retch

Who acts: He, You · What happens: retch, be, stretch out, begin, gag, speck · To what, where: hand, bad smell, hands

«retch» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: retch in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To retch is to strain the throat and stomach as if about to be sick, without being sick.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 retch	mark
2	retch	retch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 strain	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 strain	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 strain	mark
5	strain	strain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 throat	det
7	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 strain	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stomach	cc
9	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 throat	conj
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 sick	mark
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 sick	mark
12	about	about	ADV	_	15 sick	advmod
13	to	to	PART	_	15 sick	mark
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 sick	cop
15	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 strain	advcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 sick	punct
17	without	without	SCONJ	_	19 sick	mark
18	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 sick	cop
19	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 sick	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 strain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	retch	to-infinitive		vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	strain property	tree rules
3	is	to-infinitive	about, sick property	tree rules
4	is	gerund	sick property	tree rules

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.

Meaning 2

Usage: dialect, old use — kept apart, not parsed.

To retch is to reach or stretch out a hand or arm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 retch	mark
2	retch	retch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 reach	conj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reach	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 reach	mark
5	reach	reach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 stretch	cc
7	stretch	stretch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 reach	conj
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 stretch	compound:prt
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hand	det
10	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stretch	obj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 arm	cc
12	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hand	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 reach	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	retch	to-infinitive			vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		reach property	tree rules
3	stretch out	infinitive	a hand or arm		vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

Example 1

He began to retch and gag at the bad smell.

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 began	nsubj
2	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 retch	mark
4	retch	retch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 began	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 gag	cc
6	gag	gag	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 retch	conj
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 smell	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 smell	det
9	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 smell	amod
10	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gag	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 began	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	begin	past	He		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	retch	to-infinitive	He not said here		vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	gag	infinitive	He not said here	the bad smell	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

Example 2

"You speck to retch there safe and sound?" (= reach)

Sentence 1: "You speck to retch there safe and sound?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 speck	punct
2	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 speck	nsubj
3	speck	speck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 retch	mark
5	retch	retch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 speck	xcomp
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 retch	advmod
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 retch	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sound	cc
9	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 safe	conj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 speck	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 speck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speck in a quote	present	You						tree rules
2	retch in a quote	to-infinitive	You not said here			there		safe property	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: (= reach)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 reach	punct
2	=	=	SYM	_	3 reach	punct
3	reach	reach	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 reach	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 3

He retched out his hand to shake hands.

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 retched	nsubj
2	retched	retch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 retched	compound:prt
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hand	nmod:poss
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 retched	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 shake	mark
7	shake	shake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 retched	advcl
8	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 shake	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 retched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retch out	past	He	his hand					vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
2	shake	to-infinitive	He not said here	hands					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

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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