pursuit Who acts: outdoor pursuits, police, police car, cheetah, Hiking, Scientists · What happens: chase, catch, try, get, reach, pursue · To what, where: someone, them, something, happiness, pursuit, hot pursuit
«pursuit» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: pursuit in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Chasing someone or something to catch them.
obj cc conj mark acl obj punct root Chasing VERB someone PRON or CCONJ something PRON to PART catch VERB them PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Chasing chase VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 1 Chasing obj 3 or or CCONJ _ 4 something cc 4 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 someone conj 5 to to PART _ 6 catch mark 6 catch catch VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 something acl 7 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 catch obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 1 Chasing punct
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1 chase gerund someone vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme 2 catch to-infinitive them = they vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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.
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:
The police were in pursuit of the thief.
det nsubj cop case case det nmod punct root The DET police NOUN were AUX in ADP pursuit NOUN of ADP the DET thief NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 police det 2 police police NOUN Number=Plur 5 pursuit nsubj 3 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 pursuit cop 4 in in ADP _ 5 pursuit case 5 pursuit pursuit NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 8 thief case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 thief det 8 thief thief NOUN Number=Sing 5 pursuit nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 pursuit punct
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1 is past the police pursuit of the thief tree rules
Meaning 2 Trying to get or reach something: the pursuit of happiness.
mark xcomp cc conj obj punct det appos case nmod punct root Trying VERB to PART get VERB or CCONJ reach VERB something PRON : PUNCT the DET pursuit NOUN of ADP happiness NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Trying try VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 to to PART _ 3 get mark 3 get get VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Trying xcomp 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 reach cc 5 reach reach VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 get conj 6 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 5 reach obj 7 : : PUNCT _ 9 pursuit punct 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 pursuit det 9 pursuit pursuit NOUN Number=Sing 6 something appos 10 of of ADP _ 11 happiness case 11 happiness happiness NOUN Number=Sing 9 pursuit nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 1 Trying punct
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1 try gerund vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 2 get not said to happen to-infinitive vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer 3 reach infinitive something vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent something=Theme 4 pursue happiness nom pursuit «act transitive»: of=patient
Meaning 3 An activity or hobby: outdoor pursuits like hiking and climbing.
det nsubj cc conj punct amod mark acl cc conj punct root An DET activity NOUN or CCONJ hobby NOUN : PUNCT outdoor ADJ pursuits NOUN like SCONJ hiking VERB and CCONJ climbing VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 activity det 2 activity activity NOUN Number=Sing 7 pursuits nsubj 3 or or CCONJ _ 4 hobby cc 4 hobby hobby NOUN Number=Sing 2 activity conj 5 : : PUNCT _ 7 pursuits punct 6 outdoor outdoor ADJ Degree=Pos 7 pursuits amod 7 pursuits pursuit NOUN Number=Plur root root 8 like like SCONJ _ 9 hiking mark 9 hiking hike VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 pursuits acl 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 climbing cc 11 climbing climb VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 hiking conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 7 pursuits punct
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1 hike gerund outdoor pursuits not said here vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 climb gerund outdoor pursuits not said here vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 1 The police car raced off in pursuit.
det compound nsubj compound:prt case obl punct root The DET police NOUN car NOUN raced VERB off ADP in ADP pursuit NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 car det 2 police police NOUN Number=Plur 3 car compound 3 car car NOUN Number=Sing 4 raced nsubj 4 raced race VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 off off ADP _ 4 raced compound:prt 6 in in ADP _ 7 pursuit case 7 pursuit pursuit NOUN Number=Sing 4 raced obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 raced punct
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1 race off past the police car pursuit vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pursuit=Trajectory
Example 2 The cheetah was in hot pursuit of a gazelle.
det nsubj cop case amod case det nmod punct root The DET cheetah NOUN was AUX in ADP hot ADJ pursuit NOUN of ADP a DET gazelle NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 cheetah det 2 cheetah cheetah NOUN Number=Sing 6 pursuit nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 pursuit cop 4 in in ADP _ 6 pursuit case 5 hot hot ADJ Degree=Pos 6 pursuit amod 6 pursuit pursuit NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 9 gazelle case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 gazelle det 9 gazelle gazelle NOUN Number=Sing 6 pursuit nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 pursuit punct
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1 is past the cheetah hot pursuit of a gazelle tree rules
Example 3 Hiking and canoeing are popular outdoor pursuits.
