shrieking

Who acts: children, We, shrieking wind, She, monkeys, you · What happens: make, shriek, hear, haunt, rattle, run away · To what, where: loud high sharp cry, slide, haunted house, windows, mouse, trees

«shrieking» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: shrieking in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Making a loud, high, sharp cry, from fear, pain, excitement or laughter.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cry	det
3	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cry	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 loud	punct
5	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cry	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 high	punct
7	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cry	amod
8	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Making	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fear	punct
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 fear	case
11	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cry	appos
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 pain	punct
13	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fear	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 excitement	punct
15	excitement	excitement	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fear	conj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 laughter	cc
17	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fear	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Making	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund		a loud high sharp cry					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cry=Product

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

Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

The sound of loud high cries.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sound	det
2	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 cries	case
4	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cries	amod
5	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cries	amod
6	cries	cry	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sound	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sound	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

The children were shrieking with laughter on the slide.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shrieking	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shrieking	aux
4	shrieking	shriek	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 laughter	case
6	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shrieking	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 slide	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 slide	det
9	slide	slide	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shrieking	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 shrieking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shriek	past · progressive	the children			the slide		with laughter	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with laughter=Theme

Example 2

We heard shrieking from the haunted house.

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	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	shrieking	shriek	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 heard	xcomp
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 house	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 house	det
6	haunted	haunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 house	amod
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shrieking	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	hear	past	We		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	shriek	gerund	We not said here	the haunted house	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	haunt	participle			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Example 3

The shrieking wind rattled the windows.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wind	det
2	shrieking	shrieking	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wind	compound
3	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rattled	nsubj
4	rattled	rattle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 windows	det
6	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rattled	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 rattled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rattle	past	the shrieking wind	the windows					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent window=Theme

Example 4

She ran away shrieking when she saw the mouse.

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 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 ran	advmod
4	shrieking	shriek	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 ran	advcl
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 saw	advmod
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 saw	nsubj
7	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shrieking	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mouse	det
9	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 saw	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	run away	past	She		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	shriek	gerund	She not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	see	past	she	the mouse		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mouse=Stimulus

Example 5

The monkeys were shrieking in the trees.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 monkeys	det
2	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shrieking	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shrieking	aux
4	shrieking	shriek	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 trees	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 trees	det
7	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shrieking	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 shrieking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shriek	past · progressive	the monkeys			the trees			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location

Example 6

Stop shrieking — the baby's asleep!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	shrieking	shriek	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	—	-	PUNCT	_	7 asleep	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 baby	det
5	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asleep	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 baby	case
7	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Stop	parataxis
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	shriek	gerund	you not said here						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 7

He could scarce keep from shrieking.

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	4 keep	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 keep	aux
3	scarce	scarce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 keep	amod
4	keep	keep	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 shrieking	mark
6	shrieking	shriek	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 keep	acl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shriek	gerund	scarce keep not said here						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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