rove
Who acts: He, you, They · What happens: rove, be, fix, tie · To what, where: place, him
«rove» 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: rove in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To rove is to wander about from place to place with no fixed plan or home.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 rove | mark |
| 2 | rove | rove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wander | csubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 wander | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 wander | mark |
| 5 | wander | wander | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | about | about | ADV | _ | 5 wander | advmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 place | case |
| 8 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wander | obl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 place | case |
| 10 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 place | nmod |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 plan | case |
| 12 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 14 plan | det |
| 13 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 plan | amod |
| 14 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 place | nmod |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 home | cc |
| 16 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 plan | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 wander | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rove | to-infinitive | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | place to place with no fixed plan or home | about, wander property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | fix | participle | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
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
He will rove unless you tie him to a post.
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 | 3 rove | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 rove | aux |
| 3 | rove | rove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 6 tie | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 tie | nsubj |
| 6 | tie | tie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 rove | advcl |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 tie | obj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 post | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 post | det |
| 10 | post | post | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tie | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 rove | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rove | future | He | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | tie a condition, not said to happen | present | you | him = he | to a post | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient to post=Co-Patient |
Example 2
They roved about the open country.
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 roved | nsubj |
| 2 | roved | rove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 country | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 country | det |
| 5 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 country | amod |
| 6 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 roved | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 roved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rove | past | They | about the open country | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about country=Trajectory |
Example 3
He roves about the palace garden.
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 roves | nsubj |
| 2 | roves | rove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 garden | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 garden | det |
| 5 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 garden | compound |
| 6 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 roves | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 roves | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rove | present | He | about the palace garden | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about garden=Trajectory |
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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