musing
Who acts: Musings, person, He, His, Her · What happens: muse, think, be, have, walk on, keep · To what, where: thoughts, him
«musing» 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: musing in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Musing is thinking quietly and slowly about something.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Musing | muse | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 thinking | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 thinking | aux |
| 3 | thinking | think | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 3 thinking | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 slowly | cc |
| 6 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 4 quietly | conj |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 something | case |
| 8 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 thinking | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 thinking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | muse | gerund | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | think speech: other | present · progressive | about something; quietly property | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about something=Topic |
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
Musings are thoughts a person has while thinking quietly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Musings | musing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 thoughts | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 thoughts | cop |
| 3 | thoughts | thought | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 has | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 thoughts | acl:relcl |
| 7 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 8 thinking | mark |
| 8 | thinking | think | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 has | advcl |
| 9 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 8 thinking | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 thoughts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Musings | thoughts | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | present | a person | thoughts not said here | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Patient | ||||
| 3 | think speech: other | gerund | a person not said here | quietly property | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 1
He walked on, musing on the strange affair.
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 walked | nsubj |
| 2 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADV | _ | 2 walked | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 musing | punct |
| 5 | musing | muse | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 walked | advcl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 affair | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 affair | det |
| 8 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 affair | amod |
| 9 | affair | affair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 musing | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 walked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk on | past | He | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | muse | gerund | He not said here | on the strange affair | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent on affair=Topic |
Example 2
His musings kept him from noticing the time.
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 musings | nmod:poss |
| 2 | musings | musing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 kept | nsubj |
| 3 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 kept | obj |
| 5 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 6 noticing | mark |
| 6 | noticing | notice | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 kept | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 time | det |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 noticing | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 kept | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | His musings | him = he | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | notice | gerund | His musings not said here | time | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | muse | His = he | nom musing «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |
Example 3
Her musings were full of happy memories.
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 musings | nmod:poss |
| 2 | musings | musing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 full | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 full | cop |
| 4 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 memories | case |
| 6 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 memories | amod |
| 7 | memories | memory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 full | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 full | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Her musings | of happy memories; full property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | muse | Her = she | nom musing «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |
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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