petting

Who acts: place, I, you, We, dog, animal · What happens: stroke, touch, love, pet, ask, go · To what, where: animal, farm animals, cat, owner, dog, petting zoo

«petting» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: petting in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Stroking an animal gently and kindly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stroking	stroke	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 animal	det
3	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stroking	obj
4	gently	gently	ADV	_	1 Stroking	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 kindly	cc
6	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	4 gently	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Stroking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stroke	gerund		a animal				gently property	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: as in «petting zoo» — kept apart, not parsed.

A place where children can touch and stroke farm animals.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 place	det
2	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 touch	nsubj
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 touch	advmod
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 touch	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 touch	aux
6	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stroke	cc
8	stroke	stroke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 touch	conj
9	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 animals	compound
10	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stroke	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 touch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	can	a place						vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stroke	infinitive	a place not said here	farm animals					vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Experiencer

Example 1

I love petting my cat.

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 love	nsubj
2	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	petting	pet	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 love	xcomp
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 cat	nmod:poss
5	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 petting	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 love	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	I						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	pet not said to happen	gerund	I not said here	my cat					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Co-Agent

Example 2

Always ask the owner before petting a dog.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	2 ask	advmod
2	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 owner	det
4	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ask	obj
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 petting	mark
6	petting	pet	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 ask	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 petting	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	the owner				always property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent owner=Recipient
2	pet	gerund	you not said here	a dog					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Co-Agent

Example 3

We went to a petting zoo and stroked the goats.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 zoo	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 zoo	det
5	petting	petting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 zoo	compound
6	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stroked	cc
8	stroked	stroke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 goats	det
10	goats	goat	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stroked	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	We			a petting zoo			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to zoo=Initial_Location
2	stroke	past	We not said here	the goats					vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Experiencer

Example 4

Wash your hands after petting the animals.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hands	nmod:poss
3	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wash	obj
4	after	after	SCONJ	_	5 petting	mark
5	petting	pet	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Wash	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 animals	det
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 petting	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Wash	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	imperative	you not said here	your hands					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
2	pet	gerund	you not said here	the animals					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Co-Agent

Example 5

The dog rolled over for more petting.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rolled	nsubj
3	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	over	over	ADV	_	3 rolled	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 petting	case
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 petting	amod
7	petting	petting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rolled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rolled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll over	past	the dog					for more petting; over property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

Stop petting if the animal walks away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	petting	pet	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 walks	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 animal	det
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walks	nsubj
6	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 petting	advcl
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 walks	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	pet	gerund	you not said here		vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	walk away a condition, not said to happen	present	the animal	away property	vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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