ponder

Who acts: long time, I, She, old man, man · What happens: ponder, be, decide, answer, understand · To what, where: puzzle, words, riddle · Speech: someone speaks here

«ponder» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: ponder in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To ponder is to think about something slowly and carefully for a long time before deciding.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 ponder	mark
2	ponder	ponder	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 think	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 think	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 think	mark
5	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 something	case
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 think	obl
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	5 think	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 carefully	cc
10	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	8 slowly	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	14 time	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 time	det
13	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 time	amod
14	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 think	obl
15	before	before	SCONJ	_	16 deciding	mark
16	deciding	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 time	acl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	ponder	to-infinitive				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	be speech: other	present		time	about something; slowly, think property	tree rules
3	decide	gerund	a long time not said here			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

I must ponder this puzzle before I answer.

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	3 ponder	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 ponder	aux
3	ponder	ponder	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 puzzle	det
5	puzzle	puzzle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ponder	obj
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 answer	mark
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 answer	nsubj
8	answer	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ponder	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ponder	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ponder	must	I	this puzzle					tree rules
2	answer speech: assert	present	I						vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

She pondered the words for a long time.

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 pondered	nsubj
2	pondered	ponder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 words	det
4	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pondered	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 time	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 time	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 time	amod
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pondered	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pondered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ponder	past	She	the words			time		tree rules

Example 3

The old man pondered over the riddle until he understood it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pondered	nsubj
4	pondered	ponder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 riddle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 riddle	det
7	riddle	riddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pondered	obl
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 understood	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 understood	nsubj
10	understood	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pondered	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 understood	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 pondered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ponder	past	the old man			the riddle			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	understand	past	man	riddle					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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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