prance

Who acts: He, peacock · What happens: be, lift, prance around, hold, prance, come · To what, where: lively showy way, feet, horses, armour, lawn

«prance» 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: prance in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To prance is to move in a lively, showy way, lifting the feet high, like a proud horse or a boastful person.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 prance	mark
2	prance	prance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 move	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 move	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 move	mark
5	move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	11 way	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 way	det
8	lively	lively	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 way	amod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lively	punct
10	showy	showy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 way	amod
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 move	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 lifting	punct
13	lifting	lift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 move	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 feet	det
15	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 lifting	obj
16	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 lifting	xcomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 horse	punct
18	like	like	ADP	_	21 horse	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 horse	det
20	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 horse	amod
21	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 move	parataxis
22	or	or	CCONJ	_	25 person	cc
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 person	det
24	boastful	boastful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 person	amod
25	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 horse	conj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 move	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				a lively showy way		move property	tree rules
2	lift	gerund		the feet				high property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=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

He pranced around, holding his head high.

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 pranced	nsubj
2	pranced	prance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	around	around	ADV	_	2 pranced	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 holding	punct
5	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 pranced	advcl
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 head	nmod:poss
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 high	compound
8	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 holding	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pranced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prance around	past	He					around property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hold	gerund	He not said here					high property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The horses pranced along in armour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 horses	det
2	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	pranced	prance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 horses	acl
4	along	along	ADV	_	3 pranced	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 armour	case
6	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pranced	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 horses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prance	participle		the horses not said here		armour		along property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in armour=Trajectory

Example 3

The peacock came prancing across the lawn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 peacock	det
2	peacock	peacock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	prancing	prance	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 came	advcl
5	across	across	ADP	_	7 lawn	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lawn	det
7	lawn	lawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prancing	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the peacock						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	prance	gerund	the peacock not said here			the lawn			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across lawn=Trajectory

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