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querulous

Who acts: voice, child, we, He, querulous customer · What happens: complain, become, be, grow, come, make · To what, where: whining, querulous old man, long car journey, querulous voice, querulous remark, money

«querulous» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: querulous in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Complaining in a whining, annoyed voice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Complaining	complain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 whining	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 whining	det
4	whining	whining	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Complaining	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 voice	punct
6	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 voice	amod
7	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 whining	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Complaining	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complain speech: other	gerund				a whining and annoyed voice			vn complain-37.8 «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 querulous old man complained about the noise.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 man	det
2	querulous	querulous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	complained	complain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 man	acl
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 noise	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 noise	det
8	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 complained	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complain speech: other	participle		the querulous old man not said here				about the noise	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about noise=Topic

Example 2

Her voice became querulous when she was tired.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 voice	nmod:poss
2	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	nsubj
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	querulous	querulous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 became	xcomp
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 tired	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tired	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 tired	cop
8	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 querulous	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	Her voice					querulous property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	is	past	voice					tired property	tree rules

Example 3

The child grew querulous on the long car journey.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grew	nsubj
3	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	querulous	querulous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grew	xcomp
5	on	on	ADP	_	9 journey	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 journey	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 journey	amod
8	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 journey	compound
9	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grew	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	the child			the long car journey		querulous property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on journey=Location

Example 4

«Are we nearly there?» came a querulous voice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 there	punct
2	Are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 there	cop
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 there	nsubj
4	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	5 there	advmod
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 came	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 there	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 there	punct
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 voice	det
10	querulous	querulous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 voice	amod
11	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 came	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	we					nearly, there property	tree rules
2	come	past		a querulous voice					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

He made a querulous remark about the food.

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 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 remark	det
4	querulous	querulous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 remark	amod
5	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 food	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 food	det
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 remark	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	He	a querulous remark				about the food	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remark=Product

Example 6

The querulous customer wanted his money back.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 customer	det
2	querulous	querulous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 customer	amod
3	customer	customer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 money	nmod:poss
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obj
7	back	back	ADV	_	4 wanted	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want back	past	the querulous customer	customer's money					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=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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