saunter

Who acts: saunter, He, They, you, 's · What happens: be, hurry, go, saunter up, saunter, whistle · To what, where: set place, slow relaxed walk, sun., shop, 's, beach

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

Meaning 1

To saunter is to walk slowly and calmly, without hurrying, often with no set place to go.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 saunter	mark
2	saunter	saunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walk	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 walk	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 walk	mark
5	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	5 walk	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 calmly	cc
8	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	6 slowly	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 hurrying	punct
10	without	without	SCONJ	_	11 hurrying	mark
11	hurrying	hurry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 walk	advcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 place	punct
13	often	often	ADV	_	17 place	advmod
14	with	with	ADP	_	17 place	case
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 place	det
16	set	set	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 place	amod
17	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hurrying	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 go	mark
19	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 place	acl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present		slowly, walk property	tree rules
2	hurry	gerund	no set place		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Agent
3	go	to-infinitive	no set place not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

A saunter is a slow, relaxed walk: a saunter round the park.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 saunter	det
2	saunter	saunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 walk	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 walk	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 walk	det
5	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 walk	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 slow	punct
7	relaxed	relaxed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 walk	amod
8	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 saunter	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 saunter	det
11	saunter	saunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 walk	conj
12	round	round	ADP	_	14 park	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 park	det
14	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 saunter	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a saunter	a slow relaxed walk and a saunter round the park					tree rules

Example 1

He saunters up and down his room.

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 saunters	nsubj
2	saunters	saunter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 saunters	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 room	cc
5	down	down	ADP	_	7 room	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 room	nmod:poss
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saunters	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 saunters	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	saunter up	present	He						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

They sauntered home in the sun.

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 sauntered	nsubj
2	sauntered	saunter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 sauntered	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 sun.	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sun.	det
6	sun.	sun.	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sauntered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	saunter	past	They			the sun.		home property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun.=Trajectory

Example 3

He sauntered to the shop, whistling.

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 sauntered	nsubj
2	sauntered	saunter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 shop	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shop	det
5	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sauntered	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 whistling	punct
7	whistling	whistle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sauntered	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sauntered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	saunter	past	He			the shop			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to shop=Destination
2	whistle	gerund	He not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

Let's go for a saunter along the beach.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 saunter	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 saunter	det
6	saunter	saunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 go	obl
7	along	along	ADP	_	9 beach	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 beach	det
9	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 go	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	's					tree rules
2	go	infinitive	's not said here			the beach		for a saunter	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for saunter=Theme along beach=Location

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