rummage
Who acts: I, They, servants, Dad · What happens: be, move, look, lose, rummage, find · To what, where: things, bag, corners, servants, nothing, rummage
«rummage» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: rummage in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To rummage is to search by moving things about with your hands, often in a messy heap, looking for something lost.
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 rummage | mark |
| 2 | rummage | rummage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 search | advcl |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 search | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 search | mark |
| 5 | search | search | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 7 moving | mark |
| 7 | moving | move | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 search | advcl |
| 8 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 moving | obj |
| 9 | about | about | ADV | _ | 7 moving | advmod |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 hands | case |
| 11 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 hands | nmod:poss |
| 12 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 moving | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 heap | punct |
| 14 | often | often | ADV | _ | 18 heap | advmod |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 heap | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 heap | det |
| 17 | messy | messy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 heap | amod |
| 18 | heap | heap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 search | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 looking | punct |
| 20 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 search | advcl |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 something | case |
| 22 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 20 looking | obl |
| 23 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 something | acl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 search | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | search property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | move | gerund | things | with your hands; about property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | ||||
| 3 | look | gerund | for something | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for something=Theme | |||||
| 4 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=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
I rummaged in my bag for my keys.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 rummaged | nsubj |
| 2 | rummaged | rummage | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 bag | case |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 bag | nmod:poss |
| 5 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rummaged | obl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 keys | case |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 keys | nmod:poss |
| 8 | keys | key | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 rummaged | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 rummaged | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rummage | past | I | my bag | for my keys | vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in bag=Location for key=Theme |
Example 2
They rummaged in all the corners of the house.
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 rummaged | nsubj |
| 2 | rummaged | rummage | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 corners | case |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 corners | det:predet |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 corners | det |
| 6 | corners | corner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 rummaged | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 house | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 house | det |
| 9 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 corners | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 rummaged | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rummage | past | They | all corners of the house | vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in corner=Location |
Example 3
The servants rummaged well, but found nothing.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 servants | det |
| 2 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 found | nsubj |
| 3 | rummaged | rummage | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 servants | acl |
| 4 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 rummaged | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 found | punct |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 found | cc |
| 7 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 found | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 found | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rummage | participle | the servants not said here | well property | vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | find | past | the servants | nothing | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
Example 4
Dad had a rummage in the attic for the old photos.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 rummage | det |
| 4 | rummage | rummage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 attic | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 attic | det |
| 7 | attic | attic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 photos | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 photos | det |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 photos | amod |
| 11 | photos | photo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 had | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | Dad | a rummage | the attic | for the old photos | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rummage=Patient |
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