longing

Who acts: longing, you, She, His, I · What happens: be, want, have, grow, long, feel · To what, where: strong wish, longing, friends

«longing» 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: longing in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A longing is a strong wish for something you want very much.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 longing	det
2	longing	longing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wish	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 wish	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wish	det
5	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wish	amod
6	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 something	case
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 wish	nmod
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 want	nsubj
10	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 something	acl:relcl
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 much	advmod
12	much	much	ADV	_	10 want	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 wish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a longing	a strong wish				for something	tree rules
2	want	present	you						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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

She had a longing for the sea.

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 longing	det
4	longing	longing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 longing	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	a longing				for the sea	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent longing=Patient

Example 2

His longing for home grew each day.

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	2 longing	nmod:poss
2	longing	longing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grew	nsubj
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 home	case
4	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 longing	nmod
5	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grew	obl:unmarked
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	His longing for home				day		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	long		His = he					for home	nom longing «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl

Example 3

I felt a longing to see my friends.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 longing	det
4	longing	longing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 felt	advcl
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 friends	nmod:poss
8	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 see	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	I	a longing					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent longing=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	I not said here	my friends					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer friend=Stimulus

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