nestled

Who acts: child · What happens: nestle, be · To what, where: chick, wing

«nestled» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: nestled in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To nestle is to settle snugly close to someone or something: the child nestled closer to the old man.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 nestle	mark
2	nestle	nestle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 settle	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 settle	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 settle	mark
5	settle	settle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	snugly	snugly	ADV	_	7 close	advmod
7	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 settle	xcomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 someone	case
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 close	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 something	cc
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 someone	conj
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 nestled	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 child	det
14	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 nestled	nsubj
15	nestled	nestle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 something	acl:relcl
16	closer	close	ADV	Degree=Cmp	15 nestled	advmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	20 man	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 man	det
19	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 man	amod
20	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 nestled	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 settle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	nestle	to-infinitive			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		close, settle property	tree rules
3	nestle	past	the child	to the old man; close property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

The chick nestled under its mother's wing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chick	det
2	chick	chick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	nestled	nestle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 chick	acl
4	under	under	ADP	_	8 wing	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mother	nmod:poss
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wing	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 mother	case
8	wing	wing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nestled	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 chick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nestle	participle		the chick not said here		chick's mother's wing			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under wing=Location

Example 2

The child nestled closer to the fire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nestled	nsubj
3	nestled	nestle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	closer	close	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 nestled	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 fire	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fire	det
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nestled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 nestled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nestle	past	the child					to the fire; close property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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