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shifting

Who acts: sand dunes, He, Shifting, Shifting shadows, wind, wizard · What happens: move, change, shift, keep, take, dance · To what, where: position, sand dunes, opinions, something, furniture, gear

«shifting» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: shifting in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Moving or changing position: shifting sand dunes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 changing	cc
3	changing	change	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Moving	conj
4	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 changing	obj
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 shifting	punct
6	shifting	shift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Moving	conj
7	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dunes	compound
8	dunes	dune	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shifting	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Moving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	gerund							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	change	gerund		position					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=Patient
3	shift	gerund		sand dunes					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer dune=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.

Meaning 2

Changing: shifting opinions.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Changing	change	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 shifting	punct
3	shifting	shift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Changing	conj
4	opinions	opinion	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shifting	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Changing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	gerund							vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	shift	gerund		opinions					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer opinion=Patient

Meaning 3

Usage: UK, informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Moving something, often hard work: shifting furniture.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Moving	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 work	punct
4	often	often	ADV	_	5 hard	advmod
5	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 work	amod
6	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 something	nmod
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 shifting	punct
8	shifting	shift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Moving	conj
9	furniture	furniture	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shifting	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Moving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	gerund		something					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent something=Theme
2	shift	gerund		furniture					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer furniture=Patient

Meaning 4

Changing gear in a car.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Changing	change	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	gear	gear	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Changing	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 car	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 car	det
5	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Changing	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Changing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	gerund		gear		a car			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gear=Patient

Example 1

The sand dunes are always shifting in the wind.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dunes	det
2	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dunes	compound
3	dunes	dune	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shifting	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 shifting	aux
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 shifting	advmod
6	shifting	shift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 wind	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wind	det
9	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shifting	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 shifting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shift	present · progressive	the sand dunes			the wind		always property	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Example 2

He kept shifting in his chair.

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 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	shifting	shift	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 kept	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 chair	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 chair	nmod:poss
6	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shifting	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	He						tree rules
2	shift	gerund	He not said here			his chair			vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Example 3

Shifting the heavy sofa took four of us.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shifting	shift	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 took	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sofa	det
3	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sofa	amod
4	sofa	sofa	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shifting	obj
5	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 took	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 us	case
8	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 four	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shift	gerund		the heavy sofa					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer sofa=Patient
2	take	past	Shifting	four of us					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent four=Theme

Example 4

Shifting shadows danced on the wall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shifting	shift	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 shadows	amod
2	shadows	shadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 danced	nsubj
3	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 wall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wall	det
6	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 danced	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 danced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shift	gerund							vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	dance	past	Shifting shadows			the wall			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on wall=Location

Example 5

The wind is shifting to the north.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wind	det
2	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shifting	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 shifting	aux
4	shifting	shift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 north	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 north	det
7	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shifting	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 shifting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shift	present · progressive	the wind					to the north result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to north=Result

Example 6

In the story, the wizard was a shape-shifting fox.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 story	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 story	det
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fox	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 story	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wizard	det
6	wizard	wizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fox	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 fox	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fox	det
9	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shifting	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 shape	punct
11	shifting	shifting	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fox	compound
12	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 fox	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the wizard	a shifting fox		the story			tree rules

Example 7

Now in one form and now in another, he glides a shifting shape, of which it is difficult to obtain a satisfactory view.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 glides	advmod
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 form	case
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 form	nummod
4	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Now	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 now	cc
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Now	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 another	case
8	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 now	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Now	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 glides	nsubj
11	glides	glide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 shape	det
13	shifting	shifting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 shape	amod
14	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 glides	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 difficult	punct
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 which	case
17	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 difficult	obl
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 difficult	expl
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 difficult	cop
20	difficult	difficult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 glides	conj
21	to	to	PART	_	22 obtain	mark
22	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 difficult	csubj
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 view	det
24	satisfactory	satisfactory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 view	amod
25	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 obtain	obj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 glides	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glide	present	he	a shifting shape			now		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Agent
2	is	present	he not said here					difficult property	tree rules
3	obtain	to-infinitive		a satisfactory view					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset view=Theme

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