scouring
Who acts: Scouring, Dick, king, soldiers, We · What happens: mean, rub, make, search, scour, set · To what, where: place, pots, kitchen, soldiers, country, beach
«scouring» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: scouring in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Scouring means rubbing hard to make clean and shiny.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scouring | scouring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | rubbing | rub | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 rubbing | xcomp |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 make | mark |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 hard | xcomp |
| 7 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 make | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 shiny | cc |
| 9 | shiny | shiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 clean | conj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Scouring | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | rub not said to happen | gerund | Scouring not said here | hard property | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | make | to-infinitive | Scouring not said here | clean property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
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
Scouring means searching all over a place for someone or something.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scouring | scouring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | searching | search | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 place | advmod |
| 5 | over | over | ADP | _ | 7 place | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 place | det |
| 7 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 searching | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 someone | case |
| 9 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 place | nmod |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 something | cc |
| 11 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 someone | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Scouring | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | search not said to happen | gerund | Scouring not said here | a place | for someone | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent place=Location for someone=Theme |
Example 1
Dick was scouring the pots in the kitchen.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dick | Dick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 scouring | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 scouring | aux |
| 3 | scouring | scour | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 pots | det |
| 5 | pots | pot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 scouring | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 kitchen | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 kitchen | det |
| 8 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 scouring | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 scouring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scour | past · progressive | Dick | the pots | the kitchen | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent pot=Source |
Example 2
The king set his soldiers scouring the country.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 set | nsubj |
| 3 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur 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 soldiers | nmod:poss |
| 5 | soldiers | soldier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 set | obj |
| 6 | scouring | scour | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 soldiers | acl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 country | det |
| 8 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 scouring | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 set | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set | past | the king | king's soldiers | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient soldier=Result | ||||
| 2 | scour | gerund | king's soldiers not said here | the country | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent country=Source |
Example 3
We are scouring the beach for shells.
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 scouring | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 scouring | aux |
| 3 | scouring | scour | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 beach | det |
| 5 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 scouring | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 shells | case |
| 7 | shells | shell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 beach | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 scouring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scour | present · progressive | We | the beach | for shells | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent beach=Location for shell=Theme |
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