lurk

Who acts: Something, Danger · What happens: be, wait, attack, spy, lurk · To what, where: fox, bushes, door, dark woods

«lurk» 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: lurk in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To lurk is to stay hidden, waiting quietly, often to attack or spy.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 lurk	mark
2	lurk	lurk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stay	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stay	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stay	mark
5	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stay	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 waiting	punct
8	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 stay	advcl
9	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	8 waiting	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 attack	punct
11	often	often	ADV	_	13 attack	advmod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 attack	mark
13	attack	attack	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 stay	conj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 spy	cc
15	spy	spy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 attack	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 stay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	is	present	hidden, stay property	tree rules
2	wait	gerund	quietly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	attack	to-infinitive	often property	vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	spy	infinitive		vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer

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

A fox lurked in the bushes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	lurked	lurk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fox	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 bushes	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bushes	det
6	bushes	bush	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lurked	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fox	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lurk	participle		a fox not said here		the bushes			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bush=Location

Example 2

Something was lurking behind the door.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 lurking	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lurking	aux
3	lurking	lurk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	behind	behind	ADP	_	6 door	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lurking	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lurking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lurk	past · progressive	Something			the door			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind door=Location

Example 3

Danger may lurk in dark woods.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lurk	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 lurk	aux
3	lurk	lurk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 woods	case
5	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 woods	amod
6	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lurk	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lurk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lurk	may	Danger			dark woods			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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