midst

Who acts: She, He · What happens: stand, hold, come · To what, where: midst, ship

«midst» 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: midst in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The middle part of something, especially among a crowd or group of people.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 part	det
2	middle	middle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 part	amod
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 something	case
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 part	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 crowd	punct
7	especially	especially	ADV	_	10 crowd	advmod
8	among	among	ADP	_	10 crowd	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 crowd	det
10	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 something	conj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 group	cc
12	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 crowd	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 people	case
14	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 crowd	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 part	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

She stood in the midst of the crowd.

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 stood	nsubj
2	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 midst	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 midst	det
5	midst	midst	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stood	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 crowd	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 crowd	det
8	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 midst	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	She			the midst of the crowd			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in midst=Location

Example 2

In the midst of the storm, the ship held firm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 midst	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 midst	det
3	midst	midst	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 held	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 storm	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 storm	det
6	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 midst	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 midst	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ship	det
9	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 held	nsubj:pass
10	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	firm	firm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 held	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 held	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	participle · passive		the ship		the midst of the storm			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme firm=Eventuality

Example 3

He came from the midst of the counsellors.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 midst	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 midst	det
5	midst	midst	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 counsellors	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 counsellors	det
8	counsellors	counsellor	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 midst	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	He			the midst of the counsellors			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from midst=Initial_Location

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