lull

Who acts: lull, song, We · What happens: lull, be, sleep, have · To what, where: calm, short quiet time, baby, lull, storm

«lull» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: lull in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To lull is to soothe someone into calm or sleep, often with soft sounds.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 lull	mark
2	lull	lull	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 soothe	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 soothe	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 soothe	mark
5	soothe	soothe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 soothe	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 calm	case
8	calm	calm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 soothe	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 sleep	cc
10	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 calm	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sounds	punct
12	often	often	ADV	_	15 sounds	advmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 sounds	case
14	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 sounds	amod
15	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 calm	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 soothe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lull	to-infinitive							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present				calm or sleep and soft sounds		soothe property	tree rules

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

A lull is a short quiet time between noisy or busy times.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lull	det
2	lull	lull	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 time	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 time	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 time	det
5	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 time	amod
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 time	amod
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	between	between	ADP	_	12 times	case
9	noisy	noisy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 times	amod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 busy	cc
11	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 noisy	conj
12	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 time	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 time	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a lull	a short quiet time			time		tree rules

Example 1

The song lulled the baby to sleep.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 song	det
2	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lulled	nsubj
3	lulled	lull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 baby	det
5	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lulled	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 sleep	mark
7	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 baby	acl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lulled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lull	past	the song	the baby					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus baby=Experiencer
2	sleep	to-infinitive	the song not said here	the baby not said here					vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

We had a lull in the storm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lull	det
4	lull	lull	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 storm	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 storm	det
7	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

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

Example 3

There was a lull in the wind before dawn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lull	det
4	lull	lull	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 wind	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wind	det
7	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lull	nmod
8	before	before	ADP	_	9 dawn	case
9	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wind	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	a lull in the wind before dawn			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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