shunning

Who acts: you, She, He · What happens: shun, mean, keep away, refuse, not have, do · To what, where: someone, anything, work, old friends, crowds

«shunning» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: shunning in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Shunning means keeping away from someone or something on purpose, and refusing to have anything to do with it.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shunning	shun	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	keeping	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 keeping	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 someone	case
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 keeping	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 something	cc
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 someone	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 purpose	case
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 something	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 refusing	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 refusing	cc
13	refusing	refuse	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 keeping	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 have	mark
15	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 refusing	xcomp
16	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	15 have	obj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 do	mark
18	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 anything	acl
19	with	with	ADP	_	20 it	case
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 do	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	shun	gerund				vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	keep away not said to happen	gerund		someone	away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from someone=Eventuality
4	refuse	gerund				vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	not have	to-infinitive	anything			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient
6	do	to-infinitive	anything not said here		with purpose	vn act-114-1 «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

"Are you seeking work or shunning work?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 seeking	punct
2	Are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 seeking	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 seeking	nsubj
4	seeking	seek	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seeking	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 shunning	cc
7	shunning	shun	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 seeking	conj
8	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shunning	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 seeking	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 seeking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek in a quote	present · progressive	you	work					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Theme
2	shun in a quote	gerund	you not said here	work					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent work=Location

Example 2

She was shunning her old friends.

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	3 shunning	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shunning	aux
3	shunning	shun	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 friends	nmod:poss
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 friends	amod
6	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shunning	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shunning	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shun	past · progressive	She	her old friends					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent friend=Location

Example 3

He kept shunning the crowds.

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	shunning	shun	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 kept	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crowds	det
5	crowds	crowd	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shunning	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	He						tree rules
2	shun	gerund	He not said here	the crowds					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent crowd=Location

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