recline

Who acts: Grandad, She · What happens: lean, lie back, rest, like, recline, read · To what, where: relaxed way, something, armchair, cat, warm rug, pile

«recline» 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: recline in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To lean or lie back in a relaxed way, often resting on something.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 lean	mark
2	lean	lean	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 lie	cc
4	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 lean	conj
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 lie	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 way	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 way	det
8	relaxed	relaxed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 way	amod
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lie	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 resting	punct
11	often	often	ADV	_	12 resting	advmod
12	resting	rest	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 lie	advcl
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 something	case
14	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 resting	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	lean	to-infinitive			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	lie back	infinitive	a relaxed way		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in way=Location
3	rest	gerund	something	often property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on something=Location

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

Grandad likes to recline in his armchair after lunch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 likes	nsubj
2	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 recline	mark
4	recline	recline	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 likes	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 armchair	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 armchair	nmod:poss
7	armchair	armchair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 recline	obl
8	after	after	ADP	_	9 lunch	case
9	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 armchair	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 likes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	Grandad						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	recline not said to happen	to-infinitive	Grandad not said here			Grandad's armchair after lunch			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in armchair=Location

Example 2

The cat reclined on the warm rug.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	reclined	recline	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cat	acl
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 rug	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rug	det
6	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rug	amod
7	rug	rug	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reclined	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recline	participle		the cat not said here		the warm rug			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rug=Location

Example 3

She reclined against a pile of cushions and read.

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 reclined	nsubj
2	reclined	recline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	against	against	ADP	_	5 pile	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pile	det
5	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reclined	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 cushions	case
7	cushions	cushion	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pile	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 read	cc
9	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 reclined	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reclined	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recline	past	She			a pile of cushions			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent against pile=Location
2	read	infinitive	She not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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