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plodding

Who acts: We, plodding donkey, film, tortoise, plodding style, job · What happens: walk, work, hear, plod, carry, have · To what, where: footsteps, stairs, bags, plodding story, race, job

«plodding» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: plodding in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Walking slowly and heavily.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Walking	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 heavily	cc
4	heavily	heavily	ADV	_	2 slowly	conj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Walking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund						slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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.

Meaning 2

Working slowly and steadily but without much excitement or skill.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Working	work	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Working	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 steadily	cc
4	steadily	steadily	ADV	_	2 slowly	conj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 excitement	cc
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 excitement	case
7	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 excitement	amod
8	excitement	excitement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Working	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 skill	cc
10	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 excitement	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Working	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	gerund						slowly property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Meaning 3

Usage: of a story or film — kept apart, not parsed.

Slow and dull.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 dull	cc
3	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Slow	conj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Slow	punct

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

Example 1

We heard plodding footsteps on the stairs.

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 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	plodding	plod	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 heard	xcomp
4	footsteps	footstep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 plodding	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 stairs	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stairs	det
7	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 plodding	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	We						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	plod	gerund	We not said here	footsteps		the stairs			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme footstep=Trajectory

Example 2

The plodding donkey carried the bags.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 donkey	det
2	plodding	plodding	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 donkey	compound
3	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	nsubj
4	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bags	det
6	bags	bag	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 carried	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	the plodding donkey	the bags					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme

Example 3

The film had a plodding story.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 film	det
2	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 story	det
5	plodding	plodding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 story	compound
6	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the film	a plodding story					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Patient

Example 4

Plodding along, the tortoise won the race.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plodding	plod	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 won	advcl
2	along	along	ADV	_	1 Plodding	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Plodding	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tortoise	det
5	tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 won	nsubj
6	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 race	det
8	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 won	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 won	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plod	gerund	the tortoise not said here					along property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	win	past	the tortoise	the race					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality

Example 5

His plodding style got the job done.

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	3 style	nmod:poss
2	plodding	plodding	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 style	compound
3	style	style	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 job	det
6	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj
7	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 got	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	His plodding style	the job					tree rules
2	do	participle	the job not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 6

The plodding pace made the walk last forever.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pace	det
2	plodding	plodding	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pace	compound
3	pace	pace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 walk	det
6	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obj
7	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 made	xcomp
8	forever	forever	ADV	_	4 made	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the plodding pace	the walk				forever, last property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset walk=Product

Example 7

Meanwhile the Tortoise kept plodding on, and in time reached the goal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Meanwhile	meanwhile	ADV	_	4 kept	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Tortoise	det
3	Tortoise	Tortoise	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	plodding	plod	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 kept	xcomp
6	on	on	ADP	_	5 plodding	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 reached	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 reached	cc
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 time	case
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reached	obl
11	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 goal	det
13	goal	goal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reached	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	the Tortoise					meanwhile property	tree rules
2	plod on	gerund	the Tortoise not said here						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	reach	past	the Tortoise not said here	the goal			time		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent goal=Theme

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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