misgiving

Who acts: misgiving, something, plan, She, He, some · What happens: be, go, not be, have, feel, misgive · To what, where: worry, doubt, good idea, misgivings, shore, mud

«misgiving» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: misgiving in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A misgiving is a worry or doubt that something will go wrong, or that a plan is not a good idea.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 misgiving	det
2	misgiving	misgiving	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 worry	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 worry	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 worry	det
5	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 doubt	cc
7	doubt	doubt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 worry	conj
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 go	mark
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 go	nsubj
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 go	aux
11	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 doubt	acl
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 go	xcomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 idea	punct
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 idea	cc
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	22 idea	mark
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 plan	det
17	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 idea	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 idea	cop
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 idea	advmod
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 idea	det
21	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 idea	amod
22	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 worry	parataxis
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 worry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a misgiving	a worry or doubt		tree rules
2	go	future	something	doubt not said here	wrong property	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location doubt=Theme
3	not is a	present	a plan	a good idea		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.

Example 1

She had misgivings about the dark forest.

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	misgivings	misgiving	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obj
4	about	about	ADP	_	7 forest	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forest	det
6	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 forest	amod
7	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 misgivings	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	misgivings				about the dark forest	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent misgiving=Patient

Example 2

He felt some misgiving as the boat left the shore.

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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 misgiving	nsubj
4	misgiving	misgive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 felt	advcl
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 left	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boat	det
7	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 left	nsubj
8	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 misgiving	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shore	det
10	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 left	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	feel	past	He		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	misgive	gerund	some		tree rules
3	leave	past	the boat	the shore	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shore=Theme

Example 3

I have no misgivings about the trip; it will be fun.

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 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 misgivings	det
4	misgivings	misgiving	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 trip	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 trip	det
7	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 misgivings	nmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 fun	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 fun	nsubj
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 fun	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 fun	cop
12	fun	fun	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 have	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	I	no misgivings				about the trip	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent misgiving=Patient
2	is	future	trip					fun property	tree rules

Example 4

Her misgivings grew when the road turned to mud.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 misgivings	nmod:poss
2	misgivings	misgiving	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grew	nsubj
3	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 turned	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 road	det
6	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turned	nsubj
7	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grew	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 mud	mark
9	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turned	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	grow	past	Her misgivings		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	turn	past	the road	mud	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mud=Theme
3	misgive		Her = she		nom misgiving «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

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