csubj cc conj cop amod amod punct root Hiking VERB and CCONJ canoeing VERB are AUX popular ADJ outdoor ADJ pursuits NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Hiking hike VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 pursuits csubj 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 canoeing cc 3 canoeing canoe VERB VerbForm=Ger 1 Hiking conj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 pursuits cop 5 popular popular ADJ Degree=Pos 7 pursuits amod 6 outdoor outdoor ADJ Degree=Pos 7 pursuits amod 7 pursuits pursuit NOUN Number=Plur root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 pursuits punct
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1 hike gerund vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 canoe gerund vn vehicle-51.4.1-1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme 3 is a present Hiking popular outdoor pursuits tree rules
Example 4 Scientists spend years in pursuit of answers.
nsubj obj case obl case nmod punct root Scientists NOUN spend VERB years NOUN in ADP pursuit NOUN of ADP answers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Scientists scientist NOUN Number=Plur 2 spend nsubj 2 spend spend VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 years year NOUN Number=Plur 2 spend obj 4 in in ADP _ 5 pursuit case 5 pursuit pursuit NOUN Number=Sing 2 spend obl 6 of of ADP _ 7 answers case 7 answers answer NOUN Number=Plur 5 pursuit nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 spend punct
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1 spend present Scientists pursuit of answers year vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 pursue answers nom pursuit «act transitive»: of=patient
Example 5 A car 10 km behind is in pursuit at 20 km/h faster; it catches up in half an hour.
The tree, 19 words det compound flat nsubj advmod cop case case nummod nmod amod punct nsubj acl:relcl compound:prt case det:predet det obl punct root A DET car NOUN 10 NUM km NOUN behind ADV is AUX in ADP pursuit NOUN at ADP 20 NUM km/h NOUN faster ADJ ; PUNCT it PRON catches VERB up ADP in ADP half DET an DET hour NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 km det 2 car car NOUN Number=Sing 4 km compound 3 10 10 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 car flat 4 km km NOUN Number=Sing 8 pursuit nsubj 5 behind behind ADV _ 4 km advmod 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 pursuit cop 7 in in ADP _ 8 pursuit case 8 pursuit pursuit NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 at at ADP _ 11 km/h case 10 20 20 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 11 km/h nummod 11 km/h km/h NOUN Number=Sing 8 pursuit nmod 12 faster fast ADJ Degree=Cmp 11 km/h amod 13 ; ; PUNCT _ 15 catches punct 14 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 15 catches nsubj 15 catches catch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 pursuit acl:relcl 16 up up ADP _ 15 catches compound:prt 17 in in ADP _ 20 hour case 18 half half DET NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind 20 hour det:predet 19 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 20 hour det 20 hour hour NOUN Number=Sing 15 catches obl 21 . . PUNCT _ 8 pursuit punct
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1 is present a car km pursuit at 20 km/h tree rules 2 catch up present km pursuit not said here hour vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pursuit=Theme
Example 6 The pursuit of happiness is important to everyone.
det nsubj case nmod cop case obl punct root The DET pursuit NOUN of ADP happiness NOUN is AUX important ADJ to ADP everyone PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 pursuit det 2 pursuit pursuit NOUN Number=Sing 6 important nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 4 happiness case 4 happiness happiness NOUN Number=Sing 2 pursuit nmod 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 important cop 6 important important ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 to to ADP _ 8 everyone case 8 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 6 important obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 important punct
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1 is present the pursuit of happiness to everyone; important property tree rules 2 pursue happiness nom pursuit «act transitive»: of=patient
Example 7 Reading is her favourite pursuit.
nsubj cop nmod:poss amod punct root Reading NOUN is AUX her PRON favourite ADJ pursuit NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Reading reading NOUN Number=Sing 5 pursuit nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 pursuit cop 3 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 pursuit nmod:poss 4 favourite favourite ADJ Degree=Pos 5 pursuit amod 5 pursuit pursuit NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 pursuit punct
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1 is a present Reading her favourite pursuit tree rules
Example 8 On she dashed in pursuit, chased and chased.
mark nsubj case obl punct acl cc conj punct root On SCONJ she PRON dashed VERB in ADP pursuit NOUN , PUNCT chased VERB and CCONJ chased VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 On on SCONJ _ 3 dashed mark 2 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 dashed nsubj 3 dashed dash VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 in in ADP _ 5 pursuit case 5 pursuit pursuit NOUN Number=Sing 3 dashed obl 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 chased punct 7 chased chase VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 pursuit acl 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 chased cc 9 chased chase VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 chased conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 dashed punct
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1 dash past she pursuit vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pursuit=Trajectory 2 chase participle pursuit not said here vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent 3 chase participle vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
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