loiter	to-infinitive		vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	stand property	tree rules
3	wait	infinitive	about property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	hurry	gerund		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 prince loitered about all day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prince	det
2	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	loitered	loiter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 prince	acl
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 day	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 loitered	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 prince	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	loiter	participle		the prince not said here			day		vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Example 2

Don't loiter on the way to school.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 loiter	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 loiter	advmod
3	loiter	loiter	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 way	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 loiter	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 school	case
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 way	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 loiter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not loiter	imperative · do-support	you not said here			the way to school			vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on way=Location

Example 3

Two boys loitered by the gate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 boys	nummod
2	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	loitered	loiter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 boys	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 gate	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gate	det
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 loitered	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 boys	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	loiter	participle		Two boys not said here				by the gate	vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by gate=Location

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