prowl

What happens: be, look, attack, prowl · To what, where: hungry wolf, farm, cat, wall

«prowl» 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: prowl in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To prowl is to move about quietly and secretly, often looking for food or for something to attack.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 prowl	mark
2	prowl	prowl	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	about	about	ADV	_	7 quietly	advmod
7	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	5 move	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 secretly	cc
9	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	7 quietly	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 looking	punct
11	often	often	ADV	_	12 looking	advmod
12	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 move	advcl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 food	case
14	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 looking	obl
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 something	cc
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 something	case
17	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 food	conj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 attack	mark
19	attack	attack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 something	acl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 move	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	is	present	move, quietly property	tree rules
2	look	gerund	for food; often property	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for food=Theme
3	attack	to-infinitive		vn attack-60.1-1 «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

The hungry wolf prowled around the farm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wolf	det
2	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wolf	amod
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	prowled	prowl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 wolf	acl
5	around	around	ADP	_	7 farm	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 farm	det
7	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prowled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wolf	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prowl	participle		the hungry wolf not said here		the farm			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around farm=Trajectory

Example 2

A cat prowled along the wall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	prowled	prowl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cat	acl
4	along	along	ADP	_	6 wall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wall	det
6	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prowled	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prowl	participle		a cat not said here		the wall			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along wall=Trajectory

Example 3

Who is prowling about in the dark garden?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 prowling	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prowling	aux
3	prowling	prowl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	8 garden	case
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 garden	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 garden	det
7	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 garden	amod
8	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prowling	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 prowling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prowl	present · progressive						about the dark garden	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about garden=Trajectory

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