roving

Who acts: mules, She, roving band · What happens: rove, mean, wonder, go, come · To what, where: place, wide world, town

«roving» 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: roving in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Roving means wandering from place to place without a fixed home or plan.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Roving	rove	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wandering	wonder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 place	case
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wandering	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 place	case
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 place	nmod
8	without	without	ADP	_	11 home	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 home	det
10	fixed	fixed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 home	amod
11	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wandering	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 plan	cc
13	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 home	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	rove	gerund			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	wonder speech: ask not said to happen	gerund	place to place	without a fixed home or plan	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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 robbers' mules were roving about with chests on their backs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 robbers	det
2	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 mules	nmod:poss
3	'	's	PART	_	2 robbers	case
4	mules	mule	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 roving	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 roving	aux
6	roving	rove	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	about	about	ADV	_	6 roving	advmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 chests	case
9	chests	chest	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 roving	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 backs	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 backs	nmod:poss
12	backs	back	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 chests	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 roving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rove	past · progressive	the robbers's mules					with chests on mules's backs; about property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

She went roving through the wide world.

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 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	roving	rove	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 went	xcomp
4	through	through	ADP	_	7 world	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 world	det
6	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 world	amod
7	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 roving	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	She						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	rove	gerund	She not said here			the wide world			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through world=Trajectory

Example 3

A roving band of travellers came to the town.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 band	det
2	roving	rove	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 band	amod
3	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 came	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 travellers	case
5	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 band	nmod
6	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 town	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 town	det
9	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 came	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rove	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come	past	a roving band of travellers			the town			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to town=Initial_Location

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