retrace

Who acts: you, your, We, our, Peddler, They · What happens: retrace, be, come, step · To what, where: steps, same way

«retrace» 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: retrace in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To retrace your steps is to go back along the same way you came.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 retrace	mark
2	retrace	retrace	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 go	advcl
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 steps	nmod:poss
4	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 retrace	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 go	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 go	mark
7	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 go	advmod
9	along	along	ADP	_	12 way	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 way	det
11	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 way	amod
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	obl
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 came	nsubj
14	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 way	acl:relcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	retrace	to-infinitive		your steps		tree rules
2	is	present			along the same way; go property	tree rules
3	come	past	you	the same way not said here		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme
4	step		your			nom step «act transitive»: poss=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

We must retrace our steps.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 retrace	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 retrace	aux
3	retrace	retrace	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 steps	nmod:poss
5	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 retrace	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 retrace	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retrace	must	We	our steps					tree rules
2	step		our						nom step «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

The Peddler retraced his steps to the town.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Peddler	det
2	Peddler	Peddler	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 retraced	nsubj
3	retraced	retrace	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 steps	nmod:poss
5	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 retraced	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 town	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 town	det
8	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 retraced	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 retraced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retrace	past	the Peddler	Peddler's steps				to the town	tree rules
2	step		Peddler						nom step «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

They retraced their steps to the hut.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 retraced	nsubj
2	retraced	retrace	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 steps	nmod:poss
4	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 retraced	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 hut	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hut	det
7	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 retraced	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 retraced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retrace	past	They	their steps				to the hut	tree rules
2	step		their = they						nom step «act transitive»: poss=agent

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